INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THESEA BY OIL, 1954 (AS AMENDED IN 1962 AND 1969)
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THESEA BY OIL, 1954 (AS AMENDED IN 1962 AND 1969)
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The Governments represented at the International Conference on
Pollution of the Sea by Oil held in London from April 26, 1954 to May 12,
1954,
Desiring to take action by common agreement to prevent pollution of
the sea by oil discharged from ships, and considering that this end may
best be achieved by the conclusion of a Convention,
Have accordingly appointed the undersigned plenipotentiaries *, who,
having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have
agreed as follows:
Article I
(1) For the purposes of the present Convention, the following
expressions shall (unless the context otherwise requires) have the
meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to say:
`The Bureau' has the meaning assigned to it by Article XXI;
`Discharge' in relation to oil or to oily mixture means any
discharge or escape howsoever caused;
`Heavy diesel oil' means diesel oil, other than those distillates
of which more than 50 per cent by volume distils at a temperature not
exceeding 340 ¡æ. when tested by A.S.T.M.Standard Method D.86/59;
`Instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content' means the rate of
discharge of oil in litres per hour at any distant divided by the speed of
the ship in knots at the same instant;
`Mile' means a nautical mile of 6,080 feet or 1,852 metres;
"Nearest land'. The term `from the nearest land' means `from the
baseline from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is
established in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Territorial
Sea and The Contiguous Zone, 1958':
`Oil' means crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating
oil, and `oily' shall be construed accordingly;
`Oily mixture' means a mixture with any oil content;
`Organization' means the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organization;
`Ship' means any sea-going vessel of any type whatsoever,
including floating craft, whether self-propelled or towed by another
vessel, making a sea voyage; and `tanker' means a ship in which the
greater part of the cargo space is constructed or adapted for the carriage
of liquid cargoes in bulk and which is not, for the time being, carrying
a cargo other than oil in that part of its cargo space.
(2) For the purposes of the present Convention, the territories of a
Contracting Government mean the territory of the country of which it is
the Government and any other territory for the international relations of
which it is responsible and to which the Convention shall have been
extended under Article X V III.
Article II
(1) The present Convention shall apply to ships registered in any of
the territories of a Contracting Government and to unregistered ships
having the nationality of a Contracting Party, except:
(a) tankers of under 150 tons gross tonnage and other ships of
under 500 tons gross tonnage, provided that each Contracting Government
will take the necessary steps, so far as is reasonable and practicable, to
apply the requirements of the Convention to such ships also, having regard
to their size, service and the type of fuel used for their propulsion;
(b) ships for the time being engaged in the whaling industry when
actually employed on whaling operations;
(c) ships for the time being navigating the Great Lakes of North
America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower
exit of St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada;
(d) naval ships and ships for the time being used as naval
auxiliaries.
(2) Each Contracting Government undertakes to adopt appropriate
measures ensuring that requirements equivalent to those of the present
Convention are, so far as is reasonable and practicable, applied to the
ships referred to in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (l) of this Article.
Article III
Subject to the provisions of Articles IV and V:
(a) the discharge from a ship to which the present Convention
applies, other than a tanker, of oil or oily mixture shall be prohibited
except when the following conditions are all satisfied:
(i) the ship is proceeding en route;
(ii) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does
not exceed 60 litres per mile;
(iii) the oil content of the discharge is less than 10 parts
per 1,000,000 parts of the mixture;
(iv) the discharge is made as far as practicable from land;
(b) the discharge from a tanker to which the present Convention
applies of oil or oily mixture shall be prohibited except when the
following conditions are all satisfied:
(i) the tanker is proceeding en route;
(ii) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does
not exceed 60 litres per mile;
(iii) the total quantity of oil discharged on a ballast voyage
does not exceed 1/15,000 of the total cargo-carrying capacity;
(iv) the tanker is more than 50 miles from the nearest land;
(c) the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of this Article shall not
apply to:
(i) the discharge of ballast from a cargo tank which, since
the cargo was last carried therein, has been so cleaned that any effluent
therefrom, if it were discharged from a stationary tanker into clean calm
water on a clear day, would produce no visible traces of oil on the
surface of the water; or
(ii) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from machinery space
bilges, which shall be governed by the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of
this Article.
Article IV
Article III shall not apply to:
(a) the discharge of oil or of oily mixture from a ship for the
purpose of securing the safety of a ship, preventing damage to a ship or
cargo, or saving life at sea;
(b) the escape of oil or of oily mixture resulting from damage to
a ship or unavoidable leakage, if all reasonable precautions have been
taken after the occurrence of the damage or discovery of the leakage for
the purpose of preventing or minimizing the escape;
Article V
Article III shall not apply to the discharge of oily mixture from the
bilges of a ship during the period of twelve months following the date on
which the present Convention comes into force for the relevant territory
in accordance with paragraph (1) of Article II.
Article VI
(1) Any contravention of Articles III and IX shall be an offence
punishable under the law of the relevant territory in respect of the ship
in accordance with paragraph (l) of Article II.
(2) The penalties which may be imposed under the law of any of the
territories of a Contracting Government in respect of the unlawful
discharge from a ship of oil or oily mixture outside the territorial sea
of that territory shall be adequate in severity to discourage any such
unlawful discharge and shall not be less than the penalties which may be
imposed under the law of that territory in respect of the same
infringements within the territorial sea.
(3) Each Contracting Government shall report to the Organization the
penalties actually imposed for each infringement.
Article VII
(1) As from a date twelve months after the present Convention comes
into force for the relevant territory in respect of a ship in accordance
with paragraph (1) of Article II, such a ship shall be required to be so
fitted as to prevent, as far as reasonable and practicable, the escape of
oil into bilges, unless effective means are provided to ensure that the
oil in the bilges is not discharged in contravention of this Convention.
(2) Carrying water ballast in oil fuel tanks shall be avoided if
possible.
Article VIII
(1) Each Contracting Government shall take all appropriate steps to
promote the provision of facilities as follows:
(a) according to the needs of ships using them, ports shall be
provided with facilities adequate for the reception, without causing undue
delay to ships, of such residues and oily mixtures as would remain for
disposal from ships other than tankers if the bulk of the water had been
separated from the mixture;
(b) oil loading terminals shall be provided with facilities,
adequate for the reception of such residues and oily mixtures as would
similarly remain for disposal by tankers;
(c) ship repair ports shall be provided with facilities adequate
for the reception of such residues and oily mixtures as would similarly
remain for disposal by all ships entering for repairs.
(2) Each Contracting Government shall determine which are the ports
and oil loading terminals in its territories suitable for the purposes of
sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (1) of this Article.
(3) As regards paragraph (1) of this Article, each Contracting
Government shall report to the Organization, for transmission to the
Contracting Government concerned, all cases where the facilities are
alleged to be inadequate.
Article IX
(1) Of the ships to which the present Convention applies, every ship
which uses oil fuel and every tanker shall be provided with an oil record
book, whether as part of the ship's official log book or otherwise, in the
form specified in the Annex to this Convention.
(2) The oil record books shall be completed on each occasion, on a
tank-to-tank basis, whenever any of the following operations take place
in the ship:
(a) for tankers:
(i) loading of oil cargo;
(ii) transfer of oil cargo during voyage;
(iii) discharge of oil cargo;
(iv) ballasting of cargo tanks;
(v) cleaning of cargo tanks;
(vi) discharge of dirty ballast;
(vii) discharge of water from slop-tanks;
(viii) disposal of residues;
(ix) discharge overboard of bilge water containing oil which
has accumulated in machinery spaces whilst in port, and the routine
discharge at sea of bilge water containing oil unless the latter has been
entered in the appropriate log book;
(b) for ships other than tankers:
(i) ballasting or cleaning of bunker fuel tanks;
(ii) discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning water from tanks
referred to under (i) of this sub-paragraph;
(iii) disposal of residues;
(iv) discharge overboard of bilge water containing oil which
has accumulated in machinery spaces whilst in port, and the routine
discharge at sea of bilge water containing oil unless the latter has been
entered in the appropriate log book.
In the event of such discharge or escape of oil or oily mixture as is
referred to in Article IV, a statement shall be made in the oil record
book of the circumstances of, and the reason for, the discharge or escape.
(3) Each operation described in paragraph (2) of this Article shall be
fully recorded without delay in the oil record book so that all the
entries in the book appropriate to that operation are completed. Each page
of the book shall be signed by the officer or officers in charge of the
operations concerned and, when the ship is manned, by the master of the
ship. The written entries in the oil record book shall be in an official
language of the relevant territory in respect of the ship in accordance
with the paragraph (1) of Article II, or in English or French.
(4) Oil record books shall be kept in such a place as to be readily
available for inspection at all reasonable times, and, except in the case
of unmanned ships under tow, shall be kept on board the ship. They shall
be preserved for a period of two years after the last entry has been made.
(5) The competent authorities of any of the territories of a
Contracting Government may inspect on board any ship to which the present
Convention applies, while within a port in that territory, the oil record
book required to be carried in the ship in compliance with the provisions
of this Article, and may make a true copy of any entry in that book and
may require the master of the ship to certify that the copy is a true copy
of such entry. Any copy so made which purports to have been certified by
the master of the ship as a true copy of an entry in the ship's oil record
book shall be made admissible in any judicial proceedings as evidence of
the facts stated in the entry. Any action by the competent authorities
under this paragraph shall be taken as expeditiously as possible and the
ship shall not be delayed.
Article X
(1) Any Contracting Government may furnish to the Government of the
relevant territory in respect of the ship in accordance with paragraph (1)
of Article II particulars in writing of evidence that any provision of the
present Convention has been contravened in respect of that ship,
wheresoever the alleged contravention may have taken place. If it is
practicable to do so, the competent authorities of the former Government
shall notify the master of the ship of the alleged contravention.
(2) Upon receiving such particulars, the Government so informed shall
investigate the matter, and may request the other Government to furnish
further or better particulars of the alleged contravention. If the
Government so informed is satisfied that sufficient evidence is available
in the form required by its law to enable proceedings against the owner or
master of the ship to be taken in respect of the alleged contravention, it
shall cause such proceedings to be taken as soon as possible. That
Government shall promptly inform the Government whose official has
reported the alleged contravention, as well as the Organization, of the
action taken as a consequence of the information communicated.
Article XI
Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as derogating
from the powers of any Contracting Government to take measures within its
jurisdiction in respect of any matter to which the Convention relates or
as extending the jurisdiction of any Contracting Government.
Article XII
Each Contracting Government shall send to the Bureau and to the
appropriate organ of the United Nations:
(a) the text of laws, decrees, orders and regulations in force in
its territories which give effect to the present Convention;
(b) all official reports or summaries of official reports in so
far as they show the results of the application of the provisions of the
Convention, provided always that such reports or summaries are not, in the
opinion of that Government, of a confidential nature.
Article XIII
Any dispute between Contracting Governments relating to the
interpretation or application of the present Convention which cannot be
settled by negotiation shall be referred at the request of either party to
the International Court of Justice for decision unless the parties in
dispute agree to submit it to arbitration.
Article XIV
(1) The present Convention shall remain open for signature for three
months from this day's date and shall thereafter remain open for
acceptance.
(2) Subject to Article XV, the Governments of States Members of the
United Nations or of any of the Specialized Agencies or parties to the
Statute of the International Court of Justice may become parties to the
present Convention by:
(a) signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(b) signature subject to acceptance followed by acceptance, or
(c) acceptance.
(3) Acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of
acceptance with the Bureau, which shall inform all Governments that have
already signed or accepted the present Convention of each signature and
deposit of an acceptance and of the date of such signature or deposit.
Article XV
(1) The present Convention shall come into force twelve months after
the date on which not less than ten Governments have become parties to the
Convention, including five Governments of countries each with not less
than 500,000 gross tons of tanker tonnage.
(2) (a) For each Government which signs the Convention without
reservation as to acceptance or accepts the Convention before the date on
which the Convention comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) of
this Article it shall come into force on that date. For each Government
which accepts the Convention on or after that date, it shall come into
force three months after the date of the deposit of that Government's
acceptance.
(b) The Bureau shall, as soon as possible, inform all Governments
which have signed or accepted the Convention of the date on which it will
come into force.
Article XVI
(1) (a) The present Convention may be amended by unanimous agreement
between the Contracting Governments.
(b) Upon request of any Contracting Government a proposed
amendment shall be communicated by the Organization to all Contracting
Governments for considerating and acceptance under this paragraph.
(2) (a) An amendment to the present Convention may be proposed to the
Organization at any time by any Contracting Government, and such proposal
if adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Assembly of the Organization
upon recommendation adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Maritime
Safety Committee of the Organization shall be communicated by the
Organization to all Contracting Governments for their acceptance.
(b) Any such recommendation by the Maritime Safety Committee shall
be communicated by the Organization to all Contracting Governments for
their consideration at least six months before it is considered by the
Assembly.
(3) (a) A conference of Governments to consider amendments to the
present Convention proposed by any Contracting Government shall at any
time be convened by the Organization upon the request of one-third of the
Contracting Governments.
(b) Every amendment adopted by such conference by a two-thirds
majority of the Contracting Governments shall be communicated by the
Organization to all Contracting Governments for their acceptance.
(4) Any amendment communicated to Contracting Governments for their
acceptance under paragraph (2) or (3) of this Article shall come into
force for all Contracting Governments, except those which before it comes
into force make a declaration that they do not accept the amendment,
twelve months after the date on which the amendment is accepted by
two-thirds of the Contracting Governments.
(5) The Assembly, by a two-thirds majority vote, including two thirds
of the Governments represented on the Maritime Safety Committee, and
subject to the concurrence of two-thirds of the Contracting Governments to
the present Convention, or a conference convened under paragraph (3) of
this Article by a two-thirds majority vote, may determine at the time of
its adoption that the amendment is of such an important nature that any
Contracting Government which makes a declaration under paragraph (4) of
this Article and which does not accept the amendment within a period of
twelve months after the amendment comes into force, shall, upon the expiry
of this period, cease to be a party to the present Convention.
(6) The Organization shall inform all Contracting Governments of any
amendments which come into force under this Article, together with the
date on which such amendments shall come into force.
(7) Any acceptance or declaration under this Article shall be made by
a notification in writing to the Organization which shall notify all
Contracting Governments of the receipt of the acceptance or declaration.
Article XVII
(1) The present Convention may be denounced by any Contracting
Government at any time after the expiration of a period of five years from
the date on which the Convention comes into force for that Government.
(2) Denunciation shall be effected by a notification in writing
addressed to the Bureau, which shall notify all the Contracting
Governments of any denunciation received and of the date of its receipt.
(3) A denunciation shall take effect twelve months, or such longer
period as may be specified in the notification, after its receipt by the
Bureau.
Article XVIII
(1) (a) the United Nations in cases where they are the administering
authority for a territory or any Contracting Government responsible for
the international relations of a territory shall as soon as possible
consult with such territory in an endeavour to extend the present
Convention to that territory and may at any time by notification in
writing given to the Bureau declare that the Convention shall extend to
such territory.
(b) The present Convention shall from the date of the receipt of
the notification or from such other date as may be specified in the
notification extend to the territory named therein.
(2) (a) The United Nations in cases where they are the administering
authority for a territory or any Contracting Government which has made a
declaration under paragraph (1) of this Article, at any time after the
expiry of a period of five years from the date on which the present
Convention has been so extended to any territory, may be a notification in
writing given to the Bureau after consultation with such territory declare
that the Convention shall cease to extend to any such territory named in
the notification.
(b) The present Convention shall cease to extend to any territory
mentioned in such notification one year, or such longer period as may be
specified therein, after the date of receipt of the notification by the
Bureau.
(3) The Bureau shall inform all the Contracting Governments of the
extension of the present Convention to any territory under paragraph (1)
of this Article, and of the termination of any such extension under the
provisions of paragraph (2) stating in each case the date from which the
Convention has been or will cease to be so extended.
Article XIX
(1) In case of war or other hostilities, a Contracting Government
which considers that it is affected, whether as a belligerent or as a
neutral, may suspend the operation of the whole or any part of the present
Convention in respect of all or any of its territories. The suspending
Government shall immediately give notice of any such suspension to the
Bureau.
(2) The suspending Government may at any time terminate such
suspension and shall in any event terminate it as soon as it ceases to be
justified under paragraph (1) of this Article. Notice of such termination
shall be given immediately to the Bureau by the Government concerned.
(3) The Bureau shall notify all Contracting Governments of any
suspension or termination of suspension under this Article.
Article XX
As soon as the present Convention comes into force it shall be
registered by the Bureau with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article XXI
The duties of the Bureau shall be carried out by the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * unless and until
the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization comes into being
and takes over the duties assigned to it under the Convention signed at
Geneva on the 6th day of March, 1948, and thereafter the duties of the
Bureau shall be carried out by the said Organization.
[* Transferred to IMCO June 15, 1959 in accordance with Assembly
Resolution A. 8 (1).]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed the
present Convention **.
[** Signatures omitted.]
DONE IN LONDON this twelfth day of May, 1954, in English and French,
both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy, which shall be
deposited with the Bureau and of which the Bureau shall transmit certified
copies to all signatory and Contracting Governments.
ANNEX FORM OF OIL RECORD BOOK
I. FOR TANKERS
Name of ship
Total cargo carrying capacity of ship in cubic metres
(a) Loading of oil cargo
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| 1. Date and place of loading | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 2. Types of oil loaded | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 3. Identity of tank (s) loaded | |
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(b) Transfer of oil cargo during voyage
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| 4. Date of transfer | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| i | From | |
| 5. Identity of tank (s) |--|---|---|---|---
| ii | To | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 6. Was (were) tank (s) in 5 (i) emptied? | |
|-----------------------
(c) Discharge of oil cargo
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| 7. Date and place of discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 8. Identity of tank (s) discharged | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 9. Was (were) tank (s) emptied? | |
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| (d) Ballasting of cargo tanks
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| 10. Identity of tank (s) ballasted | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 11. Date and position of ship at start of bal- | |
| lasting | |
|-----------------------
(e) Cleaning of cargo tanks
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| 12. Identity of tank (s) cleaned | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 13. Date and duration of cleaning | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 14. Methods of cleaning * | |
|-----------------------
[* Hand hosing, machine washing or chemical cleaning. Where chemically
cleaned, the chemical concerned and the amount used should be stated.]
(f) Discharge of dirty ballast
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| 15. Identity of tank (s) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 16. Date and position of ship at start of dis- | |
| charge to sea | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 17. Date and position of ship at finish of dis- | |
| charge to sea | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 18. Ship's speed (s) during discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 19. Quantity discharged to sea | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 20. Quantity of polluted water transferred | |
| to slop tank (s) (identify slop tank (s)) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 21. Date and port of discharge into shore re- | |
| ception facilities (if applicable) | |
|-----------------------
(g) Discharge of water from slop tanks
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| 22. Identity of slop tank (s) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 23. Time of settling from last entry of | |
| residues, or | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 24. Time of settling from last discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 25. Date, time and position of ship at start | |
| of discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 26. Sounding of total contents at start of | |
| discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 27. Sounding of interface at start of dis- | |
| charge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
|---------------|---|---|---
| 28. Bulk quantity discharged and rate of dis- | |
| charge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 29. Final quantity discharged and rate of | |
| discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 30. Date, time and position of ship at end of | |
| discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 31. Ship's speed (s) during discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 32. Sounding of interface at end of discharge | |
|-----------------------
(h) Disposal of residues
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| 33. Identity of tank (s) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 34. Quantity disposed from each tank | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 35. Method of disposal of residue: | |
| (a) Reception facilities | |
| (b) Mixed with cargo | |
| (c) Transferred to another (other) | |
| tank (s) (identify tank (s)) | |
| (d) Other method | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 36. Date and port of disposal of residue | |
|-----------------------
(i) Discharge overboard of bilge water containing oil which has
accumulated in machinery spaces (including pump rooms) whilst in port *
[* The routine discharge at sea of bilge water containing any oil from
machinery spaces including pump room bilges need not be entered in the oil
record book but, if not, it must be entered in the appropriate log book,
stating whether or not the discharge was made through a separator. Where
the pump starts automatically and discharges through a separator at all
times it will be sufficient to enter each day "Automatic discharge from
bilges through separator".]
|-----------------------
| 37. Port | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 38. Duration of stay | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 39. Quantity disposed | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 40. Date and place of disposal | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 41. Method of disposal (state whether a sep- | |
| arator was used) | |
|-----------------------
(j) Accidental or other exceptional discharges of oil
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| 42. Date and time of occurrence | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 43. Place or position of ship at time of oc- | |
| currence | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 44. approximate quantity and type of oil | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 45. Circumstances of discharge or escape | |
| and general remarks | |
|-----------------------
Signature of Officer or Officers in charge of
operation concerned
Signature of Master
II. FOR SHIPS OTHER THAN TANKERS
Name of ship
(a) Ballasting or cleaning of bunker fuel tanks
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| 1. Identity of tank (s) ballasted | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 2. Whether cleaned since they last contained | |
| oil and, if not, type of oil previously car- | |
| ried | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 3. Date and position of ship at start of clean- | |
| ing | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 4. Date and position of ship at start of bal- | |
| lasting | |
|-----------------------
(b) Discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning water from tanks referred to under (a)
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| 5. Identity of tank (s) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 6. Date and position of ship at start of dis- | |
| charge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 7. Date and position of ship at finish of dis- | |
| charge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 8. Ship's speed (s) during discharge | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 9. Method of discharge (state whether sepa- | |
| rator used) | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 10. Quantity discharged | |
|-----------------------
(c) Disposal of residues
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| 11. Quantity of residue retained on board | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 12. Methods of disposal of residue: | |
| (a) reception facilities | |
| (b) mixed with next bunkering | |
| (c) transferred to another (other) tank | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 13. Date and port of disposal of residue | |
|-----------------------
(d) Discharge overboard of bilge water containing oil which has
accumulated in machinery spaces whilst in port *
[* The routine discharge at sea of bilge water containing any oil from
machinery spaces need not be entered in the oil record book but if not, it
must be entered in the appropriate log book, stating whether or not the
discharge was made through a separator. Where the pump starts
automatically and discharges through a separator at all times it will be
sufficient to enter each day "Automatic discharge from bilges through a
separator."]
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| 14. Port | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 15. Duration of stay | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 16. Quantity disposed | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 17. Date and place of disposal | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 18. Method of disposal (state whether sepa- | |
| rator was used) | |
|-----------------------
(e) Accidental or other exceptional discharges of oil
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| 19. Date and time of occurrence | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 20. Place or position of ship at time of oc- | |
| currence | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 21. Approximate quantity and type of oil | |
|---------------|---|---|---
| 22. Circumstances of discharge or escape | |
| and general remarks | |
|-----------------------
Signature of Officer or Officers in charge of
operation concerned
Signature of Master
|