AMSA issues updated marine notice providing guidance on oil record book entries

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued an updated marine notice providing guidance on the recording of operations in the Oil Record Book Part I.

The guidance document assists compliance with International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) requirements by providing advice to crews on how to record various operations in the Oil Record Book.

In particular, the guidance document provides advice on using the correct codes and item numbers to ensure a more uniform port State control procedure.

The guidance document provides specific examples for recording information for the following:

• collection of oil residues (sludge)
• disposal or transfer of oil residues (sludge)
• non-automatic discharge overboard or other disposal of bilge water which has accumulated in machinery spaces
• automatic discharge overboard or other disposal of bilge water which has accumulated in machinery spaces
• condition of oil filtering equipment
• accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil
• bunkering of fuel or bulk lubricating oil
• tankers with slop tanks, and
• general guidance – additional voluntary recordings

Find out more by reading Marine Notice 2022/13.