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Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act, 1986 (Act No. 2 of 1986)

Schedule

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973

Protocol of 1978

Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973

Annexes : Regulations

Annex II : Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk

Appendixes

Appendix IV : Form of Cargo Record Book

Cargo Record Book for Ships carrying Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk

 

APPENDIX IV

 

FORM OF CARGO RECORD BOOK

 

CARGO RECORD BOOK FOR SHIPS CARRYING NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK

 

 

Name of ship: ..................................................................................................................

 

Distinctive number or letters: ..........................................................................................

 

Gross tonnage: .................................................................................................................

 

Period from: ......................................... to: ...............................

 

Note: Every ship carrying noxious liquid substances in bulk shall be provided with a Cargo Record Book to record relevant cargo/ballast operations.

 

NAME OF SHIP:

 

DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OR LETTERS:

 

PLAN VIEW OF CARGO AND SLOP TANKS:

(To be completed on board)

 

Cargo Record Book Annex IV

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The following pages show a comprehensive list of items of cargo and ballast operations which are, when appropriate, to be recorded in the Cargo Record Book on a tank-to-tank basis in accordance with paragraph 2 of Regulation 9 of Annex II of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended.  The items have been grouped into operational sections, each of which is denoted by a letter.

 

When making entries in the Cargo Record Book, the date, operational code and item number shall be inserted in the appropriate columns and the required particulars shall be  recorded chronologically in the blank spaces.

 

Each completed operation shall be signed for and dated by the officer or officers in charge and, if applicable, by a surveyor authorized by the competent authority of the State in which the ship is unloading. Each completed page shall be countersigned by the master of the ship.

 

Entries in the Cargo Record Book are required only for operations involving Categories, A, B, C and D substances.

 

LIST OF ITEMS TO BE RECORDED

(Entries are required only for operations involving Categories A, B, C and D substances.)

 

(A) LOADING OF CARGO

 

1. Place of loading.

 

2. Identify tank(s), name of substance(s) and category(ies).

 

(B) INTERNAL TRANSFER OF CARGO

 

3. Name and category of cargo(es) transferred.

 

4. Identity of tanks:
.1 From:
.2 To:

 

5. Was (were) tank(s) in 4.1 emptied?

 

6. If not, quantity remaining in tank(s).

 

(C) UNLOADING OF CARGO

 

7. Place of unloading.

 

8. Identity of tank(s) unloaded.

 

9. Was (were) tank(s) emptied?
.1 If yes, confirm that the procedure for emptying and stripping has been performed in accordance with the ship's Procedures and Arrangements Manual (i.e., list, trim, stripping temperature).
.2 If not, quantity remaining in tank(s).

 

10. Does the ship's Procedures and Arrangements Manual require a prewash with subsequent disposal to reception facilities?

 

11. Failure of pumping and/or stripping system.
.1 Time and nature of failure.
.2 Reason for failure.
.3 Time when system has been made operational.

 

(D) MANDATORY  PREWASH  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  SHIP'S  PROCEDURES AND ARRANGEMENTS MANUAL

 

12. Identify tank(s), substance(s) and category(ies).

 

13. Washing method:
.1 Number of washing machines per tank
.2 Duration of wash/washing cycles.
.3 Hot/cold wash.

 

14. Prewash slops transferred to:
.1 Reception facility in unloading port (identify port).
.2 Reception facility otherwise (identify port).

 

(E) CLEANING   OF   CARGO   TANKS   EXCEPT   MANDATORY   PREWASH   (OTHER PREWASH OPERATIONS, FINAL WASH, VENTILATION, ETC.)

 

15. State time, identify tank(s), substance(s) and category(ies) and state:
.1 Washing procedure used.
.2 Cleaning agent(s) [identify agent(s) and quantities].
.3 Dilution  of  cargo  residues  with  water,  state  how  much  water  used  (only  Category  D substances).
.4 Ventilation procedure used (state number of fans used, duration of ventilation).

 

16. Tank washings transferred:
.1 Into the sea.
.2 To reception facility (identify port).
.3 To slops collecting tank (identify tank).

 

(F) DISCHARGE INTO THE SEA OF TANK WASHINGS

 

17. Identify tank(s).
.1 Were tank washings discharged during cleaning of tank(s), if so at what rate?
.2 Were tank washing(s) discharged from a slops collecting tank?  If so, state quantity and rate of discharge.

 

18. Time commenced and stopped pumping.

 

19. Ship's speed during discharge,

 

(G) BALLASTING OF CARGO TANKS

 

20. Identity of tank(s) ballasted.

 

21. Time at start of ballasting.

 

(H) DISCHARGE OF BALLAST WATER FROM CARGO TANKS.

 

22. Identity of tank(s).

 

23. Discharge of ballast:
.1 Into the sea.
.2 To reception facilities (identify port).

 

24. Time commenced and stopped ballast discharge.

 

25. Ship's speed during discharge.

 

(I) ACCIDENTAL OR OTHER EXCEPTIONAL DISCHARGE

 

26. Time of occurrence.

 

27. Approximate quantity, substances) and category(ies).

 

28. Circumstances of discharge or escape and general remarks.

 

(J) CONTROL BY AUTHORIZED SURVEYORS

 

29. Identify port.

 

30. Identify tank(s), substance(s), category(ies) discharged ashore.

 

31. Have tank(s), pump(s), and piping system(s) been emptied?

 

32. Has a prewash in accordance with the ship's Procedures and Arrangements Manual been carried out?

 

33. Have tank washings resulting from the prewash been discharged ashore and is the tank empty?

 

34. An exemption has been granted from mandatory prewash.

 

35. Reasons for exemption.

 

36. Name and signature of authorized surveyor.

 

37. Organization, company, government agency for which surveyor works.

 

(K) ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND REMARKS

 

NAME OF SHIP:

 

DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OR LETTERS:

 

CARGO/BALLAST OPERATIONS

Date

Code (letter)

Item (number)

Record of operations/ signature of officer in charge/name of and signature of authorized surveyor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

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Signature of Master

 

 

 


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