1.

whypumpr oom fanal

way
sont
heexhaustmode?
whycar
got
anksar
enot
vent
il
atedi
nt hesameway.

Inspect i
onandmai ntenanceofpumpr oom venti
lati
onfans
Pumpr oom v enti
lati
onf ansarer equir
edt ooperatebydrawingai routoft hespace.Asa
consequence, shoul dgasbepr esentinthepumpr oom thev apourswi l
lbedr awnt hr
oughthe
bladesoft hef ani mpel l
erandcoul dbei gni
tedifthebladescont actthecasingori fthefan
bear ingsorseal sov er-heat.
Pumpr oom ext r
actorf ans,i
ncludingimpel l
ers,
shaftsandgasseal s,shouldbei nspect
edona
regul arbasis.
Thecondi tionoft hef ant r
unkingshoul dbeinspectedandt hepr operoper at
ionofchangeov er
flapsandf i
r edamper sconf i
rmed.
Rout inevibr ati
onmoni tori
ngandanal y si
sshouldbeconsi deredasameansf orprovi
dingearl
y
det ecti
onofcomponentwear .

Venti
lati
on
Becauseoft hepotenti
alforthepr esenceofhy drocarbongasi nthepumpr oom, SOLAS
requi
restheuseofmechani calvent i
lat
iont omaint ai
ntheat mospher einasaf econditi
on.
SOLASr equiresthatshi
psbui l
tonoraf ter1stJul y2002bepr ovidedwi thcontinuous
monitori
ngoft hepumpr oomsat mospher eandanaudi bl
eandv isualalarm system whichwi l
l
acti
vatewhent hehy dr
ocarbongasconcent rat
ioni nthepumpr oom exceedsapr e-setlevel
,
whichshouldnotbemor ethan10%LFL.
Throughoutcargohandl i
ngoper ations,thepumpr oom venti
lat
ionsy stem mustbei n
conti
nuousoper ati
onandt hegasdet ectionsystem, iff
itt
ed,shouldbef unctioningcorr
ect l
y.
Venti
lati
onshoul dbecontinuousunt i
laccessi snol ongerrequir
ed,orcar gooper at
ionshav e
beencompl eted.

Pumpr oom ent rypr ocedur es

Beforeany oneent ersapumpr oom, itshoul dbet horoughl yventil
at ed,t heoxy gencont entof
theat mospher eshoul dbev erifi
edandt heat mospher echeckedf orthepr esenceof
hydrocar bonsandanyt oxicgasassoci atedwi tht hecar gobeinghandl ed.
Formalpr ocedur esshoul dbei npl acet ocont r
olpumpr oom entr y
.Thepr ocedur eusedshoul d
bebasedonar iskassessment ,shoul densur et hatr iskmi ti
gationmeasur esar ef oll
owed, and
thatent r
iesi ntot hespacear er ecor ded.
Wher eaf ixedgasdet ectionsy st em i sf i
ttedwhi chi scor r
ectlycalibratedandpr ovidesact ual
gasr eadi ngsasaper centageLFL( %LFL)atr epr esent ativ
elocat i
onswi thinthepumpr oom, i
t
canbeusedt opr ovideinformat ionf orsaf eent ryi ntot hespace.
Acommuni cationssy stem shoul dpr ov idelinksbet weent hepumpr oom, navigat i
onbr idge,
enginer oom andcar gocont r
olr oom.I naddi ti
on, audibleandv isualr epeat er
sf oressent ial
alarm sy stems, suchast hegener alal arm andt hef ixedext i
nguishi ngsy stem al arm, shoul dbe
providedwi thint hepumpr oom.
Arrangement sshoul dbeest ablishedt oenabl eef f
ectivecommuni cationt obemai nt
ainedatal l
ti
mesbet weenper sonnelwi t
hint hepumpr oom andt hoseout side.Regul arcommuni cation
checksshoul dbemadeatpr e-agr eedi nt
er val
sandf ailuretorespondshoul dbecauset or aise
thealar m.
VHF/ UHFcommuni cati
onshoul dnotbeusedasapr i
mar ycommuni cat ionmet hodwher ei ti
s
knownt hatr ecept i
onmaynotber eliabl eorpr act icableduet onoi se.Wher ecommuni cationby
VHF/ UHFi sdi ff
icul t,i
tisr ecommendedt hatast and-byper soni sposi tionedont hepump
room t opandt hatav i
sualandr emot ecommuni cationpr ocedurei sputi npl ace.
Thef requencyofpumpr oom ent ryf orr out i
nei nspect ionpur posesdur ingcar gooper ations
shouldber
ev i
ewedwithaviewtomi ni
misi
ngpersonnelexposur
e.Noti
cesshoul
dbedi
spl
ayed
atthepumproom ent
ranceprohi
bit
ingentr
ywi
thoutformalpermissi
on.

3.
5Ar
rangementofcar
gopumpr
ooms

3.5.
1Pumpr oom v
enti
lati
on
Inaddi
ti
ontotheprovi
sionsofCh7, Sec2,
[2.
3.3]
,thev
ent
il
ati
onoft
hecar
gopumpr
oom i
sto
complywit
hthefoll
owingprovi
sions:

Car gopumpr oomsar et obemechani cal

lyv entil
at edanddi schargesf rom exhaustf ansar et o
bel edt oasaf eplaceont heopendeck.Thev entil
at ionoft heser oomsi st ohav esuf f i
cient
capaci tytomi nimizet hepossi bil
it
yofaccumul ationoff lammabl ev apour s.Thenumberof
changesofai ristobeatl east20perhour ,basedupont hegr ossv olumeoft hespace.Theai r
duct sar et obear rangedsot hatalloft hespacei sef fecti
velyv entil
at ed.Thev enti
lationi sto
beoft hesuct ionty peusi ngf ansoft henon-spar kingt ype.
Thev ent i
lationduct sar etobesoar rangedt hatt hei rsuct i
oni sjustabov ethet ransv ersef l
oor
plat esorbot tom longi tudinalsi nthev ici
nit
yofbi lges.
Anemer gencyi ntakel ocat edabout2, 20m abov et hepumpr oom lowergr atingi stobe
pr ov i
ded.I tist obef it
tedwi thadampercapabl eofbei ngopenedorcl osedf rom t heexposed
mai ndeckandl owergr atingl evel.
Vent i
lationt hr ought heemer gencyi ntakeist obeef fecti
v ewhent hel oweri ntakesar eseal ed
of fduet of loodi ngint hebi lges.
Thef or egoi ngexhaustsy st em isinassoci ationwi thopengr ati
ngf loorpl atest oal l
owt hef ree
flowofai r.
Ar rangement sinvolv i
ngaspeci fi
cr ati
oofar easofupperemer gencyandl owermai nv entil
at or
openi ngs, whi chcanbeshownt or esulti
natl eastt her equi r
ed20ai rchangesperhourt hrough
thel oweri nl ets,canbeadopt edwi thouttheuseofdamper s.Whent hel oweraccessi nletsar e
closedt henatl east15ai rchangesperhourshoul dbeobt ainedt hrought heupperi nl ets.

3.
5.2Measurest
oprev entexpl
osi
ons
Thepr
ovi
sionsof[3.
5.2]donotapplyt
oshi
pshav
ingoneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngser
vicenot
ati
ons:

Oiltanker, flashpoi nt>60° C

Oiltanker, asphal tcar r
ier
FLSt anker ,flashpoi nt>60° C,
exceptwher ethecar goi scar r
iedatat emper at ureabov e15° Cfrom t hef l
ashpoi nt .
Wher ecargopumps, ball
astpumpsandst rippingpumpsar edrivenbyamachi newhi chis
locatedout si det hecar gopumpr oom, thefollowi ngar rangement sar et obemade:
driveshaf tsar et obef itt
edwi thflexi
blecoupl ingsorot hermeanssui tabletocompensat efor
anymi sal
ignment
theshaf tbul kheadordeckpenet rati
onistobef i
ttedwi thagas-t ightglandofat y
peappr oved
byt heSoci et y.Thegl andi st obeef f
ici
entlylubr i
catedf rom out sidethepumpr oom andso
designedast opr ev entov er heating.Thesealpar tsoft hegl andar et obeofmat erialthat
cannoti niti
at espar ks.
Temper aturesensi ngdev icesar et obef i
tt
edf orbul kheadshaf tgl ands, bearingsandpump
casings.
Todi scour ageper sonnelf rom ent eri
ngt hecar gopumpr oom whent hev entil
ationi snotin
oper ati
on, thel ighti
ngi nthecar gopumpr oom i st obei nt er
lockedwi thv entil
ationsucht hat
vent i
lati
oni st obei noper at iontoener gisethel ighting.
Failureoft hev enti
lat i
onsy stem isnott ocauset hel ightingtogoout .Emer gencyl ighti
ng, i
f
fit
ted, i
snott obei nt erlocked.
Asy st
em f orcontinuouslymoni toringtheconcent rati
onofhy drocarbongasesi stobef itted.
Sampl i
ngpoi ntsordet ectorheadsar et obel ocatedi nsui
tableposi t
ionsinor derthat
potenti
all
ydanger ousl eakagesar er eadil
ydet ected.Sequentialsampl ingisaccept abl
easl ong
asitisdedi cat
edf orthepumpr oom onl y,includi
ngexhaustduct s,andt hesampl i
ngt imei s
reasonablyshor t
.Suitableposi t
ionsmaybet heexhaustv entilat
ionductandl owerpar tsoft he
pumpr oom abov ef l
oorpl ates.Thesy stem ist oraiseanalarmi ftheconcent rati
onof
hydrocarbongasesexceeds10percentoft helowerf lammabl elimit(LFL).Thealar m signals
(vi
sualandaudi ble)aret obepr ovidedint hecar gocont r
olr
oom andont henav i
gationbr idge.
Highliquidleveli
nt hebi l
gesi stoact i
vateanaudi bleandvisualalarmi nthecar gocont rol
room andont henav i
gationbr i
dge.

2.whyontanker
spumpr
oom al
way
slocat
edaf
t?whynotmi
dshi
p?gi
veme
regul
ati
on?

5Car goar easoft anker s

5.1Separ ationofcar gooi ltanks
5.1.1Car gopump-r ooms, cargot anks,slopt anksandcof ferdamsshal lbeposi t i
onedf or
war dof
machi neryspaces.Howev er
,oilfuelbunkert anksneednotbef orwardofmachi ner yspaces.Car go
tanksandsl opt anksshal lbeisolatedf rom machi neryspacesbycof f
erdams, cargopump-r ooms, oil
bunkert anksorbal lastt anks.Pump-r oomscont ai ningpumpsandt heiraccessor iesforbal l
asti
ngt hose
spacessi tuatedadj acentt ocargot anksandsl opt anksandpumpsf oroilf ueltransf ershallbe
consi deredasequi v alentt oacar gopump-r oom wi t
hinthecontextoft hi
sr egul
at ionpr ov
idedt hatsuch
pump-r oomshav et hesamesaf etyst andardast hatr equi
redforcargopumpr ooms.Pump-r ooms
intendedsol elyf orbal l
astoroi lf
uelt ransfer,howev er,neednotcompl ywi tht her equirement sof
regulat i
on10. 9.Thel ower
por t
ionoft hepump-r oom mayber ecessedi ntomachi neryspacesofcat egor yAt oaccommodat e
pumps, pr ovidedt hatt hedeckheadoft her ecessi singeneralnotmor et hanonet hirdofthemoul ded
dept habov et hekeel ,exceptt hatint hecaseofshi psofnotmor ethan25, 000t onnesdeadwei ght,where
itcanbedemonst rat edt hatforreasonsofaccessandsat isf
actorypipingar r
angement sthisis
impr acticable, t
heAdmi nistr
ationmayper mi tar ecessi nexcessofsuchhei ght,butnotexceedi ngone
halfof
themoul deddept habov et hekeel .

3.
whati
sfl
ashpoi
nt?whati
sspont
aneouscombust
ion?

f
lashpoi
nt:

 Thel owestt emper atureatwhi chal iqui dpr oducesenoughv aport ofor m anignitabl
emi xt
ure.
 Liquidswi thlowf lashpoi ntsposethegr eatestdanger .Measur ingaf lashpoi ntrequi
resan
ignit
ionsour ce.
 Thef lashpoi ntisof tenusedasadescr i
ptivechar acteri
sticofl i
qui d 
fuel,anditisalsousedt o
helpchar acterizet hef i
rehazar dsofl iquids.
 “Flashpoi nt”referst obot h fl
ammabl eli
qui dsand combust ible l
iquids.Ther earev ar
ious
standar dsfordef iningeacht erm.
 Liquidswi thaf lashpoi ntl essthan60. 5or37. 8° C( 141 or100  °F)—dependi ngupont he
standar dbeingappl ied—ar econsider edf lammabl e, whileli
qui dswi thaf l
ashpoi ntabovethose
temper aturesar econsi der edcombust ible.
 Ast het emper aturei ncreases, t
hev aporpr essurei ncreases.Ast hev aporpressur ei
ncreases,
theconcent r
ationofv aporoft heflammabl el i
quidi ntheairincr eases.Hence, t
emper at
ure
determi nestheconcent rationofvaporoft heflammabl eli
quidi nt heair.
  Acer t
ainconcentr
ationofv aporint
heairisnecessaryt
osustai
ncombust i
on,andthat
concentrat
ionisdi
fferentforeachfl
ammabl eli
quid.Thefl
ashpointofafl
ammabl eli
quidist
he
lowesttemperatur
eatwhi cht her
ewillbeenoughflammablevaportoigni
tewhenani gni
ti
on
sourceisappli
ed.
 Ther
ear
etwobasi
cty
pesoff
lashpoi
ntmeasur
ement
: 
open 
cupandcl
osedcup.

spont
aneouscombust
ion:
 Thei gnit
ionofmat eri
albroughtaboutbyaheatpr oducing( exothermic)chemicalreact
ion
withi
nt he
mat eri
alitsel
fwithoutexposuretoanexternalsourceofi gnit
ion.
or
 Ignit
ionofasubst ance,suchasoi l
yragsorhay ,causedbyal ocali
zedheat-increasi
ngreact
ion
betweent heoxidantandt hefuelandnotinvol
vingadditionofheatf rom anout si
desource.

4.
whatdoyouunder
standbySOPEP?whati
sSMPEP?i
sitpossi
blet
ocombi
neSOPEPand
SMPEP?whichr
egulat
ion?

Under
standingSOPEP&SMPEP
 SOPEPst andsf orShi poi lpollutionemer gencypl an
 Regul at i
on37ofAnnexIofMARPOLr equi resthatoi ltanker sof150t onsgr osst onnageormor e
andal lshi psof400t onsgr osst onnageormor ecar r
yanappr ovedshi pboar doi lpol l
utionpl an
(SOPEP) .TheI nter nat i
onalConv enti
ononOi lPolluti
onPr epar edness, ResponseandCo-
oper ation, 1990, alsor equi ressuchapl anf orcertainshi ps.
 Regul at i
on17ofAnnexI IofMARPOLmakessi mi larstipulationsf oral lshi psof150t onsgr oss
tonnageandabov ecar r
y ingnoxi ousliqui dsubst ancesi nbul k:theyr equi redt ocar ryonboar dan
appr ov edmar inepol lutionemer gencypl anf ornoxi ousl i
qui dsubst ances( S.M. P.E.P)(From 1st
Januar y2003) .
 Mast eroft heshi pi st heov erallinchar geoft heSOPEPoft heshi p, alongwi tht hechi efof fi
cer
assubor dinat ei nchar gef orimpl ement at i
onofSOPEPonboar d.
 SOPEPal sodescr ibest hepl anf orthemast er,officerandt hecr ewoft heshi pt otackl ev ari
ous
oil
 spi l
l scenar iot hatcanoccuronashi p.Foroi ltanker s,act ionplanwi densr egar dingt hecargo
handl ingandcar got ankscont aininghugequant i
tiesofoi l.
 TheSMPEPshoul dbecombi nedwi thaSOPEP, sincemostoft heircont entsar et hesameand
thecombi nedpl ani smor epr acticalthant wosepar ateonesi ncaseofanemer gency .Tomake
itcleart hatt hepl anisacombi nedone, itshoul dber ef
erredt oasashi pboar dmar inepol luti
on
emer gencypl an( SMPEP) .
 TheGui del inesf ort heDev elopmentofShi pboardMar i
nePol luti
onEmer gencyPl anshav ebeen
devel opedbyI MOt ohel pAdmi nistr
ationsandshi powner smeett heser equirement s.
SOPEPcont
ainst
hef
oll
owi
ngt
hings:
 Theact
ionpl
ancont
ainsdut
yofeachcr
ewmemberatt
het
imeofspi
ll
,i
ncl
udi
ngemer
gency
must
erandact
ions.
 SOPEPcont
ainst
hegener
ali
nfor
mat
ionaboutt
heshi
pandt
heowneroft
heshi
pet
c.
 St
epsandpr
ocedur
etocont
aint
hedi
schar
geofoi
lint
otheseausi
ngSOPEPequi
pment
s.
  Onboar
dRepor
ti
ngpr
ocedur
eandr
equi
rementi
ncaseofoi
lspi
lli
sdescr
ibed.
 Aut
hor
it
iest
ocont
actandr
epor
ti
ngr
equi
rement
sincaseofoi
lspi
llar
eli
stedi
nSOPEP.
Aut
hor
it
iesl
ikepor
tst
atecont
rol
,oi
lcl
eanupt
eam et
car
etobenot
if
ied.
 SOPEPi
ncl
udesdr
awi
ngofv
ari
ousf
uell
ines,
alongwi
thot
heroi
lli
nesonboar
dvesselwi
th
posi
ti
oni
ngofv
ent
s, 
sav
e al
ltr
ayset
c.
 Gener
alar
rangementofshi
pisal
sol
ist
edi
nSOPEP,
whi
chi
ncl
udesl
ocat
ionofal
ltheoi
ltanks
wi
thcapaci
ty,
cont
entet
c.
 Thel
ocat
ionoft
heSOPEPl
ockerandcont
ent
soft
hel
ockerwi
tha 
li
st 
ofi
nvent
ory
.

5.
whati
sORB?whi
chr
egul
ati
on?

Oi
lRecor
dBook,
Par
tI-Machi
ner
yspaceoper
ati
ons(
AllShi
ps)

Thef ollowingpagesoft hissecti

onshowacompr ehensiveli
stofit
emsofmachineryspaceoper ati
ons
whichar e,whenappr opriat
e,tober ecordedintheOilRecor dBookPartIi
naccor
dancewi thregulati
on
17ofAnnexIoft heI nternat
ionalConv enti
onfort hePr event
ionofPoll
uti
onfrom Ships,1973,as
modifiedbyt heProtocolof1978r elat
ingtheret
o( MARPOL73/ 78)
.Theit
emshav ebeengr oupedinto
operationalsecti
ons,eachofwhi chisdenot edbyaletterCode.

 Whenmaki ngent ri
esi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tI
,thedat e,oper ati
onalCodeandi tem number
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chronol ogical l
yi nt hebl ankspaces.
 Eachcompl et edoper ationshal lbesi gnedf oranddat edbyt heof f i
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ectt heaccur acyof
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theshi pt obeundul ydel ay ed.

LI
STOFI
TEMSTOBERECORDED

(
A) bal
last
ingorcl
eaningofoilf
ueltanks
(
b) di
schargeofdi
rtybal
lastorcl
eaningwat
erf
rom oi
lfuelt
anksr
efer
redt
oundersect
ion(
a)
(
c) col l
ection,tr
ansferanddi sposalofoilresidues( sludge)
(
d) non-aut omaticst art
ingofdi schargeov er
boar d,t r
ansferordisposalother
wiseofbi
lgewater
whichhasaccumul at
edi nmachi neryspaces
(
e) aut omat icst
arti
ngofdi schargeov erboard,transferordisposalot
herwiseofbil
gewat
erwhichhas
accumul atedinmachi ner yspaces
(
f) condi ti
onoft heoi lfi
lteri
ngequi pment
(g) accidentalorotherexcept i
onaldischargesofoi l
(
h) bunker ingoffuelorbul kl ubr
icati
ngoi l
(i
) addi ti
onaloperationalpr oceduresandgener alremar ks

Oi
lRecor
dBook,
Par
tII-Car
go/
bal
lastoper
ati
ons(
OilTanker
s)
Thef ollowingpagesoft hissecti
onshowacompr ehensiv
el istofit
emsofcargoandball
astoperati
ons
whichar e,whenappr opriat
e,tober ecordedi ntheOilRecor dBookPartIIi
naccordancewit
hregulati
on
36ofAnnexIoft heI nternat
ionalConv entionf orthePr ev ent
ionofPol
lut
ionfrom Shi
ps,1973,as
modifiedbyt heProtocolof1978r elat
ingt hereto(MARPOL73/ 78)
.Theit
emshav ebeengroupedinto
operationalsecti
on, eachofwhi chisdenot edbyacodel ett
er.

 Whenmaki ngent r
iesintheOilRecor dBookPar tII,t
hedat e,oper ati
onalcodeandi tem number
shallbeinser tedint heappropriatecol umnsandt her equir
edpar ti
cularsshallber ecor ded
chronol
ogicallyintheblankspaces.
 Eachcompl etedoper ati
onshallbesi gnedf oranddat edbyt heofficerorof f
icer
si ncharge.Each
completedpageshal lbecountersignedbyt hemast eroft heship.

Inrespectoft heoi ltanker
sengagedi nspeci f
ict r
adesi naccor dancewi thregulati
on2. 5of
AnnexIofMARPOL73/ 78,appropriateent ryintheOi lRecordBookPar tI
Ishallbeendor sedby
thecompet entportSt at
eauthorit
y .
(Thissentenceshoul
donlybeinser
tedfortheOi
lRecor
dBookofat anker
*
engagedi
naspeci
fi
ctr
ade.
)

 TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIIcont ai

nsmanyr eferencest ooi lquant i
ty.Thel imitedaccur acyof
tankMeasur ementdev ices,t emper aturev ariationsandcl ingagewi llaf f
ectt heaccur acyof
theser eadi ngs.Theent riesi ntheOi lRecor dBookPar tIIshoul dbeconsi der edaccor di
ngly.
 Intheev entofacci dent alorot herexcept i
onaldi schar geofoi lastatementshal lbemadei nthe
OilRecor dBookPar tIIoft heci r
cumst ancesof ,andt her easonsf or ,thedischar ge.
 Anyf ailur eoft heoi ldi
schar gemoni tor i
ngandcont rolsy stem shal lbenot edint heOilRecor d
BookPar tII
.
 Theent riesint heOi lRecor dBookPar tII,forshi pshol dinganI OPPCer t
ifi
cat e,shallbei n
English.
 TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIIshallbekepti nsuchapl aceast ober eadilyav ail
ablef orinspect i
on
atallr easonabl et imesand,excepti nt hecaseofunmannedShi psundert ow,shal lbekepton
boardt heShi p.Itshal lbepr eser v
edf oraper i
odoft hreey earsaf terthel astent ryhasbeen
made.
 Thecompet entaut hori
tyoft heGov ernmentofaPar tyt otheConv enti
onmayi nspectt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tI Ionboar danyShi pt owhi cht hisAnnexappl i
eswhi letheShi pi si nit
spor tor
offshor et erminalsandmaymakeacopyofanyent r
yi nthatbookandmayr equiret hemast erof
theShi pt ocer t
if
yt hatt hecopyi sat r
uecopyofsuchent r
y.Anycopysomadewhi chhasbeen
certi
fiedbyt hemast eroft heShi pasat ruecopyofanent r
yi ntheOi lRecor dBookPar tI
Ishal l
bemadeadmi ssiblei nanyj uridi
calpr oceedingsasev idenceoft hef actsst atedint heent r
y .The
inspect ionofanOi lRecor dBookPar tIIandt akingofacer ti
fiedcopybyt hecompet entauthorit
y
undert hispar agraphshal lbeper formedasexpedi t
iouslyaspossi blewi thoutcausi ngtheshi p
tobeundul ydelay ed.

LI
STOFI
TEMSTOBERECORDED

(
1) LOADI
NGOFOI LCARGO
1. Pl aceofl
oadi
ng.
 2. Ty peofoi lloadedandi dent ityoft ank( s) .
3. Tot alquant ityofoi lloaded( st atequant it
yadded,i nm3at15° Candt het otalcontentoft ank(
s),
3
inm ) .
(2) I NTERNALTRANSFEROFOI LCARGODURI NGVOYAGE
4. I dent ityoft ank( s) :
.1 f rom:
.2 t o:( stat equant ityt ransf err edandt otalquant i
tyoft ank( s), inm3)
5. Was( wer e)t het ank( s)in4. 1empt ied?( Ifnot ,statequant i
tyr etained,inm3. )
(3) UNLOADI NGOFOI LCARGO
6. Pl aceofunl oadi ng.
7. I dent ityoft ank( s)unl oadi ng.
8. Was( wer e)t het ank( s)empt ied?( I
fnot , stat
e.quant it
yr etained, nm3.
i )
(4) CRUDEOI LWASHI NG( COW TANKERSONLY)
(
Tobecompl et edf oreacht ankbei ngcr udeoi lwashed)
9. Por twher ecr udeoi lwashi ngwascar riedoutorshi p’sposi t
ioni fcar ri
edoutbet weent wo
dischar gepor ts.
1
10. I dent ityoft ank( s)washed.
11. Numberofmachi nesi nuse.
12. Ti meofst ar tofwashi ng.
2
13. Washi ngpat ter nempl oy ed.
14. Washi ngl inepr essur e.
15. Ti mewashi ngwascompl etedorst opped.
16. St at emet hodofest abl ishi ngt hatt ank( s)was( wer e)dr y .
3
17. Remar ks.
(5) BALLASTI NGOFCARGOTANKS
18. Posi tionofshi patst artandendofbal last i
ng.
19. Bal l
ast ingpr ocess:
.1 i dent i
t yoft ank( s)bal last ed;
.2 t imeofst artandend; and
.3 quant ityofbal l
astr ecei v ed.I ndi cat et ot alquant i
tyofbal lastf oreacht ankinvolvedi nthe
oper at ion,
inm3.
(5) BALLASTI NGOFDEDI CATEDCLEANBALLASTTANKS( CBTTANKERSONLY)
20. I dent ityoft ank( s)bal l
ast ed.
21. Posi tionofshi pwhenwat eri nt endedf orf lushi ng,orpor tbal lastwast akent odedi catedclean
ballastt ank( s).
22. Posi tionofshi pwhenpump( s)andl i
neswer ef lushedt osl opt ank.
23. Quant ityoft heoi lywat erwhi ch,af terl inef lushi ng,i st ransf erredt ot heslopt ank(s)orcar go
tank( s)i nwhi chsl opi spr el i
mi nar i
lyst ored( ident i
fyt ank( s)).St atethet otalquantit
y,inm3.
24. Posi tionofshi pwhenaddi tionalbal lastwat erwast akent odedi catedcl eanbal l
asttank(s).
25. Ti meandposi ti
onofshi pwhenv al vessepar atingt hededi catedcl eanbal lasttanksf rom cargo
andst rippi ngl ineswer ecl osed.
26. Quant ityofcl eanbal l
astt akenonboar d, nm3.
i
(7) CLEANI NGOFCARGOTANKS
27. I dent ityoft ank( s)cl eaned.
28. Por torshi p’ sposi tion.
29. Dur ationofcl eani ng.
4
30. Met hodofcl eani ng.
31.Tankwashingst ransf erredt o:
nm3) 5
.1 r ecept i
onf aci li
t i
es( st atepor tandquant ity,i ;and
.2 sl opt ank( s)orcar got ank( s)desi gnatedassl opt ank( s)( identifytank(s);statequant it
y
transf er redandt otalquant i
ty ,
inm3) .
(8) DI SCHARGEOFDI RTYBALLAST
32. I dent ityoft ank( s) .
33. Ti meandposi tionofshi patst artofdi schar gei ntot hesea.
34. Ti meandposi tionofshi poncompl etionofdi schar gei ntot hesea.
35. Quant itydi schar gedi nt ot hesea, nm3.
i
36. Shi p’sspeed( s)dur ingdi schar ge.
37. Wast hedi schar gemoni tor ingandcont rolsy stem i noper at iondur i
ngt hedischarge?
 38. Wasar egul archeckkeptont heef f l
uentandt hesur f
aceoft hewat erint helocalit
yoft he
dischar ge?
3
39. Quant ityofoi lywat ert ransf erredt osl opt ank( s)( ident i
fysl opt ank( s).St at
et otalquant i
ty,inm .
3 5
40. Di schar gedt oshor er ecept ionf aci liti
es( ident ifypor tandquant ityi nvolved,inm ) .
(
9) DISCHARGEOFWATERFROM SLOPTANKSI NTOTHESEA
41. I dent ityofsl opt anks.
42. Ti meofset tlingf rom l astent r
yofr esi dues, or
43. Ti meofset tlingf rom l astdi schar ge.
44. Ti meandposi tionofshi patst ar tofdi schar ge.
45. Ul lageoft ot alcont ent satst artofdi schar ge.
46. Ul lageofoi l/ wat eri nt erf aceatst ar tofdi schar ge.
47. Bul kquant it ydi schar ged, inm3andr at eofdi schar ge, nm3/
i hour .
3
48. Fi nalquant itydi schar gedi nm andr at eofdi schar ge, inm3/ hour .
49. Ti meandposi tionofshi poncompl et ionofdi schar ge.
50. Wast hedi schar gemoni tor ingandcont rolsy st em i noper ationdur ingt hedischar ge?
51. Ul lageofoi l/ wat eri nt erf aceoncompl et i
onofdi schar ge, inmet res.
52. Shi p’ sspeed( s)dur i
ngdi schar ge.
53. Wasar egul archeckkeptont heef f l
uentandt hesur f
aceoft hewat erint helocalit
yoft he
dischar ge?
54. Conf irmt hatal lappl icabl ev alvesi nt heshi p’spi pi ngsy stem hav ebeencl osedoncompl etionof
dischar gef r om t hesl opt anks.
(
10) COLLECTI ON,TRANSFERANDDI SPOSALOFRESI DUESANDOI LYMI XTURESNOTOTHERWI SEDEALT
WITH
55. I dent ityoft ank( s) .
56. Quant ity,transf er r
edordi sposedoff rom eacht ank.( Statet hequant i
tyretained, nm3.
i )
57. Met hodoft ransf erordi sposal :
5
.1 di sposalt or ecept i
onf acilit
ies( ident i
fypor tandquant i
tyinv olved) ;
.2 mi xedwi thcar go( st at equant it
y );
.3 t ransf er redt oorf rom ( an) ot hert ank( s)i ncl udi ngt ransf erfr om machi ner yspaceoi lresidue
(sludge)andoi lybi lgewat ert anks( ident ifyt ank( s);stat equant ityt ransferredandt otal
quant i
tyi nt ank( s) ,inm3) ;and
.4 ot hermet hod( st at ewhi ch); stat equant it
ydi sposedof ,nm3.
i
(
11) DISCHARGEOFCLEANBALLASTCONTAI NEDI NCARGOTANKS
58. Posi tionofshi patst ar tofdi schar geofcl eanbal last .
59. I dent ityoft ank( s)di schar ged.
60. Was( wer e)t het ank( s)empt yoncompl etion?
61. Posi tionofshi poncompl et i
oni fdi ffer entf rom 58.
62. Wasar egul archeckkeptont heef f l
uentandt hesur f
aceoft hewat erint helocalit
yoft he
dischar ge?
(
12) DISCHARGEOFBALLASTFROM DEDI CATEDCLEANBALLASTTANKS( CBTTANKERSONLY)
63. I dent ityoft ank( s)di schar ged.
64. Ti meandposi tionofshi patst ar tofdi schar geofcl eanbal l
astint ot hesea.
65. Ti meandposi tionofshi poncompl et ionofdi schar gei nt othesea.
66. Quant itydi schar ged, inm3:
.1 i nt ot hesea; or
5
.2 t or ecept ionf acility( ident ifypor t
) .
67. Wast hereanyi ndi cat ionofoi lcont ami nat i
onoft hebal lastwat erbef or eordur i
ngdi schargeinto
thesea?
68. Wast hedi schar gemoni tor edbyanoi lcont entmet er?
69. Ti meandposi ti
onofshi pwhenv alv essepar at ingdedi catedcl eanbal l
astt anksf rom thecar go
andst rippingl ineswer ecl osedoncompl eti
onofdebal last i
ng.
(
13) CONDI TI
ONOFOI LDI SCHARGEMONI TORI NGANDCONTROLSYSTEM
70.Timeofsy stem f ai lure.
71.Timewhensy st em hasbeenmadeoper at i
onal .
72.Reasonsf orf ailur e.
(
14) ACCIDENTALOROTHEREXCEPTI ONALDI SCHARGESOFOI L
73. Ti meofoccur r ence.
74. Por torshi p’ sposi tionatt imeofoccur rence.
75. Appr oxi mat equant ity ,inm3andt ypeofoi l.
 76. Cir
cumst
ancesofdi
schar
georescape,
ther
easonst
her
efor
eandgener
alr
emar
ks.
(
15) ADDI
TIONALOPERATI
ONALPROCEDURESANDGENERALREMARKS

TANKERSENGAGEDI
NSPECI
FICTRADES
(
16) LOADINGOFBALLASTWATER
77. Ident
ityoftank(s)ball
ast
ed.
78. Positi
onofshi pwhenbal l
asted.
79. Totalquantit
yofbal l
astl
oadedi ncubicmet r
es.
80. Remar ks.
(
17) RE-ALLOCATI ONBALLASTWATERWI THINTHESHI P
81. Reasonsf orreal
locati
on.
(
18) BALLASTWATERDI SCHARGETORECEPTI ONFACI LI
TY
82. Port(
s)wher eballastwat
erwasdi scharged.
83. Nameordesi gnati
onofreceptionfacil
it
y.
84. Totalquantit
yofbal l
astwaterdischargedincubicmet
res.
85. Date,signat
ureandst ampofpor tauthori
tyoffi
cial
.

6.
isi
tpossi
blet
ocombi
neORBandCRB?wher
etof
ind?

CARGORECORDBOOKI
NSTRUCTI
ONS
GENERALI
NSTRUCTI
ONS

1.ACar
goRecor
dBookshal
lbemai nt
ainedonev
eryvesselcar
ryi
ngnoxi
ousl
iqui
dsubst
ancesi
nbul
k,
i
naccor
dancewi
tht
heprovi
sionsofMARPOL73/78,AnnexII.

2.TheCargoRecordBookmustbeavailabl
eatallti
mesf orexaminat
ionbyNaut
icalI
nspect
orsor
Inspect
orsofanypor
tStat
ewhenwithinthejur
isdi
ctionofthatSt
ate.TheCar
goRecordBookmustbe
preserv
edforthr
eeyear
sfrom t
hedateofthelastentry
.

3.TheCargoRecor
dBookmustbeproperl
ycomplet
ed.Al
lNoxi
ousLi
qui
dSubst
anceCar
goandBal
last
Operat
ionsmustbecl
ear
lyandaccur
atel
yrecor
ded.

4.OwnersandtheirLegalAdvi
sors,Master
sandOff
icer
sareremindedt hat
,inaddit
iontost
atut
ory
requi
rement
sconcer ni
ngmaintenanceofaCargoRecor
dBook, t
hisrecordisavaluablemeansof
provi
dingpr
oofthattheshiphascompliedwit
hant
i-pol
lut
ionregul
ations.

5.Pages( i
)and( ii
)ofthisinstr
ucti
onbookl etshowacompr ehensi
veli
stofitemsofNoxiousLiqui
d
SubstanceCar goandBal lastOperat
ionswhi chare,whenappr opr
iat
e,t
ober ecor
dedintheCargoRecord
Bookonat ank-to-tankbasi si
naccor dancewithRegulati
on15.2ofAnnexI Ioft
heInt
ernati
onal
ConventionforthePr eventi
onofPollutionfrom Shi
ps,1973andi t
sProtocolof1978(MARPOL73/ 78)
,
asamended.Thei temshav ebeengrouped
i
ntooper at
ionalsections,eachofwhi chisdenotedbyal et
tercode.

6.Whenmakingentr
iesintheCargoRecor
dBook,t hedate,operati
onalcodeanditem numbershal
lbe
i
nser
tedintheappr
opriat
ecolumnsandtherequi
redpar t
icularsshal
lberecordedchronol
ogical
lyi
nthe
bl
ankspaces.TheCargoRecordBookshal
lbemai ntai
nedint heEngli
shlanguage.
7.Whenasurvey
orappoi
ntedorauthori
zedbytheAdmini
str
ati
ontosuper
viseanyoper
ati
onsundert
his
Annexhasi
nspectedt
hevessel
,thatsur
veyorshal
lmakeanappropr
iat
eentryi
ntheCargoRecor
dBook.

8.Eachcompletedoperati
onshallbesignedforanddatedbytheof
ficerorof
fi
cer
si nchar
geand,
if
appli
cable,
byasurveyorauthor
izedbyt hecompetentaut
hori
tyoft
heSt at
einwhichtheshi
pis
unloadi
ng.Eachcompletedpageshallbecountersi
gnedbytheMasteroftheshi
p.

MARPOL73/ 78,ANNEXI
I,REGULATI
ON15
Regulat
ion15
CargoRecordBook

(1)Everyshi
ptowhi cht
hisAnnexappli
esshal
lbeprovi
dedwit
haCargoRecor
dBook,whet
heraspar
t
of
theship’
soffi
ciall
og-bookorother
wise,i
nthefor
m speci
fi
edi
nappendi
x2tothi
sAnnex.

(2)Aft
ercomplet
ionofanyoper
ati
onspeci
fi
edi
nappendi
x2t
othi
sAnnex
,theoper
ati
onshal
lbe
promptl
y
recor
dedintheCargoRecor
dBook.

(3)I
ntheeventofanaccident
aldischar
geofanoxi ousl
iqui
dsubst
anceormi xt
urecont
aini
ngsucha
subst
anceoradischargeundertheprovi
sionsofregul
ati
on3ofthi
sAnnex ,anentr
yshal
lbemadein
the
CargoRecor
dBookst ati
ngthecircumst
ancesof,andthereasonf
or,t
hedischarge.

(4)Eachent r
yshal lbesi gnedbytheoffi
cerorofficersinchargeoftheoper ati
onconcer nedandeach
page
shallbesignedbyt hemast eroftheshi
p.Theent riesintheCar goRecordBook, forshipshol
dingan
Int
ernati
onalPol lut
ionPr eventi
onCerti
fi
catefortheCar riageofNoxiousLi
qui dSubstancesinBulkora
cert
ifi
catereferredt oinregulat
ion7ofthisAnnex, shallbeatleasti
nEnglish,FrenchorSpanish.
Wher eentri
esi nanof fi
cialnati
onall
anguageoft heSt atewhosef l
agtheshi pisentit
ledtofl
yarealso
used,thi
sshal lprevailincaseofadisputeordiscrepancy .

(5)TheCargoRecordBookshal
lbekeptinsuchaplaceastobereadi
lyavai
lablefori
nspect
ionand,
exceptint
hecaseofunmannedshipsundertow,shal
lbekeptonboar
dt heship.I
tshallber
etai
nedfor
aperiodofthr
eeyearsaf
tert
helastent
ryhasbeenmade.

(6)Thecompet entaut hor i

tyoft
heGov er
nmentofaPar tymayi nspectt
heCar goRecordBookonboar d
anyshiptowhi cht hisAnnexapplieswhi l
et heshipisinitsport,andmaymakeacopyofanyent ryi
n
thatbookandmayr equirethemasteroft heshi pt
ocer t
if
ythatthecopyi satruecopyofsuchent ry
.Any
copysomadewhi chhasbeencer t
ifiedbyt hemasteroftheshi pasat r
uecopyofanent ryintheship’s
CargoRecor dBookshal lbemadeadmi ssibleinanyjudi
cialproceedi
ngsasev idenceofthefact
sst at
ed
intheentry
.Thei nspect ionofaCar goRecor dBookandt het aki
ngofacer t
if
iedcopybyt hecompet ent
authori
tyundert hispar agraphshallbeper formedasexpedi t
iouslyaspossi
blewi t
houtcausingtheship
tobeundulydel ay ed.

LISTOFI TEMSTOBERECORDED
Entri
esarer equiredonlyforoperati
onsinvolvi
ngallcat
egoriesofsubst
ances.
(1)LOADINGOFCARGO
1.Placeofloading.
2.Ident
if
yt ank(s),nameofsubst ance(s)andcategory(
ies)
.
(2)INTERNALTRANSFEROFCARGO
3.Nameandcat egoryofcargo(es)tr
ansferr
ed.
4.Ident
it
yoft anks.
.1From:
.2To:
5.Was( were)tank( s)i
n4.1empt ied?
6.Ifnot ,quant i
tyr emai ningi nt ank( s).
(3)UNLOADI NGOFCARGO
7.Placeofunl oadi ng.
8.Ident ityoft ank( s)unl oaded.
9.Was( wer e)t ank( s)empt ied?
.1Ify es, conf irmt hatt hepr ocedur eforempt yingandst ri
ppi nghasbeenper f
or medi naccordancewit
h
theshi p’ sPr ocedur esandAr rangement sManual( i.
e.,li
st,tri
m, stri
ppingt emper ature).
.2Ifnot ,quant i
tyr emai ningi nt ank( s).
10.Doest heshi p’sPr ocedur esandAr r
angement s(P&A)Manualr equi reapr ewashwi t
hsubsequent
disposalt or ecept ionf aci lities?
11.Fai lur eofpumpi ngand/ orst rippingsy st
em.
.1Timeandnat ur eoff ai l
ur e;
.2Reasonsf orf ai l
ur e;
.3Timewhensy stem hasbeenmadeoper ati
onal.
(4)MANDATORYPREWASHI NACCORDANCEWI THTHESHI P’
SPROCEDURESAND
ARRANGEMENTSMANUAL
12.Ident ifyt ank( s),subst ance( s)andcat egory(i
es).
13.Washi ngmet hod:
.1Numberofcl eani ngmachi nespert ank;
.2Dur at ionofwash/ washi ng, cy cles;
.3Hot / col dwash.
14.Pr ewashsl opst ransf er redt o:
.1Recept ionf aci l
ityi nunl oadi ngpor t(i
dentif
ypor t)
*.
.2Recept ionf aci l
ityot her wi se( ident if
ypor t
).
(5)CLEANI NGOFCARGOTANKSEXCEPTMANDATORYPREWASH( OTHERPREWASH
OPERATI ONS, FINALWASH, VENTI LATI ON,ETC. )
15.St at et ime, ident i
fyt ank( s) ,subst ance(s)andcat egory(ies)andst ate:
.1Washi ngpr ocedur eused;
.2Cleani ngagent (s)( i
dent ifyagent (s)andquant i
ti
es);
.3Vent il
at ionpr ocedur eused( st atenumberoff ansused, durationofv ent i
lati
on) .
*Shi p’sMast ershoul dobt ai nf rom t heoper atorofther ecept i
onf acil
it
ies, whichi ncludebargesand
tankt rucks, a
receiptorcer tifi
cat especi fyingt hequant it
yoft ankwashi ngst ransferr
edt ogetherwi t
htheti
meand
dateoft he
transfer .Ther ecei ptorcer tificat eshoul dbekeptt ogetherwi t
ht heCar goRecor dBook.
16.Tankwashi ngst ransf er red:
.1Intot hesea;
.2Tor ecept ionf aci li
ty( ident ifypor t)*;
.3Tosl opscol l
ect ingt ank( ident i
fyt ank).
(6)DI SCHARGEI NTOTHESEAOFTANKWASHI NGS
17.Ident ifyt ank( s).
.1Wer et ankwashi ngsdi schar geddur ingcleaningoft ank(s)?Ifso, atwhatr ate?
.2Wer et ankwashi ng( s)di schar gedf r
om asl opscollecti
ngt ank?I fso, statequant i
tyandrateof
dischar ge.
18.Ti mepumpi ngcommencedandst opped.
19.Shi p’ sspeeddur ingdi schar ge.
(7)BALLASTI NGOFCARGOTANKS
20.Ident ityoft ank( s)bal last ed.
21.Ti meatst artofbal last ing.
(8)DI SCHARGEOFBALLASTWATERFROM CARGOTANKS
22.Ident ityoft ank( s).
23.Di schar geofbal l
ast :
.1Intot hesea;
.2Tor ecept ionf aci li
ties( ident ifypor t)*.
24.Ti mebal lastdi schar gecommencedandst opped.
25.Shi p’ sspeeddur ingdi schar ge.
(9)ACCI DENTALOROTHEREXCEPTI ONALDI SCHARGE
26.Ti meofoccur rence.
27.Appr oximat equant i
ty ,subst ance( s)andcat egor y(i
es) .
28.Ci rcumst ancesofdi schar georescapeandgener alremar ks.
(10)CONTROLBYAUTHORI ZEDSURVEYORS
29.Ident if
ypor t.
30.Ident if
yt ank( s), subst ance( s), category (
ies)di schargedashor e.
31.Hav etank( s),pump( s) ,andpi pi ngsy stem( s)beenempt ied?
32.Hasapr ewashi naccor dancewi t
ht heshi p’sPr ocedur esandAr r
angementsManualbeencarriedout
?
33.Hav etankwashi ngsr esul ti
ngf rom t hepr ewashbeendi schar gedashoreandisthetankempty?
34.Anexempt ionhasbeengr ant edf r
om mandat orypr ewash.
35.Reasonsf orexempt ion.
36.Nameandsi gnat ureofaut hor izedsur vey or.
37.Or gani zation, company , gov er nmentagencyf orwhi chsur veyorwor ks.
(11)ADDI TIONALOPERATI ONALPROCEDURESANDREMARKS
*Shi p’sMast ershoul dobt ainf rom t heoper at oroft her ecepti
onf acil
it
ies,
whichincl
udebargesand
tankt r
ucks, a
receiptorcer ti
ficat especi fyingt hequant i
tyoft ankwashi ngstransferr
edtogetherwit
htheti
meand
dateoft he
transfer.Ther ecei ptorcer tificat eshoul dbekeptt oget herwi t
ht heCargoRecor dBook.

7.whatwasyourl
astshi
p?howmanypumpsinpumpr oom?whatty
pe?dr awmeadiagr
am of
apump?howt hestr
engtheni
ngofhol
esi
nbulkheadwheret
heshaftpassesf
rom E/
RM i
s
done?whereyoufi
ndit?
CargoOilPumps( COP)
Acentri
fugalpump,inthepumpr oom bott
om pl at
for
m. Thepumpconsi stsofanimpell
erwhichrotat
es
wit
hinthecasing.Duetothisrot
ationwhichisgenerall
yabout1000–1700r pm t
heoilisspeededup
andthi
sincreaseinvel
ocitycausestheoiltoflowoutatagr eatpressure.Thesepumpsar ecapabl
eof
del
iver
ingav eryhi
ghrateofdischarge(upto4000m3/ hr
).Wit
hthistypeofpumpt helevelofoi
lhasto
beabovethepump–assucht hepumpi ssituatedatthebottom ofthepumpr oom.

Theearli
ercentri
fugalpumpsituat
edinthepumpr oom i
sdr i
venbyashaftwhi
chisconnectedtot
he
steam t
urbi
ne–si tuatedint
heER.Theshaf tpassesf
rom theERtothepumproom throughthe
pumproom bulkheadv iaagasandoilt
ightgasket.
Theturbi
nesaredri
venbysuperheatedst
eam f
rom
theboil
erintheER.
8.
Gasf
reei
ngcar
ri
edout
,oxy
gen20.
2%,
wil
lual
lowent
ry.

I
MO-Rev i
sedRecommendationsforEnter
ingEnclosedSpacesaboardShips
On30Nov ember2011theInt
ernat
ionalMarit
imeOr gani
sati
on(I
MO)adopted Resoluti
on
A.1050(
27) 
“Revi
sedRecommendat i
onsforEnter
ingEnclosedSpacesAboardShips”.Ther
evi
sed
recommendati
onsrepl
aceResolut
ionA.864(20)publi
shedin1997.
Forent
rypur
poses,
steadyr
eadi
ngsofal
loft
hef
oll
owi
ngshoul
dbeobt
ained:
1.21%oxygenbyv ol
umebyoxy
gencont
entmet
er;
Note:Nat
ionalr
equir
ement
smaydet
erminet
hesaf
eat
mospher
erange.

2.notmor ethan1%ofl owerfl

ammabl eli
mit(LFL)onasuitabl
ysensit
ivecombustiblegas
i
ndicator,wherethepreli
minaryassessmenthasdeter
mi nedthatt
hereispotent
ialfor
fl
ammabl egasesorvapours;andnotmorethan50%oft heoccupati
onalexposureli
mi t(
OEL)
*
ofanyt oxicvapour
sandgases.

 I fthesecondi
ti
onscannotbemet,addit
ionalventi
lat
ionshouldbeappliedtothespace
and
r
e-testingshouldbeconduct
edafterasuit
ableint
erval.
Anygast est
ingshouldbecar r
iedout
wit
hv enti
lati
ontotheencl
osedspacestopped,inordertoobtai
naccuratereadings.

OTHERREFERENCESPECI
FIED:

Theacceptabl
erangeofoxy
geni
nsi
deanencl
osedspacei
sbet
ween19.
5%and23.
5%.Nor
mal
ai
rcontai
ns21%oxy gen.
Thehealthef fectsandconsequencesofl ackofoxy geninanencl osedspacearel
ist
edi
n
thetabl
ebel ow.Theseef fect
swi llhappenwi t
houtwar ning!
23.5%Oxy genenr i
chedat mospher e.Disorientati
on, br
eat hi
ngpr oblems,vi
sion
19.5%Absol utemi nimum accept ableoxy genl evel
15–19%I mpai r
edcoor dinati
on.Decr easedabi l
it
yt owor kstrenuously
12–14%Respi rati
onincreases.Poorj udgement
10–12%Respi r
ationincreases.Lipsblue
8–10%Ment alfail
ure.Fainti
ng.Nausea, unconsci ousness,vomi ti
ng
6–8%8mi n:f atal
.6mi n:50%f at
al.4–5mi n:possi blerecovery
4–6%Comai n40seconds.Deat hi n3mi nut es

Lackofoxy genisthemostdanger ousf actorinanencl osedspace.Theoxygenl eveli

nanencl osed
spacecandecr easebecauseofwor kbei ngcar ri
edout ,suchasweldi
ng,cutt
ing,orbrazi
ngori tcanbe
decreasedbychemi calr
eacti
onsl i
ker usting,paintdryi
ngorthroughbacter
ialaction(
fer
ment ation)
.
Normalairismadeupof78%ni t
rogen( N2) ;
21%oxy gen(O2);
and1%ot hert
racegases.
Anenr i
chedoxy genatmosphere(>23. 5%O2)cancausef lammableandcombust i
blemater
ial
st oburn
quickl
yandv iol
entl
ywheni gnit
ed.
CAUTI ON:neverusepureO2f orventi
lation.

OTHERREFERENCESPECI
FIED:

Anyatmospherewithlesst
han20.8%(±0.
2%)oxy genbyvol dnotbeent
umeshoul ered.Oxygen
measurementsshouldbecarr
iedoutby
,orundersuperv
isi
onof,t
hesurvey
ori
mmedi at
elybef
oreent
ry
i
ntotheconfi
nedspace.

9.
Whati
sthecl
assrequir
ementofI
.Gsyst
em?
10.
HowuknowyrI.
Gsy stem i
scl
assappr
oved?
I
Gmanual
11.
I.
Gsy
stem underwhi
chRul
es/conv
ent
ion?
12.
Tel
lmeaboutt
heP/
Proom ar
rangement
.
 13.
Hwmanyf
ansi
nI.
G.sy
stem?I
sitoki
fuhav
eonef
anwhi
chmeet
sthecapaci
tyr
eqofI
.G?
Atleasttwobl ower sshal
lbef ittedwhichtoget hershallbecapableofdeliv
eri
ngtothecar got anksat
leastthevolumeofgasr equiredbypar agraph3( Thesystem shal
lbecapableofdeliv
eringi ner tgast
o
thecar gotanksatar ateofatl east125%oft hemaxi mum rateofdischargecapaci
tyoft heshi p
expressedasav olume).
Inthesy st
em wi t
hagasgener atortheAdmi nistrati
onmayper mitonlyoneblowerifthatsy stem is
capableofdel i
veri
ngt hetotalv olumeofgasr equiredbyparagraph3t otheprot
ect
edcar gotanks,
providedthatsuffi
cientsparesf ortheblowerandi tsprimemov erarecarri
edonboar dtoenabl eany
fail
ureofthebl owerandi t
spr imemov ert
ober ecti
fi
edbytheshi p'
screw.

14.
IsP.
Vapar
tofI
.Gsy
stem?
Whati
sP/
Vval
veandwhati
sthemai
npur
poseofi
tandwhat
pr
essur
eset
ti
ngofi
t,
howmanyP/
Vval
vesonboar
dyourshi
p?

Ov
erpr
essur
eorv
acuum v
alv
e:Meansshal
lbepr
ovi
dedt
opr
otectcar
got
anksagai
nstt
he
effectofov erpressur eorv acuum causedbyt her malv ari
ati
onswhent hecar got anksar e
i
sol atedf rom t hei nertgasmai ns.Pi pingsy stemsshal lbesodesi gnedast opr ev entthe
accumul ationofcar goorwat erinthepi peli
nesunderal lnormalcondi ti
ons.
Suitablear rangement sshallbepr ovidedt oenabl ethei nertgasmai nt obeconnect edto
anext ernalsuppl yofi nertgas.
Thear rangement sf orthev entingofal lvapour sdi splacedf rom t hecar got anksdur i
ng
l
oadi ngandbal l
astingshal lconsistofei theroneormor emastr isers,oranumberofhi gh
velocityv ent s.Thei nertgassuppl ymai nmaybeusedf orsuchv enting.
Thear rangement sf orinerting,pur gingorgas-f reei ngofempt yt anksshal lbet ot he
satisfactionoft heAdmi nistr
ationandshal lbesucht hattheaccumul ationofhy drocar bon
vapour si npocket sf ormedbyt hei nternalst ructuralmember sinat anki smi ni mi zedand
that:
 Oni ndividualcargot ankst hegasout l
etpi pe,iffitt
ed,shallbeposi t
ionedasf aras
pract icablef r
om t heinertgas/ airinlet.Thei nletofsuchout letpipesmaybel ocated
eitheratdeckl eveloratnotmor et han1m abov ethebot t
om oft het ank;
 Thecr oss-sect i
onalar eaofsuchgasout l
etpi peshal lbesucht hatanexi tv elocit
y
ofatl east20m/ scanbemai ntainedwhent anksar ebeingsi mul taneousl ysuppl i
ed
wi thiner tgas.Thei routletsshal lextendnotl esst han2m abov edeckl ev el
;
 Eachgasout
letshal
lbef
it
tedwi
thsui
tabl
ebl
anki
ngar
rangement
s;

15.
Whatwast
hef
ixedf
ir
efi
ght
ingsy
stem i
nP/
Proom i
nyrl
astshi
p?
CO2

16.
Howl
oaddensi
tyappl
yont
anker,
whyi
tisnecessar
y?

Stowageofanomi natedcar goint heshi pscargot anksmustbeexecutedinst r

ictcompl i
ancewi ththe
vesselsl
oadingmanual .Whent hev esselisinstruct
edtoloadahigh-densit
ycar go( i
.e.
:negat iveAPI/
densit
ymor ethan1.0kg/ cm2) ,t
heMast ermustensur et
hatthefoll
owi
ngpr ocedur eisadher edt o
str
ictl
ywhenpr epari
ngt heloadpl an:
 
  
  Theheightoft hehi ghdensi tycargowi thi
nthetankshouldbereduced, sothatt hepr essure 
 
 
  
  exert
edatthebot tom oft hecar got ankbyt hehigh-densit
ycargowil
lnotexceedt hepr essure
 
  
  exert
edbyt hefullloaded( 98%)car goofunr estr
ict
edloadi
ngdensit
yi.e.
: h1d1 =h2d2, where
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 h1 = Hei
  ghtofhi
ghdensi
tycar
go
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 d1 
  = Densi
tyofhi
ghdensi
tycar
go
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 h2 = Hei
  ghtofunr
est
ri
ctedl
oadi
ngdensi
tycar
gowhent
anki
sfi
ll
edupt
o98%.
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
 d2 = Unr estri
ctedloadingdensit
y
 
Thef ol
lowi ngf ormul amayber eferr
edt owhencalcul
atingt
hefil
li
ngrati
oforatank:
 
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
    
  Maxi mum densi tytowhichthetankcanbeloadedfull
 
Fil
li
ngr atio=100x -------------------------------------------------------------
-----------   ( %)
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
    
   
  
  
  
  
   CargoDensi t
y
 
 
Nev ert
hel ess, i
ncaseofav esselbeingnominatedtoloadahighdensit
ycargo,
theheadoff
icewil
l
consultwi tht heconcer nedCl assi
fi
cationSoci
etybeforethevesseli
sconfi
rmedtoloadt
hecargo.

17.I
Gsy
stem andr
equi
rement
?
CHAPTERI I-2Const r uction–Fi repr otect ion, fi
redet ectionandf ir
eext inction
Regul ation4
5.5I ner tgassy stems
5.5.1Appl i
cat ion
5.5.1. 1Fort anker sof20, 000t onnesdeadwei ghtandupwar ds, thepr otect ionoft hecar got anksshal lbe
achi ev edbyaf ixedi ner tgassy stem i naccor dancewi t
ht her equi rement soft heFi reSaf et ySy st ems
Code, exceptt hat , i
nl ieuoft heabov e,t heAdmi nistrati
on, afterhav inggi venconsi der ationt ot heshi p’
s
arrangementandequi pment ,mayacceptot herf i
xedi nstallationsi ft heyaf fordpr otect i
onequi valentto
theabov e,inaccor dancewi thr egul ationI /5.Ther equirement sf oral ternat i
v ef i
xedi nst al l
ationsshal l
compl ywi tht her equi rement si npar agr aph5. 5.4.
5.5.1. 2Tanker soper at i
ngwi thacar got ankcl eaningpr ocedur eusi ngcr udeoi lwashi ngshal lbef it
ted
wi thani ner tgassy stem compl yingwi tht heFi reSaf etySy stemsCodeandwi thf i
xedt ankwashi ng
machi nes.
5.5.1. 3Tanker sr equi redt obef ittedwi thi ner tgassy st
emsshal lcompl ywi t
ht hef ol l
owi ngpr ov isions:
.1doubl ehul lspacesshal lbef i
ttedwi thsui tableconnect ionsf ort hesuppl yofi ner tgas;
.2wher ehul lspacesar econnect edt oaper manent lyfi
ttedi nertgasdi stri
but ionsy stem, meansshal lbe
prov idedt opr ev enthy dr ocarbongasesf rom t hecar gotanksent eringt hedoubl ehul lspacest hrought he
sy stem; and
.3wher esuchspacesar enotper manent l
yconnect edtoani ner tgasdi st r
ibut i
onsy st em, appr opr i
ate
meansshal lbepr ov i
dedt oal l
owconnect iont othei nertgasmai n.
5.5.2I ner tgassy stemsofchemi calt anker sandgascar ri
ersTher equi rement sf ori ner tgassy stems
cont ainedi nt heFi r
eSaf etySy stemsCodeneednotbeappl i
edt o:
.1chemi calt anker sandgascar r
ierswhencar ryi
ngcar goesdescr i
bedi nr egul ation1. 6. 1,pr ovidedt hat
theycompl ywi tht her equi rement sf ori nertgassy stemsonchemi calt anker sest ablishedbyt he
Admi ni stration, basedont hegui del inesdev elopedbyt heOr gani zat i
on; *or
.2chemi calt anker sandgascar r
ierswhencar ryi
ngf lammabl ecar goesot hert hancr udeoi lorpet rol
eum
product ssuchascar goesl i
stedi nchapt ers17and18oft heI nternat ionalBul kChemi calCode, provided
thatt hecapaci tyoft anksusedf ort hei rcar riagedoesnotexceed3, 000m3andt hei ndi vidualnozz l
e
capaci tiesoft ankwashi ngmachi nesdonotexceed17. 5m3/ handt het otalcombi nedt hr oughput
fromt henumberofmachi nesi nusei nacar got ankatanyonet i
medoesnotexceed110m3/ h.

5.
5.3Generalrequirement sforinertgassystems
5.
5.3.
1Thei nertgassy st
em shal lbecapableofinert
ing,purgingandgasf r
eeingemptytanksand
maint
aini
ngt heatmospher eincar gotankswiththerequi
r edoxygencontent.
5.
5.3.
2Thei nertgassy st
em r eferr
edtoinparagraph5.5.3.1shallbedesigned,const
ruct
edandtest
ed
i
naccordancewi t
ht heFireSaf etySystemsCode.
5.
5.3.
3Tanker sfi
ttedwi t
haf ixedinertgassystem shal
lbepr ovidedwit
hacl osedull
agesy st
em.
5.
5.4Requir
ement sf orequiv
al entsystems
5.5.4.1Wher eani nstall
at ionequi v alentt oaf i
xedi nertgassy stem i sinst all
ed, itshal l
:
.1becapabl eofpr event ingdanger ousaccumul ationsofexpl osivemi xturesi ni ntactcar got anksdur ing
normalser vicet hroughoutt hebal l
astv oyageandnecessar yin-tankoper ations; and
.2besodesi gnedast omi nimi zet her iskofi gnitionf rom t hegener ationofst aticel ect r
icitybyt he
system itself.
5.6Inerting, purgingandgas-f reei ng
5.6.1Ar r
angement sforpur gingand/ orgas-f reei ngshal lbesuchast omi ni
mi zet hehazar dsduet o
dispersaloff l
ammabl ev apour sint heat mospher eandt of lammabl emi xturesi nacar got ank.
5.6.2Thepr ocedur eforcar got ankpur gingand/ orgas-f reeingshal lbecar ri
edouti naccor dancewi th
regulati
on16. 3.2.
5.6.3Thear rangement sf ori ner t
ing, pur gingorgas-f reei ngofempt yt anksasr equir edi npar agraph
5.5.3.1shal lbet ot hesat i
sf actionoft heAdmi nistrati
onandshal lbesucht hatt heaccumul ationof
hydrocar bonv apour sinpocket sf or medbyt hei nt ernalst ructuralmember si nat anki smi ni mi zedand
that:
.1oni ndividualcar gotanks, thegasout l
etpi pe, iffit
ted, shallbeposi tionedasf araspr act i
cabl efrom
theinertgas/ airinletandi naccor dancewi t
hpar agr aph5. 3andr egul at i
on11. 6.Thei nl
etofsuchout let
pipesmaybel ocat edeitheratdeckl eveloratnotmor et han1m abov et hebot tom oft het ank;
.2thecr oss-sect ionalar eaofsuchgasout letpi per eferredt oi npar agr aph5. 6. 3.1shal lbesucht hatan
exitvelocityofatl east20m/ scanbemai ntai nedwhenanyt hreet anksar ebei ngsi mul t aneousl y
suppliedwi thi nertgas.Thei rout let sshal lext endnotl esst han2m abov edeckl evel; and
.3eachgasout l
etr eferredt oi npar agr aph5. 6.3.2shal lbef it
tedwi thsui t
abl ebl anki ngar rangement s.

18.wher
ecany
ouf
indt
hei
nfor
mat
ionofI
G?

19.
OnChemicalTanker
,Whati
sthef
ixedf
ir
efi
ght
ingsy
stem?Howmanyt
ypes?
Foam &CO2

20.
Lastshi
phowmanybal l
astpumps?Ther
ecapaci
ties(
del
iver
ypr
essur
e)?Whatdo
youunder
standbypr ehead?NetPosi
essur t
iveSuct
ionHead

Distur
bancesont hepump’ ssuct i
onsi dewouldhav einfl
uenceont hecapacit
y .
Thecondi ti
onsont heinletsidear everyimportantforthecentri
fugalpump’soper ati
on.A
centri
fugalpumphasnor mal lynosel f
-primi
ngqual iti
es,meaningt hatthepumpi snot
abletosuckl iquidfrom al owerl evel
.Additi
onalv acuum equipmentconnect edtothe
pumpwi l
l,howev er,impr ovet hepump' sself
-primingqual i
ti
es.Whent heinletpipeand
i
mpel l
eri sf i
ll
edwi thliquid,t hepumpi ngprocesswi llbeablet ocont i
nuewi thoutthis
equipment .Thel i
quid’sv iscositymayensur eacont i
nualflow i
ntot hepump.Toohi gh
resi
stancei ntheinletpipewi llcauset hesameoper at
ionaldi
stur
bance.Ifthef l
owi nt
othe
pumpi slesst hantheout letflow, duet otoohi
ghpi peresist
anceand/ ortoohighv i
scosit
y,
thesefactorswi l
lhaveconsi der ableinfl
uenceont hepump’ scapacit
y.

Ifyoustar
tapump,submer gedinwat erli
ket hesketchindicates,t
hepumpwi l
lhav
ea
speci
fi
ccapacit
yataspecif
icdel
iveryhead.Ify
ougr aduall
ylif
tthepump,thepumpwil
l,at
aspecif
ichei
ght,haveaper
cepti
blereducti
onint hecapacit
y.Whent hi
soccur
s,t
hehei
ght
ofthepumpabov eli
qui
dlev
eliscall
edNetPosi ti
veSuctionHeadorNPSH.
Cav
itat
ati
on:
Theexpl anati
onoft hisphenomenai st hatwhent hepumpi sl i
ft
edupoutof fthewat er,the
pipelengthandt her esi
stanceatt heinletsi deincreases.Thei ncreasedr esistancecr eates
constantnegat iv
epr essureont heinletsi deoft hepump.Thel iquidthataccel erat
esf rom
thecent r
eoft hei mpell
erandoutt ot heper ipheryincreasest hisnegativepr essure.When
thenegat i
vepr essurereachest heliquid’ssat ur
ationpressur e,theliqui
dst artsboili
ngand
alargequant i
tyofv apouri screatedint hepump.Theout putf l
owf rom thepumpbecome
i
r r
egular,andwi l
lstopathugev apourv olumes.Wesayt hatthepumpcav it
at es.
Acent rif
ugalpumpoper atessat i
sfactorilywi t
happr oximat ely2% gasi nt heliquid.But
cavit
ationwillalway sdamagef orthepump.Thegasbubbl escr eatedinthel i
quidont he
pump’ ssucti
onsi dewi l
lcollapsewhent hepr essurerisesinsidet heimpel l
er.
Theconsequencesofcav it
yar e:
Vi
brat
ionsandnoi
se
Reducedef
fi
ciency
Pi
tt
ingorcav
ityer
osi
oni
nsi
det
hepump

Aswehav eobser ved,t hecav itat i

oni sdest ructiveandmustbeav oi
dedorcont roll
ed.To
ensur elimitedornon-gener at i
onofv apouronemustmakesur et hatt hel i
quidatt he
pumpi nlethassuf ficientov er pressur etoav oidev aporation.Ther esistanceatt hepump
i
nletsi deshoul dbemadeasl ow aspossi ble.Thi scanbedonebyconst ruct i
ngt he
pipeli
neasshor taspossi ble,l imitingt henumberofbendsandsel ectingamaxi mum
diamet eront hepi pel i
nedi amet er.Thepumpshoul dbeposi tionedatt hel owestpossi bl
e
l
ev el,andpr ef
er ablybel owl iqui dl evelatt hesuct ionside.
A pump’ sNPSH i sv ar i
ableanddependentont hef l
ow.Whent hef l
ow i ncreases,t he
negat i
vepr essur egener atedi nsidet hepumpi ncr eases.Ar educt ionoft hef lowwi llreduce
thenegat ivepr essure.Reduci ngt hepump’ scapaci tymayt her eforecont rolcav it
ation.
A cent ri
fugalpump’ s capaci tyi s adjust ed byt hrot
tli
ng t he del iv
er yv alve.Thr ottli
ng
i
ncr easest hepumpsdi schargepr essure( backpr essure)whi chcausesr educedcapaci ty.
Thecapaci tymayal sobeadj ust edbychangi ngt hepump’ sr otationspeed.Adj ustment sof
thepump’ srevol ut
ionmov et hecapaci tycur veupordown.Reduct ionoft her evolution
mov est hecur vepar alleldownwar ds,ani ncreasei nrevolution, upwar ds.Not ethatthese
relati
onsar ev ali
donl yifthef lowcondi t
ionsar eunchanged.

21.
howy
ourcompanykeepi
ng20y
earol
dtankeri
nser
vice?
22.
whati
sthedoubl
ehul
lrequi
rementf
ort
anker
s?

Doubl
ehul
ls
In1992MARPOLwasamendedt omakei tmandat oryf ortanker sof5, 000dwtandmor eor der ed
after6Jul y1993t obef itt
edwi thdoubl ehul ls, oranal ternat i
v edesi gnappr ovedbyI MO( regul at
ion
19i nAnnexIofMARPOL) . 
 
Ther equirementf ordoubl ehul lsthatappl i
est onewt anker shasal sobeenappl iedtoexi sting
shipsunderapr ogr ammet hatbegani n1995( underol dr egul ation13G( nowr egul ati
on20i n
AnnexIofMARPOL) . Al ltanker swoul dhav et obeconv erted( ort akenoutofser vice)whent hey
reachedacer tainage( upt o30y earsold).Thi smeasur ewasadopt edt obephasedi nov er
a number ofy ear sbecauseshi py ardcapaci t
yi sl imi tedandi twoul dnotbepossi blet oconv er tall
singlehulledt anker st odoubl ehul lswi t
houtcausi ngi mmensedi srupt i
ont owor ldt r
adeand
industry
.
 
Althought hedoubl ehul lrequi rementwasadopt edi n1992, followi ngt heErikai ncidentof fthe
coastofFr ancei nDecember1999, IMOMemberSt atesdi scussedpr oposal sforaccel eratingt he
phase-outofsi nglehul ltanker s.Asar esult,inApr i
l2001, IMOadopt edar evisedphase-out
schedulef orsi nglehul lt anker s,whi ch 
ent ered  intof orceon1Sept ember2003( t
he2001
amendment stoMARPOL) .Ther ev i
sedr equir ement ssetoutast ri
ctert i
met ablef orthephasi ng-
outofsi ngle-hul ltanker s. 
 
InDecember2003, furtherr evisionst other equi rement swer emade, acceleratingf urthert hephase
-outschedul e.Theseamendment sent eredi ntof orceon5Apr il2005.Anewr egul ati
onont he
preventi
onofoi lpollutionf rom oiltankerswhencar ryingheav ygr adeoi l(HGO)bannedt hecar ri
age
ofHGOi nsi ngle-hul ltanker sof5, 000t onsdwtandabov eaf tert hedat eofent ryintof orceoft he
regulati
on( 5Apr il2005) ,andi nsi ngle-hulloi ltanker sof600t onsdwtandabov ebutl esst han
5,000tonsdwt ,notl atert hant heanni v
ersar yoft hei r 
del i
ver y 
dat ei n2008.

Whathappenedon5Apr
il2005?

On5Apr i
l2005,
amendment
stoAnnexIofMARPOL,adoptedbyIMO'sMarineEnvi
ronment
Pr
otect
ionCommi t
tee(
MEPC)byr
esol
uti
onMEPC.111(50)inDecember2003,ent
eredint
ofor
ce
f
oral
lPar
ti
estot
heMARPOLConv ent
ion.
 
 
Howmanyfl
agSt
atesdoest
hisaf
fect
?

Todate,MARPOL(AnnexesIandII
)hasbeenrat
ifi
edby150countr
iesr
epr
esent
ingov
er99per
centofworl
dmerchantshi
ppi
ngtonnage.Seest
atusofConv
enti
ons
 
Whataretheamendmentsexact
ly?

Theamendment srevi
sedtheexist
ingregulati
on13G(nowr egulat
ion20)onPr event
ionof
accidentaloi
lpoll
uti
on-Measur esforexisti
ngoilt
ankersofAnnexIofMARPOL andaddedanew
regulat
ion13H( nowregul
ati
on21)onPr eventi
onofoilpol
luti
onfrom oi
ltankerscar
ryi
ngheavy
gradeoilascargo.Consequent
ialamendment stotheCondi t
ionAssessmentScheme( CAS)foroi
l
t
anker
swer
eal
soadopt
ed.

Whatdoesr
egul
ati
on20say
?

Therevi
sedr
egul
ati
onbroughtfor
war dthephase-outschedulethatwasfi
rstestabl
ishedi
n1992,
andrevi
sedi
n2001forexi
sti
ngsingle-hullt
anker
s.Itsaysthattanker
swhichar esi
nglehul
l
shoul
dbephasedoutorconver
tedtoa" doubl
ehull
"byt hedatessetouti
nther evi
sedregul
ati
on.
 

Doubl
ehul
ls
I
n1992MARPOLwasamendedt
omakei
tmandat
oryf
ort
anker
sof5,
000dwtandmor
eor
der
ed
af
ter6Jul
y1993t
obef
it
tedwi
thdoubl
ehul
ls,
oranal
ter
nat
ivedesi
gnappr
ovedbyI
MO
(
regul
ati
on19i
nAnnexIofMARPOL)
. 
 
Ther
equi
rementf
ordoubl
ehul
lst
hatappl
iest
onewt
anker
shasal
sobeenappl
iedt
oexi
sti
ng
shi
psunderapr
ogr
ammet
hatbegani
n1995(
underol
dregul
ati
on13G(
nowr
egul
ati
on20i
n
AnnexIofMARPOL)
. Al
ltanker
swoul
dhav
etobeconv
ert
ed(
ort
akenoutofser
vice)whent
hey
r
eachedacer
tai
nage(
upt
o30y
ear
sol
d).Thi
smeasur
ewasadopt
edt
obephasedi
nov
er
a 
number
ofy
ear
sbecauseshi
pyar
dcapaci
tyi
sli
mit
edandi
twoul
dnotbepossi
blet
oconv
ertal
l
si
ngl
ehul
ledt
anker
stodoubl
ehul
lswi
thoutcausi
ngi
mmensedi
srupt
iont
owor
ldt
radeand
i
ndust
ry.
 
Al
thought
hedoubl
ehul
lrequi
rementwasadopt
edi
n1992,
fol
lowi
ngt
heEr
ikai
nci
dentof
fthe
coastofFr
ancei
nDecember1999,
IMOMemberSt
atesdi
scussedpr
oposal
sforaccel
erat
ingt
he
phase-outofsi
ngl
ehul
ltanker
s.Asar
esul
t,i
nApr
il2001,
IMOadopt
edar
evi
sedphase-out
schedul
eforsi
ngl
ehul
ltanker
s,whi
ch 
ent
ered 
int
ofor
ceon1Sept
ember2003(
the2001
amendment
stoMARPOL)
.Ther
evi
sedr
equi
rement
ssetoutast
ri
ctert
imet
abl
efort
hephasi
ng-
outofsi
ngl
e-hul
ltanker
s. 
 
I
nDecember2003,
fur
therr
evi
sionst
other
equi
rement
swer
emade,
accel
erat
ingf
urt
hert
he
phase-outschedul
e.Theseamendment
sent
eredi
ntof
orceon5Apr
il2005.Anewr
egul
ati
onon
t
hepr
event
ionofoi
lpol
lut
ionf
rom oi
ltanker
swhencar
ryi
ngheav
ygr
adeoi
l(HGO)bannedt
he
car
ri
ageofHGOi
nsi
ngl
e-hul
ltanker
sof5,
000t
onsdwtandabov
eaf
tert
hedat
eofent
ryi
nto
f
orceoft
her
egul
ati
on(
5Apr
il2005)
,andi
nsi
ngl
e-hul
loi
ltanker
sof600t
onsdwtandabov
ebut
l
esst
han5,
000t
onsdwt
,notl
atert
hant
heanni
ver
sar
yoft
hei
r 
del
iver
y dat
ein2008.
 
 
Si
ngl
e-hul
loi
ltankerphaseout
 
Whathappenedon5Apr
il2005?

On5Apr
il2005,
amendment
stoAnnexIofMARPOL,
adopt
edbyI
MO'
sMar
ineEnv
ironment
Pr
otect
ionCommi
tt
ee(
MEPC)byr
esol
uti
onMEPC.
111(
50)i
nDecember2003,
ent
eredi
ntof
orce
f
oral
lPar
ti
est
otheMARPOLConv
ent
ion.
 
 
Howmanyf
lagSt
atesdoest
hisaf
fect
?

Todat
e,MARPOL(
AnnexesIandI
I)hasbeenr
ati
fi
edby150count
ri
esr
epr
esent
ingov
er99per
centofwor
ldmer
chantshi
ppi
ngt
onnage.Seest
atusofConv
ent
ions
 
Whatar
etheamendment
sexact
ly?

Theamendment
srev
isedt
heex
ist
ingr
egul
ati
on13G(
nowr
egul
ati
on20)onPr
event
ionof
acci
dent
aloi
lpol
lut
ion-Measur
esf
orex
ist
ingoi
ltanker
sofAnnexIofMARPOL andaddeda
newr
egul
ati
on13H(
nowr
egul
ati
on21)onPr
event
ionofoi
lpol
lut
ionf
rom oi
ltanker
scar
ryi
ng
heav
ygr
adeoi
lascar
go.Consequent
ialamendment
stot
heCondi
ti
onAssessmentScheme(
CAS)
f
oroi
ltanker
swer
eal
soadopt
ed.
 
Whatdoesr
egul
ati
on20say
?

Ther
evi
sedr
egul
ati
onbr
oughtf
orwar
dthephase-outschedul
ethatwasf
ir
stest
abl
ishedi
n1992,
andr
evi
sedi
n2001f
orexi
sti
ngsi
ngl
e-hul
ltanker
s.I
tsay
sthatt
anker
swhi
char
esi
ngl
ehul
l
shoul
dbephasedoutorconv
ert
edt
oa"
doubl
ehul
l"byt
hedat
essetouti
nther
evi
sedr
egul
ati
on.
 
 
Cananysi
ngl
ehul
ltanker
soper
atebey
ondt
hedat
esset
?

Regul
ati
on20al
lowst
heAdmi
nist
rat
ion(
fl
agSt
ate)t
oper
mitcont
inuedoper
ati
onofcat
egor
y2or
3t
anker
sbey
ondi
tsphase-outdat
einaccor
dancewi
tht
heschedul
esubj
ectt
osat
isf
act
ory
r
esul
tsf
rom t
heCAS,
butt
hecont
inuedoper
ati
onmustnotgobey
ondt
heanni
ver
sar
yoft
hedat
e
ofdel
iver
yoft
heshi
pin2015ort
hedat
eonwhi
cht
heshi
preaches25y
ear
sofageaf
tert
hedat
e
ofi
tsdel
iver
y,whi
chev
eri
sear
li
er.
I
nthecaseofcer
tai
nCat
egor
y2or3oi
ltanker
sfi
tt
edwi
thonl
ydoubl
ebot
tomsordoubl
esi
des
notusedf
ort
hecar
ri
ageofoi
landext
endi
ngt
otheent
ir
ecar
got
ankl
engt
hort
anker
sfi
tt
edwi
th
doubl
ehul
lspacesnotmeet
ingt
hemi
nimum di
stancepr
otect
ionr
equi
rement
s,whi
char
enot
usedf
ort
hecar
ri
ageofoi
landext
endt
otheent
ir
ecar
got
ankl
engt
h,t
heAdmi
nist
rat
ionmay
al
lowcont
inuedoper
ati
onbey
ondi
tsphase-outdat
einaccor
dancewi
tht
heschedul
e,pr
ovi
ded
t
hatt
heshi
pwasi
nser
viceon1Jul
y2001,
theAdmi
nist
rat
ioni
ssat
isf
iedbyv
eri
fi
cat
ionoft
he
of
fi
cialr
ecor
dst
hatt
heshi
pcompl
iedwi
tht
hecondi
ti
onsspeci
fi
edandt
hatt
hosecondi
ti
ons
r
emai
nunchanged.Agai
n,suchcont
inuedoper
ati
onmustnotgobey
ondt
hedat
eonwhi
cht
he
shi
preaches25y
ear
sofageaf
tert
hedat
eofi
tsdel
iver
y.
 
APar t
ytoMARPOLcandenyentryofsi
ngl
ehulltankerswhichhavebeenall
owedtocont
inue
operat
ionundert
heexempt
ionsmenti
onedabove,int
ot heport
soroff
shoreter
minal
sunderi
ts
j
urisdi
cti
on.

Whi chAdmi nistrationshavecommuni cat edinformat i

onont heirimpl ement ati
onoft her egul at
ions?
 
Partiest oMARPOLappl yi
ngthepr ovi
sionsal l
owi ngforext endedoper at ionofcat egor y2or3
tankersandPar ti
eswhi chwilldenyent ryt othoset ankersmustcommuni catethisi nformat ionto
IMO.Pl easeseeci rcul
arsunderthesect i
onoi ltankers–r egul ati
ons20/ 21i mplement at i
on.
 
Whataboutt anker swhichhav ebeenconv er
ted, howdoy oudet er minet hedat eofdel ivery ?
 
IMO' sMEPC, atits52ndsessioni nOct ober2004, adoptedauni fiedi nter pretat
iont or egul ation
13G( 4)( now20. 4)ofMARPOLAnnexIonMaj orConv ersion, whichcl arifiedt hesi tuation.
 
Itstatest hat" Fort hepurposeofdet er
mi ningtheappl icati
ondat ef orther equirement sof
regulation13G( 4)ofMARPOLAnnexI , wher eanoi lt
ankerhasunder goneamaj orconv ersion,as
definedi nr egul ation1ofMARPOLAnnexI ,thathasr esultedi nther epl acementoft hef ore-body ,
incl
udi ngt heent ir
ecar gocarryi
ngsect ion, t
hemaj orconv ersioncompl et iondat eoft heoi ltanker
shallbedeemedt obet hedateofdel i
ver yoft heshi preferredt oinr egul at i
on13G( 4)ofMARPOL
AnnexI ,prov idedt hat:

-t
heoi
ltankerconv
ersi
onwascompl
etedbef
ore6Jul
y1996;
-t
heconv
ersi
oni
ncl
udedt
her
epl
acementoft
heent
ir
ecar
gosect
ionandf
ore-bodyandt
he
  t
ankercompl
ieswi
thal
lther
elev
antpr
ovi
sionsofMARPOLAnnexIappl
icabl
eatt
hedat
eof
compl
eti
onoft
hemaj
orconv
ersi
on;
and
-​​
t
heor i
ginaldel
iver
ydateoftheoi
ltankerwil
lappl
ywhenconsi
der
ingthe15year
sofage
​
t
hresholdrelat
ingtot
hefir
stCASsur veyt
obecompletedi
naccor
dancewit
hregulat
ion
 13G(
6)ofMARPOLAnnexI
.
 

Condi
ti
onAssessmentScheme(
CAS)
Undert her egulation,theCondi tionAssessmentScheme( CAS)i sappl i
cabletoal lsingle-hul l
tankersof15y ears,orol der.
 
TheRegul ati
on20al lowst heAdmi nistration( f
lagSt at
e)t oper mi tcont i
nuedoper ationofcat egory
2or3t ankersbey ond2010subj ecttosat isfactoryresultsf rom theCAS, butthecont i
nued
operationmustnotgobey ondt heanni versar yofthedat eofdel iveryoft heshipin2015ort hedat e
onwhi cht heshi pr eaches25y ear sofageaf t
erthedat eofi tsdelivery,whicheverisear lier
.
 
Inthecaseofcer tainCat egor y2or3oi ltankersf i
tt
edwi thonl ydoubl ebot tomsordoubl esidesnot
usedf orthecar r
iageofoi landex tendingt ot heentirecar got ankl engthordoubl ehul lspaces, not
meet i
ngt hemi nimum di stancepr otectionr equirement s, whichar enotusedf orthecar ri
ageofoi l
andext endt ot heent i
recar got anklengt h, t
heAdmi nistrationmayal l
owcont inuedoper ati
on
beyond2010, providedt hatt heshi pwasi nser viceon1Jul y2001, theAdmi nistr
ationi ssatisfi
ed
byv er
ificati
onoft heof fi
cialr ecordst hatt heshi pcompl iedwi t
ht hecondi ti
onsspeci f
iedandt hat
thosecondi t
ionsr emai nunchanged.Agai n, suchcont inuedoper ationmustnotgobey ondt hedat e
onwhi cht heshi pr eaches25y ear sofageaf t
erthedat eofi tsdelivery.
 

Car
ri
ageofheav
ygr
adeoi
l
MARPOLr egulati
on21ont hepreventi
onofoi lpolluti
onfrom oilt
ankerswhencarry
ingheav ygrade
oil(HGO)banst hecarr
iageofHGOi nsingle-hul lt
ankersof5,000t onsdeadwei
ght(DWT)and
abov eafterthedateofentryint
oforceoft heregulat i
on(5April2005),andinsi
ngl
e-hulloil
tankersof600DWTandabov ebutlessthan5, 000t onsDWT, notlatert
hantheanni
versaryoftheir
deli
v er
ydat ein2008. 
 
Underr egulati
on21, HGOmeansanyoft hef ol
lowing:
 
- cr
udeoi
lshav
ingadensi
tyat15º
Chi
ghert
han900kg/
m3;

- oi
ls,
othert
hancrudeoil
s,hav
ingei
theradensi
tyat15º
Chi
ghert
han900kg/m3ora
 
ki
nematicv
iscosi
tyat50ºChi
ghert
han180mm2/ s;
and
​-​​
bi
tumen,
tarandt
hei
remul
sions.

I
nt hecaseofcer t
ainCategory2or3t ankerscarr
yingHGOascar go,fit
tedonlywithdouble
bottomsordoublesides,notusedforthecar ri
ageofoilandextendingtot heenti
recargotank
l
engt h,ort
ankersfi
ttedwithdoubl
ehul lspacesnotmeet i
ngthemi nimum distanceprotect
ion
requirementswhicharenotusedforthecar ri
ageofoilandextendtot heentir
ecargot ankl
ength,
theAdmi nistration, undercer taincondi tions, mayal lowcont inuedoper at
ionofsuchshi psbey ond5
April2005unt i
lt hedat eonwhi cht heshi pr eaches25y ear sofageaf terthedat eofi tsdel i
v ery.
 
Regul ati
on21al soal l
owsf orcont inuedoper ati
onofoi ltanker sof5, 000DWTandabov e, car ry
ing
crudeoi lwi thadensi tyat15º Chi ghert han900kg/m3butl owert han945kg/m3, i
fsat isf actory
resultsoft heCondi tionAssessmentSchemewar rantt hat ,intheopi nionoft heAdmi nist ration, t
he
shipisf i
tt ocont inuesuchoper at i
on, hav ingr egar dtot hesi ze, age, operationalar eaandst ructural
conditionsoft heshi pandpr ovidedt hatt hecont inuedoper ationshal lnotgobey ondt hedat eon
whicht heshi pr eaches25y earsaf tert hedat eofi t
sdel ivery.
 
TheAdmi nistrationmayal lowcont inuedoper ati
onofasi nglehul loi ltankerof600DWTandabov e
butlesst han5, 000DWT, car ryi
ngHGOascar go, i
f,int heopi nionoft heAdmi nistr
ation, theshi pis
fi
ttocont i
nuesuchoper ation, hav ingr egar dt ot hesi ze, age, oper ationalar eaandst r
uct ur al
conditionsoft heshi p,prov idedt hatt heoper ati
onshal lnotgobey ondt hedat eonwhi cht heshi p
reaches25y ear saf terthedat eofi tsdel ivery.
 
TheAdmi nistrationmayexemptanoi lt ankerof600DWTandabov ecar r
yingHGOascar goi fthe
shipisei therengagedi nv oy agesexcl usi velywi thinanar eaundert hePar ty'sj uri
sdiction, ori s
engagedi nv oy agesexcl usiv elywi t
hinanar eaundert hej urisdictionofanot herPar t
y,pr ov idedt he
Partywi thinwhosej uri
sdict i
ont heshi pwi llbeoper atingagr ees.Thesameappl i
est ov essel s
operat i
ngasf loat ingst orageuni tsofHGO.  
 
APar tyt oMARPOLcandenyent ryofsi ngl ehul ltanker scar ryingHGOwhi chhav ebeenal lowedt o
continueoper at i
onundert heexempt ionsment ionedabov e,intot hepor t
sorof fshor eter mi nals
underi tsjurisdict ion,ordenyshi p-t o-shi pt ransf erofheav ygr adeoi linareasunderi tsj urisdiction
exceptwhent hi si snecessar yf ort hepur poseofsecur ingt hesaf etyofashi porsav i
ngl ifeatsea.

23.l
astcargouloaded (
arabi
anheav
ycr
udeoi
l)f
rom wher
eucanf
indi
tspr
oper
ti
es?msds.
whatrthecont
entofmsds?

 A Materi
alSafet
yDataSheet
 (MSDS)i
sadocumentt hatcontai
ns 
inf
ormati
on 
onthepotenti
al
hazards(heal
th,f
ir
e,r
eact
ivi
tyandenv
ironment
al)andhowt o wor
ksafel
y wi
ththechemical
product.

 I
tal
socontainsi
nformat
ionontheuse,
 
stor
age,
 
handl
ing 
andemer
gencypr
ocedur
es 
allr
elat
ed
t
othehazardsofthemater
ial
.
  TheMSDScont
ainsmuchmor
einf
ormat
ionaboutt
hemat
eri
alt
hant
hel
abel
. 

 MSDSs  ar
e prepared 
bythesupplier 
ormanufact
urerofthemat er
ial.Iti
sintendedtotellwhat
thehazardsoft heproductare,howt ousetheproductsafel
y,whatt oexpectifthe
recommendat ionsarenotfollowed,whattodoifaccidentsoccur
, howt orecognizesymptoms
ofoverexposure,andwhatt odoi fsuchinci
dent
soccur .

SOLAS-Mandat oryMSDSf orMARPOLAnnexIcar goesandf orbunker s

Eff
ecti
ve1Januar y2011, SOLASrequiresthateachshipmustbepr ovidedwithMat er
ialSafetyDat
a
Sheets(MSDS)f oroi
lcargoes(MARPOLAnnexIcar goes)andf oroilfuel(bunkers)asdef i
nedin
MARPOL.TheMSDShav etobeprovidedpriortoloadi
ngsuchoi lascar goinbulkorasoi lfuel
.
Addit
ional
ly,t
heI MOhasr ecommendedaf ormatandcont entfort heMSDS( I
MOResol ut
ion
MSC.286(86)).
Therearenine(9)categori
esofinf
ormat i
ont hatmustbepr esentonanMSDSi nCanada.These
cat
egoriesarespecif
iedintheControll
edPr oduct
sRegul ati
onsandi nclude:

1. ProductInf ormat i
on:producti
dentifi
er(name),manufact
urerandsuppli
ersnames, addr
esses,
andemer gencyphonenumber s
2. HazardousI ngredient
s
3. PhysicalDat a
4. Fi
reorExpl osionHazar dData
5. Reactivi
tyDat a:i
nformationonthechemi cali
nstabi
li
tyofaproductandthesubstancesitmay
reactwith
6. ToxicologicalPr opert
ies:heal
theffects
7. PreventiveMeasur es
8. Fi
rstAidMeasur es
9. Preparati
onI nformati
on:whoi sresponsibl
eforprepar
ati
onanddat eofprepar
ati
onofMSDS

TheCont
rol
ledPr
oduct
sRegul
ati
onspr
escr
ibeswhati
nfor
mat
ionmustbepr
esenti
nmor
edet
ail
.

24.Whati
syourl
astshi
p?Requi
rementf
orsi
ngl
ehul
lov
er15y
ear
s?

25.Whati
sthemai
npur
poseofI
ner
tgassy
stem?

Fir
eandexpl osi onar eamongt hegr eat estt hr
eat st ot hemar iner; atankshipcarryingcr udeoi l
,refined
petrol
eum, orchemi calsi
sanev engr eat erthreat .For t
unately, aproperlydesigned, i
nstalled,operat i
ng,
andmai ntai
nedi nertgassy stem (IGS)wi llcompl etelypreventf ireandexplosioni nani ntactshipt ank.
Combust i
oni simpossi bl
ewi thoutoxy gen; ift
her ei ssomewayt okeept heoxy genbel owabout8
percent,t
heshi pwi l
lbefreeofdangerf r
om expl osionsi nintactt anks.Typicall
y,thisisdonebyaddi ng
tothetankat mospher eagast hathasl essoxy gen( often5per centorl ess)thanai r,whichhasan
oxygenconcent rati
onof21per cent.Ofcour se, whenat ankisopened, asinacol li
sion,oxy gencan
enterthetankr egar dl
essoft heI GS.Int he1920' sand1930' s, oneAmer i
canpet roleum company
suffer
edsev eralt ankshipfiresanddeci dedt oi nertt hecargot anksofitsships.Repor tedly,i
tsv essels
havenothadanyi ntactcargot ankf ir
essi ncet hatt ime.

26.Dur
ingdi
schar
gingoper
ati
on,
fai
lur
eofI
.G,
whati
syourmai
nconcer
n?canudot
heCOW wi
thout
useofI
.GandWhy
?

27.Dr
awt
heI
.Gsy
stem andt
ellmeaboutt
hepar
tsoft
hesy
stem?

28.Whatt
ypeofshi
pinst
all
edt
heI
.Gsy
stem andt
ellmeaboutt
hecapaci
tyoft
hebl
ower
?

29.Whati
syourmai
nconcer
nint
ankcl
eani
ngandgasf
reei
ngoper
ati
onandCOW?

30.Dr
awthefl
ammabil
it
ydiagram andt
ellmet
hepur
poseofi
t?Cany
ouexpl
aint
hei
ner
tcondi
ti
onand
gasfr
eecondi
ti
oni
nthi
sdiagram?

31.Whator
derwilly
ougi
vey
ourdut
yof
fi
cer
sasachi
efof
fi
cerdur
ingdi
schar
gingoper
ati
onont
anker
?
companycheckl
ist

32.Howy ouwi
llt
akeoverasc/
off
.Asat
ankermanwhaty
ouwi
llpr
eferl
oadi
ngordi
schar
ging
operat
ionsdur
ingtakeov
er?Why?
companychecklist

33.
whatdoyouunder
standbyper
meabi
li
ty?howi
sitdi
ff
ersi
nat
ankerandacar
gov
essel
?why
?wher
e
ufi
ndtheper
meabil
it
y?

Permeabi
li
tyofaspaceist
hepercent
ageofthatspacewhichcanbeoccupi
edbywater .Thevol
umeof
aspacewhichext
endsabovethemarginl
ineshallbemeasuredonlyt
othehei
ghtofthatli
ne.
Permeabi
li
ty(m)ofaspaceist
heproport
ionoftheimmersedvolumeoft
hatspacewhichcanbe
occupi
edbywater.

34.
Whyoi
ltanker
shav
elesserf
reeboar
dthanagener
alcar
goshi
p?

Freeboar donOi lTanker shav elessf reeboar dthanGeneralCargoshipsof

similarlengthf orsev eralr easons, sixoft hem bei
ng:
1.Smal l
erdeckopeni ngsi nt heUpperDeck.
2.Gr eatersub-di visionbyt ransv er
seandl ongit
udi
nalbul
kheads.
3.Densi tyofcar gooi lisl esst hangr aincar go.
4.Muchl argerandbet t
erpumpi ngar rangement sontankerstocontrolany
ingressofbi l
gewat er.
5.Per meabi l
ityforanoi l-fil
ledt ankisonl yabout5%compar edt opermeabil
it
y
ofagr ai
ncar gohol dof60-65%.Hencei ngressofwateri
na
bil
gedcompar tmentwi llbemuchl ess.
6.Lar gerTransv erseMet acent r
icHei ght( GMT)v al
uesforanOi lTanker,
especi al
lyformoder nwi deshal lowdr af tt gns.
ankerdesi

Regu1at i
onI/1-Defi
nit
ionsandCl ari
fi
cati
ons
Althoughseverali
mport
antdef i
nit
ionsaregiv
eninArti
cleI
IoftheConvent
ion,t
hedef i
nit
ionswhi
ch
affectthemeaningoft
het echni
calrequi
rementsofSTCW areprovi
dedinthefi
rstregul
ati
onofChapter
I.Shipboardposi
ti
onsorcapaciti
es,suchasmaster,
chiefmate,chi
efengi
neeroffi
cer,r
adiooper
ator
,
rating, andcer t aincl assesofshi ps,suchas  oil t
ankerandr o-r opassengershi p, aredef inedi nt hi s
regul ation.Butt hef ollowi ngt ermsanddef initionsar epar ti
cul arlysi gnificantf orunder standi ngt her est
oft heAnnexandt heSTCW Code:
"Appr ov ed"meansappr ovedbyt hePar tyinaccor dancewi t
ht her egulationsi nt heAnnex .Thi st er mi s
usedi nconnect ionwi thr equir ement sf or"appr ov edt r
ai ning" ,"
appr ovedseagoi ngser v i
ce" ,"appr ov ed
trainingr ecor dbook" , "approvedsi mul atort raining"et c.I neachcase, ther ear er equi rement swhi chmust
bemetbef oreapar tycangi vei t
sappr ov al
.
"Funct ion"meansagr oupoft asks, dutiesandr esponsi bili
ties, asspeci fiedi ntheSTCW Code,
necessar yf orshi poper at
ion, safetyofl i
featseaorpr ot ectionoft hemar i
neenv ironment .Thi ster mi s
i
mpor tantbecauset hest andar dsofcompet encesetouti nther emai ningchapt ersar ebasedonsev en
funct ionalar easatt hr eelev elsofr esponsi bility(whi char ebr oadl ydef inedi n sect ion  A-I/ ioftheSTCW
Code) .
Chapt erI Icont ai nsst andar dsofcompet encef ort hef ollowi ngt hr eef unct ions:
.1NAVI GATI ON, atthe  oper at
ional  
level( officeri n char ge oft henav i
gat i
onalwat ch) ;at
themanagement  
level( mast erandchi efmat e); andatt he suppor t 
level(rat i
ngf or mi ngpar toft he
nav igat i
onalwat ch);
.2CARGOHANDLI NGANDSTOWAGE, atthe  oper ati
onal  
andt he management  
lev els; and
.3CONTROLLI NGTHEOPERATI ONOFTHESHI PANDCAREFORPERSONSONBOARD, at
the oper ational  andt he  management  levels.
Chapt erI IIcont ai nsst andar dsofcompet encef ort hef ollowi ngf ourf unct i
ons:
.1MARI NEENGI NEERI NG, atthe oper at i
onal  l
ev el(officeri nchar geoft heengi neer ingwat ch) ;att he
managementl ev el(Chi efEngi neerandsecondengi neerof fi
cer ); andatt he suppor t 
lev el(rat i
ngf ormi ng
par toft heengi neer i
ngwat chorassi gneddut iesi naper i
odi callyunmannedengi ne-r oom)
.2 ELECTRI CAL, ELECTRONI CANDCONTROLENGI NEERI NG, att he oper at i
onal and
themanagement  
levels;
.3MAI NTENANCEANDREPAI R, atthe  operat ional  
andt he management  levels;and
.4CONTROLLI NGTHEOPERATI ONOFTHESHI PANDCAREFORPERSONSONBOARD, at
the oper ational  andt he  management  levels.Ther equirement sf ort hisfunct ionalar eaar enear ly
i
dent i
cali nChapt ersIIandI II
;butmedi calcar eisnoti ncl udedi nt hemanagementl eveli nChapt erI I
I
(chiefengi neer ).