Guidance for Recording of Operations in ORB Part-II

General Requirements:

  • All Oil Record Book entries shall be made as per the latest IMO regulation /amendments in force.

  • This Guidance is intended to facilitate compliance with MARPOL requirements onboard ships by recording the various operations in the ORB by using the correct codes.

  • When making entries in the Oil Record Book Part II, the date, operational code and item number shall be inserted in the appropriate columns and the required particulars shall be recorded chronologically in the black spaces.

  • Each completed operation shall be signed for and dated by the officer or officers in charge. 

  • Each completed page shall be countersigned by the master of the ship.

  • Do not leave any full lines empty (blank lines) between successive entries.

  • In respect of the oil tankers engaged in specific trades appropriate entry shall be made in ORB part II and the same shall be endorsed by the competent port State authority.

  • The ORB Part II contains many references to oil quantity. The limited accuracy of tank measurement devices, temperature variations and clingage will affect the accuracy of these readings. Therefore, the entries shall be made in ORB part II accordingly.

  • Any failure in Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System shall be noted in Oil Record Book Part II.

  • The entries in the ORB Part II, for ships holding an IOPP Certificate, shall be at least in English, French or Spanish.

  • The Oil Record Book Part II must be kept on board for 3 years from the last date of entry.

  • All entries are to be made with a pen whereas the entries recorded in pencil are not accepted. No white ink (correction fluid) is to be used to delete any entries in the ORB. 


List of Items to be Recorded:

(A) Loading of Oil Cargo

(1) Place of Loading.

(2) Type of oil loaded and identity of the tank(s).

(3) Total quantity of oil loaded (state quantity added, in cubic meters at 15 degrees Celcius and the total content of the tank(s) in cubic meters).

(B) Internal Transfer of Oil Cargo during Voyage

(4) Identity of tank(s):

      1. from
      2. to: (state quantity transferred and total quantity of the tank(s), in cubic meters.
(5) Was (were) the tank(s) in 4.1 emptied? (If not, state quantity retained, in cubic meters).


(C) Unloading of Oil Cargo 

(6) Place of unloading.

(7) Identity of the tank(s) unloaded.

(8) Was (were) the tank(s) emptied? (If not, state quantity retained, in cubic meters).

(D) Crude Oil Washing (COW Tankers Only)

(To be completed for each tank being crude oil washed)

(9) Port where crude oil washing was carried out or ship's position where COW was carried out between two discharge ports.

(10) Identity of the tank(s) washed.

(Note - When an individual tank has more machines that can be operated simultaneously, as described in the Operation and Equipment manual, then the section being crude oil washed should be identified, (e.g.) No. 2 Centre, forward section). 

(11) Number of Machines in use.

(12) Time of Start of Operation.

(13) Washing pattern Employed.

(Note - Under the Operations and Equipment Manual, enter whether Single-stage or multi-stage method of washing is employed)

(14) Washing line pressure.

(15) Time washing was completed or stopped.

(16) State method of establishing that tank(s) was (were) dry.

(17) Remarks.

(Note - If the programmes given in the Operations and Equipment manual are not followed, then the reasons must be given under Remarks)

(E) Ballasting of Cargo Tanks

(18) Position of ship at start and end of ballasting.

(19) Ballasting Process:
  1. Identity of the tank(s) ballasted.
  2. Time of start and end.
  3. Quantity of ballast received. Indicate the total quantity of ballast for each tank involved in operations in cubic meters.

(F) Ballasting of dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks (CBT tankers only)

(20) Identity of the tank(s) ballasted.

(21) Position of the ship when water intended for flushing or port ballast was taken to dedicated clean ballast tank(s).

(22) Position of the ship when the pump(s) and lines were flushed to slop tank.

(23) Quantity of the oily water which, after line flushing, is transferred to the slop tank(s) or cargo tank(s) in which slop is preliminarily stored (identify tank(s)). State total quantity in cubic meters.

(24) Position of the ship when addition ballast water was taken to dedicated clean ballast tank(s).

(25) The ship's time and position when the valves separating the dedicated clean ballast tank(s) from cargo and stripping lines were closed.

(26) Quantity of clean ballast taken on board in cubic meters.

(G) Cleaning of Cargo Tanks

(27) Identity of the tank(s) cleaned.

(28) Port or Ship's position.

(29) Duration of cleaning.

(30) Method of cleaning.

(Note - Hand-hosing, machine washing and/or chemical cleaning. Where chemically cleaned, the chemical concerned and amount used should be started)

(31) Tank washings transferred to  
    1. Reception facilities (state port and quantity in cubic meters).
    2. Slop tank(s) or cargo tank(s) designated as slop tank(s) (identify tank(s); state quantity transferred and total quantity in cubic meters).

(H) Discharge of dirty ballast

(32) Identity of the tank(s).

(33) Time and position of the ship at the start of discharge into the sea.

(34) Time and position of the ship on completion of discharge into the sea.

(35) Quantity discharged into the sea in cubic meters.

(36) Ship's speed during discharge.

(37) Was the discharge monitoring and control system in operation during the discharge?

(38) Was a regular check kept on the affluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge?

(39) Quantity of oily water transferred to slop tank(s), identify slop tank(s). State total quantity in cubic meters.

(40) Discharged to shore reception facilities (identify port and quantity involved in cubic meters).

(I) Discharge of water from slop tanks into the sea

(41) Identity of slop tanks.

(42) Time of setting from last entry of residues.

(43) Time of setting from last discharge.

(44) Time and position of the ship at the start of discharge.

(45) Ullage of total contents at start of discharge.

(46) Ullage of oil/water interface at start of discharge.

(47) Bulk quantity discharged in cubic meters and rate of discharge in cubic meters per hour.

(48) Final quantity discharged in cubic meters and rate of discharge in cubic meters per hour.

(49) Time and position of the ship on completion of discharge.

(50) Was the discharge monitoring and control system in operation during the discharge?

(51) Ullage of oil/water interface on completion of discharge in meters.

(52) Ship's speed during discharge.

(53) Was a regular check kept on the effluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge?

(54) Confirm that all applicable valves in the ship's piping system have been closed on completion of discharge from the slop tanks.

(J) Collection, transfer and disposal of residues and oily mixtures not otherwise dealt with

(55) Identity of the tank(s).

(56) Quantity transferred or disposed of from each tank. (State the quantity retained in cubic meters).

(57) Method of transfer or disposal:

    1. disposal to reception facilities (identity the port and quantity involved).
    2. mixed with cargo (state quantity).
    3. transferred to or from (an) other tanks (s) including transfer from machinery space oil residue (sludge) and oily bilge water tanks (identify tank(s); state quantity transferred and total quantity in the tank(s) in cubic meters.
    4. Other methods (state which); state quantity disposed of in cubic meters.

(K) Discharge of clean ballast contained in cargo tanks

(58) Position of ship at the start of discharge of clean ballast.

(59) Identity of tank(s) discharged.

(60) Was(were) the tank(s) empty on completion?

(61) Position of the ship on completion if different from point (58).

(62) Was a regular check kept on the effluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge?

(L) Discharge of ballast from dedicated clean ballast tanks (CBT tankers only)

(63) Identity of tank(s) discharged.

(64) The ship's time and position at the start of discharge of clean ballast into the sea.

(65) Time and position of the ship on completion of discharge into the sea.

(66) Quantity discharged in cubic meters:

    1. into the sea
    2. to reception facilities (identify port)
(67) Was there any indication of oil contamination of the ballast water before or during discharge into the sea?

(68) Was the discharge monitored by an oil content meter?

(69) Time and position of the ship when valves separating dedicated clean ballast tanks from the cargo and stripping lines were closed on completion of deballasting.

(M) Condition of Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System

(70) Time of system failure.

(71) Time when the system has been made operational.

(72) Reasons for failure.

(N) Accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil

(73) Time of Occurrence.

(74) Port or ship's position at the time of occurrence.

(75) Approximate quantity in cubic meters and type of oil. 

(76) Circumstances of discharge or escape, the reason therefore and general remarks.

(O) Additional operational procedures and general remarks

FOR TANKERS ENGAGED IN SPECIFIC TRADES


(P) Loading of ballast water

(77) Identify tank(s) ballasted.

(78) Position of the ship when ballasted.

(79) Total quantity of ballast loaded in cubic meters.

(80) Remarks.

(Q) Re-allocation of ballast water within the ship

(81) Reason for re-allocation.

(R) Ballast water discharge to the Reception facility

(82) Port(s) where ballast water was discharged.

(83) Name or designation of reception facility.

(84) Total quantity of ballast water discharged in cubic meters.

(85) Date, Signature and stamp of port authority official.


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Reference: IMO Publications & Documents - International Conventions - MARPOL - Annex I - Appendix III - Form of Oil Record Book

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