Bahamas Requirements

Amendments to para.3.1.7, 3.4.3, 4.2.1 and 4.3. New paragraph 4.3.1 and 6

3.1.7. In the case of removal of the Oil Record Book from the ship by a former Company, a certified copy of the last Oil Record Book in use must be left on board for the benefit of the new operating Company, with entries covering a period of not less than six months. The copy need not be in colour and may take the form of loose sheets, however such sheets must be suitably bound to form an accurate representation of the completed parts of the book in its original format. Certifying the copy may take the form of a declaration signed and stamped by the outgoing ship's Master. Where the latest or any preceding Record Book covering the last 3 years is not available to the new Company, the new Master should prepare a statement confirming that the previous Record Books are not available. The statement shall be appended to the new Record Book and brought to attention of the RO Surveyor at the next IOPP Certificate verification.

3.4.3. Where a transfer, discharge or other operation is being performed during the course of several watchkeeping periods, an entry should be made in the Oil Record Book by the Chief Engineer Officer, or an officer during whose watchkeeping period the operation has been completed, or the officer responsible for cargo operations, as applicable.

4.2.1. The BMA advises caution on the use of information contained within IMO circular MEPC.1/Circ.736 and its subsequent revisions and industry guidance on completion of Oil Record Books. Often such documents represent the views and interpretations of the authors and may not reflect adequately on the MARPOL provisions and the BMA
position.

4.3. Recording of date and time

4.3.1. Dates should be recorded in the format D/MM/YYYY.

4.3.2. Entries in the Oil Record Book are generally made in local or "ship's" time.

4.3.3. IMO Resolution MEPC.107(49) "Revised guidelines and specifications for pollution prevention equipment for machinery space bilges of ships" requires that 15ppm bilge alarms specified by Regulation 14.6 of MARPOL Annex I, fitted on or after 1 January 2005, should record date, time and alarm status.

4.3.4. In order to reduce the potential for misunderstanding by third parties, the BMA recommends that 15ppm bilge alarms approved under MEPC.107(49) have their time set to UTC. Alternatively, where a ship is operating exclusively in a particular local time
zone, the local time may be set. A suitable annotation should be made in the Oil Record Book confirming which time zone is set on the 15ppm bilge alarm.


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