Example #2
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Marine Environment Protection Committee - MEPC.1/Circular.736/Rev.2 – Guidance for the Recording of Operations in the Oil Record Book Part I – Machinery Space Operations (All Ships) – (6 October 2011) - Annex – Guidance for Recording of Operations in the Oil Record Book Part I – Machinery Space Operations (All Ships)General Guidance - Usage of code C.11: Collection of oil residues (sludge) - Example #2

Example #2

 Recording of oil residue (sludge) collected by manual operation in oil residue (sludge) tank (tank listed under item 3.1 in the Supplement to the IOPPC)footnote

Date Code Item No. Record of operations/signature of officer in charge
dd-MONTH-yyyy C 11.1 [Name of sec 3.1 Tank & Designation]
    11.2 xx m3
    11.3 xx m3
    11.4 xx m3 collected from [identification of source]
      signed: (Officer-in-charge, Name & Rank) dd-MONTH-yyyy

  Note: Operator initiated manual collection where oil residue (sludge) is transferred (transfer with a pump) into the oil residue (sludge) tank(s). Examples of such operations could be:

  • 1. Collection of oil residue (sludge) from fuel oil separator drain tanks.

  • 2. Collection of oil residue (sludge) by draining engine sump tanks.

  • 3. Adding fuel oil to an oil residue (sludge) tank (all content of a sludge tank is considered sludge).

  • 4. Collection of sludge from bilge water holding tanks – in this case a disposal entry for bilge water is also needed.


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