Regulation 1 – Definitions
Deadweight to be stated on certificates
Interpretation of regulation 1.23
Even-keel hydrostatics should be used to determine the regulatory deadweight to be
entered on relevant statutory certificates.
Regulation 36 – Oil Record Book Part II – Cargo/Ballast operations
Terminal hose flush water
Interpretation of regulation 36.2.10
When the master of an oil tanker agrees to accept terminal hose flush water from a
Single Point Mooring (SPM) or a Conventional Buoy Mooring (CBM), that flush water should
be categorized as the disposal of residues under regulation 36.2.10. Appropriate entries
should be made under Item J of Part II of the Oil Record Book. The following are
examples of how these entries should be made:
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.1 At the load port where the flush water is received by the tanker, use the
suggested wording for remarks:
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(J) 55 At the request of (terminal xxxx), terminal line
flush water (seawater) has been loaded into the ship's xxx tank
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56 xxx m3 flush water
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57.4 Transferred from terminal xxxx line/hoses. Total
quantity in xxx tank ….. m3;
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and
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.2 At the discharge port where the flush water is disposed of by the tanker:
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(J) 55 xxx tank
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56 xxx m3, quantity retained in tank:
xxx m3
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57.1 a quantity of xxx m3 terminal line
flush water received at the loading port terminal (xxx) was
disposed/transferred to terminal xxx facility.