This guide is designed to provide simple and clear advice for the proper and consistent completion of the Oil Record Book (Part II – Cargo/Ballast Operations) for oil tankers, as stipulated by Regulation 36 and Appendix III of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78.

The Guide consists of the following:

•         General requirements and instructions for making entries in the ORB Part II, as set out in Section 3;
•         List of items to be recorded in the ORB Part II, as set out in Section 4; and
•         Detailed model examples of the ORB Part II entries for commonly used cargo/ballast operations, as set out in Section 5.