Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 20

Cargo Record Book

(1) Every ship shall be provided with a Cargo Record Book in the form
specified in Appendix IV to Annex II to MARPOL 1973/78, with such
modifications, in the case of a Hong Kong-trading ship, as may be specified by
the Director.

(2) Whenever any of the following operations takes place in respect of any
noxious liquid substance a record of the operation shall be made in the
Cargo Record Book in relation to each tank affected by the operation-

   (a)  loading of cargo;

   (b)  internal transfer of cargo;

   (c)  unloading of cargo;

   (d)  cleaning of cargo tanks;

   (e)  ballasting of cargo tanks;

   (f)  discharge of ballast from cargo tanks;

   (g)  disposal of residues to reception facilities;

   (h)  discharge of residues into the sea in accordance with regulation 5,
        11, 13, 14 or 16;

   (i)  removal of residues by ventilation.

(3) In the event that any discharge of the kind referred to in regulation 16
of any noxious liquid substance or mixture containing such substance is made
or occurs, an entry shall be made without delay in the Cargo Record Book
stating the circumstances of, and the reason for, the discharge.

(4) The entries in the Cargo Record Book, in the case of a Hong Kong ship,
shall be in English (and in addition, in the case of a Hong  Kong-trading
ship, in Chinese) and, in the case of any other ship, in an official language
of the state in which the ship is registered and, where that language is
neither English nor French, in English or French. Each entry shall be signed
by the officer or officers in charge of the operation and each page shall be
signed by the master.

(5) The Cargo Record Book shall be kept in such a place as to be readily
available for inspection and, except in the case of unmanned ships under tow,
shall be kept on board the ship. It shall be retained on board the ship for a
period of 3 years after the last entry in it has been made. (Enacted 1987)