MARPOL Compliance going Digital

IMO guidelines for electronic oil record books is a significant step towards improving compliance in the marine industry. An amendment in MARPOL permitting the use of electronic logs will come into force in October 2020. As ships switch to this system, they will benefit from reduced paperwork, mistake free logs and a lower cost for compliance. This will be a huge relief to ship’s crew and ship owners.

However, the system still remains partially digitized and a voluntary provision. Many administrations still require a hard copy of the log to be presented. Although this is a step towards our goal of preserving the environment, going fully digital will be critical to get the desired outcome.

To reap the benefits of going digital we need to adopt a digital standard that can make such logs seamlessly communicate accurate and verifiable compliance information without dependence on any intermediary systems.

Keeping this objective in mind, Ingenium Marine has taken a step further and explored various digital standards. We did a proof of concept by selecting an appropriate communication standard, and tested it to see if it can serve as a universally accepted channel for communication across stakeholders.

Choosing a standard that is universally acceptable will make it easier for stakeholders to view and inspect such logs thereby enabling us to go fully digital. Read our POC document.........…. www.ingeniummarine.com download the white paper