Fleet safety letter on electronic record/logbooks issued by Vanuatu

Vanuatu Maritime Services Limited has issued a fleet safety letter regarding electronic record/logbooks.

This Fleet Safety Letter addresses the use of electronic record/logbooks on vessels. VMSL has the following conditions:

1. Electronic formats are acceptable for certain record/logbooks, including Oil Record Book, Garbage Record Book, Noxious Liquid Cargo Logbook, and Water Ballast Logbook.
2. The electronic record program must be approved by the vessel's Recognized Organization (RO) or other approved Authority.
3. The program must be tamper-proof, ensuring that entries cannot be altered or removed except by an approved method.
4. Owners using electronic log books must obtain a five-year license for each system used on each vessel, costing $500. The license must be renewed every five years.
5. Failure to have a license during an ASI (Authorized Service Inspection) will result in invoicing for backdated licenses, up to the date of this FSL's effect.
6. Licenses are non-transferable and issued to specific vessels.
7. The Official Logbook from VMSL must be maintained in hard copy format.

The document was published on 14 August 2023.

For more information, please see the document below (available only to subscribers):

Electronic Record/Logbooks