CIGN 08/2023 Rev 01
Guidance Note
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To: OWNERS, MANAGERS & MASTERS OF CAYMAN ISLANDS SHIPS
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Guidance Note 05/2020 (Rev. 01) “Official Log Books & IMO Record Books”, gives an acceptable alternative to the Cayman Islands printed and bound Official Log Book (OLB).
1.2 Since the publication of the Guidance Note, a number of clients have expressed a desire to keep the OLB in “electronic form”.
1.3 Guidance Note 05/2019 (Rev. 02) outlines the process whereby electronic record books may be kept in accordance with the MARPOL Convention.
1.4 This Guidance Note sets out a process whereby a ship may keep an electronic OLB while meeting the requirements of section 140 of the Merchant Shipping Act (2021 Revision) (the MSA), as stated below.