Please click here for the article,
first published in Seaways magazine, 
May 2009 edition.

* Also, for guidance on how to properly
complete your Oil Record Book, please
click here.

Reproduced from Seaways by permission of The Nautical Institute,
the international professional body for qualified seafarers and others
with an interest in nautical matters. The Institute provides a wide range
of services to enhance the professional standing and knowledge of
members who are drawn from all sectors of the maritime world:
see http://www.nautinst.org/