Illegal oil discharge prosecutions are not always the result of deliberate falsification -simple mistakes in reporting can also put ship owners at risk. Retrofitting modern monitors and an electronic oil record book (ORB) now seems to be the safest solution to protect ship crew and owners. Michael Coomber, Managing Director of Rivertrace Ltd, developed the concept of the electronic oil record book after an oil major asked for help to provide evidence in an oil spill court case. Coomber says: "The oil company asked us to make something that was tamper proof, so we designed a fairly complex system with all the checks and balances to guarantee integrity of the record.
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