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Division Page 2 of the model Instructions for keeping the logbook

United Kingdom

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This logbook contains 200 pages, numbered from 1 to 200. Entries shall be legible and made in ink (e.g. using print letters).

Entries in the logbook shall be made in accordance with applicable crewing regulations. In the case of inland waterways whose courses are not fully within the scope of a manning requirement, the navigation time and rest time acquired on sections located outside the scope of the regulation shall also be taken into account.

Where loading and unloading activities require active navigational operations, such as dredging or manoeuvres between loading or unloading points, the time used for such activities shall be entered as navigation time.

Activities of crew members shall be entered according to their functions by using their respective number:

  1. 1

    Boatmaster

  2. 2

    Helmsman

  3. 3

    Able boatman

  4. 4

    Boatman

  5. 5

    Deckhand

  6. 6

    Apprentice

  7. 7

    Engineer

  8. 8

    Engine minder

  9. 9

If national regulations provide for other functions than the ones listed here above, such functions shall be entered using numbers from 9 onwards with the indication of the respective national title.

On each page the following entries shall be made:

  • the operating mode (after each change of the operating mode, a new page shall be used);

  • the year;

  • as soon as the craft starts the journey:

    • 1st column — Date (day and month)

    • 2nd column — Time (hour, minute)

    • 3rd column — Name of the location of the start of the journey

    • 4th column — Waterway and km of the location of the start of the journey;

  • as soon as the craft interrupts the journey:

    • 1st column — Date (day and month) if different from day of the start of the journey

    • 5th column — Time (hour, minute)

    • 6th column — Name of the location where the craft is stationary

    • 7th column — Waterway and km of the location where the craft is stationary;

  • as soon as the craft starts to navigate again: same entries as start of the journey;

  • as soon as the craft ends its journey: same entries as interruption of the journey.