Resolution  MEPC.147(54)

GUIDELINES ON THE ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL FILLET WELD BETWEEN DECK PLATING AND LONGITUDINALS

(Adopted on 24 March 2006)

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

NOTING the Condition Assessment Scheme, as a mandatory requirement for oil tankers operating under the provisions of regulations 13G and 13H of MARPOL Annex I (regulations 20 and 21 of the revised MARPOL Annex I), adopted by resolution MEPC.94(46), as amended,

RECOGNIZING the convenience to provide guidance for inspection of fillet weld between deck plating and longitudinals in connection with thickness measurements requirements as called for in paragraph 7.3.3 and table 7.3.3 of the Condition Assessment Scheme adopted by resolution MEPC.94(46), as amended,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its fifty-fourth session, the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment to adopt the Guidelines on the assessment of residual fillet weld between deck plating and longitudinals,

1. ADOPTS the Guidelines on the assessment of residual fillet weld between deck plating and longitudinals, as an optional provision referred to in Table 7.3.3 of the Condition Assessment Scheme, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this resolution;

2. INVITES Governments to bring the Guidelines to the attention of surveyors, recognized organizations and any other interested parties when carrying out thickness measurements during the conduct of CAS surveys.