MSC.143(77) Adoption of Amendments to the Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966

Resolution MSC.143(77)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LOAD LINES, 1966

ANNEX.
AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX B TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LOAD LINES, 1966

"ANNEX I. REGULATIONS FOR DETERMINING LOAD LINES

CHAPTER I. GENERAL

Regulation 1. Strength and intact stability of ships

Regulation 2. Application

Regulation 2-1. Authorization of recognized organizations

Regulation 3. Definitions of terms used in the Annexes

6. Depth for freeboard (D)

11. Superstructure deck.

Regulation 4. Deck line

Regulation 5. Load line mark

Regulation 6. Lines to be used with the load line mark

Regulation 7. Mark of assigning Authority

Regulation 8. Details of marking

Regulation 9. Verification of marks

CHAPTER II. CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT OF FREEBOARD

Regulation 10. Information to be supplied to the master

Regulation 11. Superstructure end bulkheads

Regulation 12. Doors

Regulation 13. Position of hatchways, doorways and ventilators

Regulation 14. Cargo and other hatchways

Regulation 14-1. Hatchway coamings

Regulation 15. Hatchways closed by portable covers and secured weathertight by tarpaulins and battening devices

- Hatchway covers

- Portable beams

- Pontoon covers

- Carriers or sockets

- Cleats

- Battens and wedges

- Tarpaulins

- Securing of hatchway covers

Regulation 16. Hatchways closed by weathertight covers of steel or other equivalent materials

- Hatch cover minimum design loads

- Securing arrangements

Regulation 17. Machinery space openings

Regulation 18. Miscellaneous openings in freeboard and superstructure decks

Regulation 19. Ventilators

Regulation 20. Air pipes

Regulation 21. Cargo ports and other similar openings

Regulation 22. Scuppers, inlets and discharges

Regulation 22-1. Garbage chutes

Regulation 22-2. Spurling pipes and cable lockers

Regulation 23. Side scuttles, windows and skylights

Regulation 24. Freeing ports

Regulation 25. Protection of the crew

Regulation 25-1. Means for safe passage of crew

Regulation 26. Special conditions of assignment for type "A" ships

- Machinery casings

- Gangway and access

- Hatchways

- Freeing arrangements

CHAPTER III. FREEBOARDS

Regulation 27. Types of ships

- Type "A" ships

Type "B" ships

- Initial condition of loading

- Damage assumptions

- Condition of equilibrium

- Ships without means of propulsion

Regulation 28. Freeboard tables

- Type "A" ships

- Type "B" ships

Regulation 29. Correction to the freeboard for ships under 100 m in length

Regulation 30. Correction for block coefficient

Regulation 31. Correction for depth

Regulation 32. Correction for position of deck line

Regulation 32-1. Correction for recess in freeboard deck

Regulation 33. Standard height of superstructure

Regulation 34. Length of superstructure

Regulation 35. Effective length of superstructure

Regulation 36. Trunks

Regulation 37. Deduction for superstructures and trunks

Regulation 38. Sheer

- General

- Standard sheer profile

- Measurement of variation from standard sheer profile

- Correction for variations from standard sheer profile

- Addition for deficiency in sheer

- Deduction for excess sheer

Regulation 39. Minimum bow height and reserve buoyancy

Regulation 40. Minimum freeboards

- Summer freeboard

- Tropical freeboard

- Winter freeboard

- Winter North Atlantic freeboard

- Fresh water freeboard

CHAPTER IV. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS ASSIGNED TIMBER FREEBOARD

Regulation 41. Application of this chapter

Regulation 42. Definitions

Regulation 43. Construction of the ship

- Superstructure

- Double bottom tanks

- Bulwarks

Regulation 44. Stowage

- General

- Uprights

- Lashings

- Stability

- Protection of crew, access to machinery spaces, etc.

- Steering arrangements

Regulation 45. Computation for freeboard

ANNEX II ZONES, AREAS AND SEASONAL PERIODS

Regulation 49. Seasonal tropical areas