CHAPTER IX.

 MANAGEMENT FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF SHIPS

Amendments (Conference resolution 1) 1994

Entry into force - 01.07.1998

Passenger ships, high-speed craft, oil tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers - 01.07.1998

Cargo ships, mobile offshore drilling units - 01.07.2002

With amendments

Regulation 1.
Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, unless expressly provided otherwise:

1. International Safety Management (ISM) Code means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention adopted by the Organization by resolution A.741(18) as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the Annex other than chapter I.

2. Company means the owner of the ship or any other organization or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibility imposed by the International Safety Management Code.

3. Oil tanker means an oil tanker as defined in regulation II-1/2.12.

4. Chemical tanker means a chemical tanker as defined in regulation VII/8.2.

5. Gas carrier means a gas carrier as defined in regulation VII/11.2.

6. Bulk Carrier means a ship which is constructed generally with single deck, topside tanks and hopper side tanks in cargo spaces, and is intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk and includes such types as ore carriers and combination carriers.

7. Mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) means a vessel capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration for or exploitation of resources beneath the seabed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur or salt.

8. High speed craft means a craft as defined in regulation X/l.

Regulation 2.
Application

1. This chapter applies to ships, regardless of the date of construction, as follows:

.1 passenger ships including passenger high speed craft, not later than 1 July 1998:

.2 oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high speed craft of 500 gross tonnage and over, not later than 1 July 1998; and

.3 other cargo ships and mobile offshore drilling units of 500 gross tonnage and over, not later than 1 July 2002.

2. This chapter does not apply to government operated ships used for noncommercial purposes.

Regulation 3.
Safety management requirements

1. The company and the ship shall comply with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. For the purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code shall be treated as mandatory.

2. The ship shall be operated by a company holding a Document of Compliance referred to in regulation 4.