Tag: SOLAS

ClassNK has issued Technical Information TEC-1023 regarding special requirements for asbestos regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagged vessels

IMO Sub-Committee held its 2nd Session from Monday 16 through Friday 20 February 2015, where revised subdivision and stability amendments agreed among other issues

Watertight doors on passenger ships SOLAS amendment agreed

IMO Sub-Committee held its 2nd Session from Monday 16 through Friday 20 February 2015, where expansion of mandatory passenger evacuation analysis to all passenger ships agreed among other issues.

IMO Resolution MSC.388(94) includes amendment to inflatable liferaft servicing requirements

2nd Session, from 16 to 20 February 2015, IMO Headquarters The IMOs Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction held its 2nd session (SDC2) from Monday 16 through Friday 20 February 2015 under the Chairmanship of Mrs A Jost (GERMANY) and her Vice-Chair, Captain N Campbell (SOUTH AFRICA).Both subsequently declined re-election for 2016 following which Mr Kevin Hunter (UK) was voted in as Chairman and Mrs Turid Stemre (NORWAY) as Vice-Chair. It will be recalled that SDC encompasses former IMO Sub-Committees DE, FP and SLF (Design, Equipment; Fire Protection; Safety, Load-Lines and Fishing Vessels).In his welcoming speech, the IMO Secretary General voiced his concerns over the unfolding tragedy taking place in the Mediterranean concerning maritime migrants, revealing that more than 300 people had drowned the previous week and in the order of 3,000 people had crossed the sea during the day before. Further startling statistics were that 200,000 people were rescued last year in the Mediterranean, of whom about 3,000 had lost their lives and more than 600 merchant ships had been diverted to assist. The issue of how best to deal with the people smugglers responsible for such migration will therefore be the subject of a United Nations Inter-Agency meeting ...

First Ship with Fire Safety Adapted to Methanol

​IMO Secretary-General has opened the second session of the Sub-Committee on SDC

EMSA, DNV GL Report The issue of stability, and especially damage stability of passenger ships, has been frequently re-visited. This has been so, not due to the number of associated accidents, but due to the consequences that these accidents can have.Currently, in the EU, new passenger ships must comply with SOLAS2009, while ro-ro passenger ships also need to comply with the Stockholm Agreement. Both UoS and HSVA studies commissioned by EMSA, and also other projects such as GOALDS and MCA RP592 among others, have focused their work on the damage stability standard set by SOLAS2009. It is generally accepted that the probabilistic approach is a useful tool to objectively estimate the damage stability properties of a specific vessel.Some of the previous studies (UoS, GOALDS) concluded that an increase in the Required Subdivision Index 'R' would be a suitable solution for the existing damage stability weakness concerning passenger ships and ro-ro passenger ships. Following the first discussions held at IMO, it appears that the 'R' is now a central issue.Despite the extensive work already done, doubts have been expressed on one hand regarding the feasibility of the application of a high 'R' and, on the other hand, as to whether the ...

UKHO launches expanded range of e-NPs