Form of Nuclear Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.338(91) – Adoption of Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as Amended – (Adopted on 30 November 2012) - Annex – Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as AmendedThe Annex below is consolidated into Chapters II-1, II-2, III, Appendix of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 - Appendix Certificates - Form of Nuclear Cargo Ship Safety Certificate

Form of Nuclear Cargo Ship Safety Certificate

 
NUCLEAR CARGO SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
This Certificate shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety (Form C)
(Official seal) (State)
 
Issued under the provisions of the
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, as amended
 
under the authority of the Government of
 
____________________________________________________
(name of the State)
by ____________________________________________________
(person or organization authorized)
 
Particulars of ship footnote
Name of ship ........................................................................................................................
Distinctive number or letters ................................................................................................
Port of registry .....................................................................................................................
Gross tonnage .....................................................................................................................
Deadweight of ship (metric tons)footnote ........................................................................................
Length of ship (regulation III/3.12) ........................................................................................
Sea areas in which ship is certified to operate (regulation IV/2) .........................................
IMO Numberfootnote .........................................................................................................................
 
Type of shipfootnote
  Bulk carrier
  Oil tanker
  Chemical tanker
  Gas carrier
  Cargo ship other than any of the above
Date of build:
  Date of building contract............................................................................................
  Date on which keel was laid or ship was at similar stage of construction ............
  Date of delivery ........................................................................................
  Date on which work for a conversion or an alteration or modification of a major character was commenced (where applicable) ............................................................
 
All applicable dates shall be completed.
 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY:
1 That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the requirements of regulation VIII/9 of the Convention.
2 That the ship, being a nuclear ship, complied with all the requirements of chapter VIII of the Convention and conformed to the Safety Assessment approved for the ship; and that:
2.1 the condition of the structure, machinery and equipment as defined in regulation I/10 (as applicable to comply with regulation VIII/9), including the nuclear propulsion plant and the collision protective structure, was satisfactory and the ship complied with the relevant requirements of chapter II-1 and chapter II-2 of the Convention (other than those relating to fire safety systems and appliances and fire control plans);
2.2 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards fire safety systems and appliances and fire control plans;
2.3 the life-saving appliances and the equipment of the lifeboats, liferafts and rescue boats were provided in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.4 the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and radio installations used in life-saving appliances in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.5 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards radio installations;
2.6 the functioning of the radio installations used in life-saving appliances complied with the requirements of the Convention;
2.7 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards shipborne navigational equipment, means of embarkation for pilots and nautical publications;
2.8 the ship was provided with lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals in accordance with the requirements of the Convention and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
2.9 in all other respects the ship complied with the relevant requirements of the regulations, so far as these requirements apply thereto;
2.10 the ship was/was notfootnote subjected to an alternative design and arrangements in pursuance of regulation(s) II-1/55 / II-2/17 / III/38/3 footnote of the Convention;
2.11 a Document of approval of alternative design and arrangements for machinery and electrical installations/fire protection/life-saving appliances and arrangementsfootnote is/is notfootnote appended to this Certificate.
This certificate is valid until ..................................................................................................
 
Completion date of the survey on which this certificate is based ....................................... dd/mm/yyyy
 
 
Issued at ..............................................................................................................................
(Place of issue of certificate)
 
.............................................. ............................................................................................................................
(Date of issue) (Signature of authorized official issuing the certificate)
 
(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority, as appropriate)
RECORD OF EQUIPMENT FOR CARGO SHIP SAFETY (FORM C)
RECORD OF EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED
1 Particulars of ship
Name of ship ........................................................................................................................
Distinctive number or letters ................................................................................................
Minimum number of persons with required qualifications to operate the radio installations ..........................................................................................
2 Details of life-saving appliances
1 Total number of persons for which life-saving appliances are provided:
  Port side Starboard side
2 Total number of lifeboats ............. .............
2.1 Total number of persons accommodated by them ............. .............
2.2 Number of self-righting partially enclosed lifeboats (regulation III/43footnote) ............. .............
2.3 Number of totally enclosed lifeboats (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.6) ............. .............
2.4 Number of lifeboats with a self-contained air support system (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.8) ............. .............
2.5 Number of fire-protected lifeboats (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.9) ............. .............
2.6 Other lifeboats    
2.6.1 Number ............. .............
2.6.2 Type ............. .............
2.7 Number of free-fall lifeboats ...............................
2.7.1 Totally enclosed (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.7) ...............................
2.7.2 Self-contained (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.8) ...............................
2.7.3 Fire-protected (regulation III/31 and LSA Code, section 4.9) ...............................
3 Number of motor lifeboats (included in the total lifeboats shown above) ...............................
3.1 Number of lifeboats fitted with searchlights ...............................
4 Number of rescue boats ...............................
4.1 Number of boats which are included in the total lifeboats shown above ...............................
5 Liferafts  
5.1 Those for which approved launching appliances are required  
5.1.1 Number of liferafts ...............................
5.1.2 Number of persons accommodated by them ...............................
5.2 Those for which approved launching appliances are not required  
5.2.2 Number of liferafts ...............................
5.2.2 Number of persons accommodated by them ...............................
5.3 Number of liferafts required by regulation III/31.1.4 ...............................
6 Number of lifebuoys ...............................
7 Number of lifejackets ...............................
8 Immersion suits  
8.1 Total number ...............................
8.2 Number of suits complying with the requirements for lifejackets ...............................
9 Number of anti-exposure suits ...............................
10 Radio installations used in life-saving appliances  
10.1 Number of search and rescue locating devices  
10.1.1 Radar search and rescue transponders (SART) ...............................
10.1.2 AIS search and rescue transmitters (AIS-SART) ...............................
10.2 Number of two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus ...............................
3 Details of radio facilities
Item Actual provision
1 Primary systems  
1.1 VHF radio installation  
1.1.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.1.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.1.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.2 MF radio installation  
1.2.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.2.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.2.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.3 MF/HF radio installation  
1.3.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.3.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.3.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.3.4 Direct-printing telegraphy ...............................
1.4 INMARSAT ship earth station ...............................
2 Secondary means of alerting ...............................
3 Facilities for reception of marine safety information  
3.1 NAVTEX receiver ...............................
3.2 EGC receiver ...............................
3.3 HF direct-printing radiotelegraph receiver ...............................
4 Satellite EPIRB  
4.1 COSPAS-SARSAT ...............................
4.2 INMARSAT ...............................
5 VHF EPIRB ...............................
6 Ship's search and rescue locating device  
6.1 Radar search and rescue transponder (SART) ...............................
6.2 AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART) ...............................
4 Methods used to ensure availability of radio facilities (regulations IV/15.6 and 15.7)
4.1 Duplication of equipment ...........................................................
4.2 Shore-based maintenance ........................................................
4.3 At-sea maintenance capability ..................................................
5 Details of navigation systems and equipment
Item Actual provision
1.1 Standard magnetic compassfootnote ...............................
1.2 Spare magnetic compassfootnote ...............................
1.3 Gyro-compassfootnote ...............................
1.4 Gyro-compass heading repeaterfootnote ...............................
1.5 Gyro-compass bearing repeaterfootnote ...............................
1.6 Heading or track control systemfootnote ...............................
1.7 Pelorus or compass bearing devicefootnote ...............................
1.8 Means of correcting heading and bearings ...............................
1.9 Transmitting heading device (THD)footnote ...............................
2.1 Nautical charts/Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS)footnote ...............................
2.2 Back-up arrangements for ECDIS ...............................
2.3 Nautical publications ...............................
2.4 Back-up arrangements for electronic nautical publications ...............................
3.1 Receiver for a global navigation satellite system/terrestrial radionavigation systemfootnote,footnote ...............................
3.2 9 GHz radarfootnote ...............................
3.3 Second radar (3 GHz/9 GHzfootnote)footnote ...............................
3.4 Automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA)footnote ...............................
3.5 Automatic tracking aidfootnote ...............................
3.6 Second automatic tracking aidfootnote ...............................
3.7 Electronic plotting aidfootnote ...............................
4.1 Automatic identification system (AIS) ...............................
4.2 Long-range identification and tracking system ...............................
5.1 Voyage data recorder (VDR)footnote ...............................
5.2 Simplified voyage data recorder (S-VDR)footnote ...............................
6.1 Speed and distance measuring device (through the water)footnote ...............................
6.2 Speed and distance measuring device (over the ground in the forward and athwartships direction)footnote ...............................
7 Echo-sounding devicefootnote ...............................
Parent topic: Appendix Certificates
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