Chapter 2 Ship survival capability and location of cargo tanks
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Chapter 2 Ship survival capability and location of cargo tanks

  2.2 Freeboard and intact stability

  2 The title of section 2.2 is amended to read:

  • "Freeboard and stability"

  3 A new subparagraph 2.2.6 is added as follows:

  • "2.2.6 All ships, subject to the Code, shall be fitted with a stability instrument, capable of verifying compliance with intact and damage stability requirements, approved by the Administration having regard to the performance standards recommended by the Organizationfootnote:

  • .1 ships constructed before 1 January 2016 shall comply with this requirement at the first scheduled renewal survey of the ship on or after 1 January 2016 but not later than 1 January 2021;

  • .2 notwithstanding the requirements of 2.2.6.1, a stability instrument fitted on a ship constructed before 1 January 2016 need not be replaced provided it is capable of verifying compliance with intact and damage stability, to the satisfaction of the Administration; and

  • .3 for the purposes of control under regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex II, the Administration shall issue a document of approval for the stability instrument.

  4 A new subparagraph 2.2.7 is added as follows:

  • "2.2.7 The Administration may waive the requirements of paragraph 2.2.6 for the following ships provided the procedures employed for intact and damage stability verification maintain the same degree of safety, as being loaded in accordance with the approved conditionsfootnote. Any such waiver shall be duly noted on the International Certificate of Fitness referred to in paragraph 1.5.4:

  • .1 ships which are on a dedicated service, with a limited number of permutations of loading such that all anticipated conditions have been approved in the stability information provided to the master in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 2.2.5;

  • .2 ships where stability verification is made remotely by a means approved by the Administration;

  • .3 ships which are loaded within an approved range of loading conditions; or

  • .4 ships constructed before 1 January 2016 provided with approved limiting KG/GM curves covering all applicable intact and damage stability requirements.

Parent topic: Annex - Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)
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