1.3.1 For the purpose of this Code, the definitions
given hereunder apply. For terms used, but not defined in this Code,
the definitions as given in SOLAS apply.
1.3.2 “Breadth (B)” means the maximum
breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the
frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the
hull in a ship with a shell of any other material. The breadth (B)
should be measured in metres.
1.3.3 “Crew” means all persons carried
on board the ship to provide navigation and maintenance of the ship,
its machinery, systems and arrangements essential for propulsion and
safe navigation or to provide services for other persons on board.
1.3.4 “IMDG Code” means the International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee
by resolution MSC.122(75), as amended.
1.3.5 “Length (L)” means 96% of the
total length on a waterline of 85% at the least moulded depth measured
from the top of the keel, or the length from the foreside of the stem
to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater.
In ships designed with a rake of keel, the waterline on which this
length is measured should be parallel to the designed waterline. The
length (L) should be measured in metres.
1.3.6 “LSA Code” means the International
Life-Saving Appliance Code, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee
by resolution MSC.48(66), as amended.
1.3.7 “Organization” means the International
Maritime Organization.
1.3.8 “Passenger” means every person
other than:
1.3.9 “Permeability” in relation to
a space is the ratio of the volume within that space which is assumed
to be occupied by water to the total volume of that space.
1.3.10 “SOLAS” means the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.
1.3.11 “Special personnel” means all
persons who are not passengers or members of the crew or children
of under one year of age and who are carried on board in connection
with the special purpose of that ship or because of special work being
carried out aboard that ship. Wherever in this Code the number of
special personnel appears as a parameter, it should include the number
of passengers carried on board which may not exceed 12.
Special personnel are expected to be able bodied with a
fair knowledge of the layout of the ship and to have received some
training in safety procedures and the handling of the ship’s
safety equipment before leaving port and include the following:
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.1 scientists, technicians and expeditionaries
on ships engaged in research, non-commercial expeditions and survey;
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.2 personnel engaging in training and practical
marine experience to develop seafaring skills suitable for a professional
career at sea. Such training should be in accordance with a training
programme approved by the Administration;
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.3 personnel who process the catch of fish, whales
or other living resources of the sea on factory ships not engaged
in catching;
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.4 salvage personnel on salvage ships, cable-laying
personnel on cable-laying ships, seismic personnel on seismic survey
ships, diving personnel on diving support ships, pipe-laying personnel
on pipe layers and crane operating personnel on floating cranes; and
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.5 other personnel similar to those referred to
in .1 to .4 who, in the opinion of the Administration, may be referred
to this group.
1.3.12 “Special purpose ship”footnote means a mechanically self-propelled ship which
by reason of its function carries on board more than 12 special personnelfootnote.
1.3.13 “Training programme” means
a defined course of instruction and practical experience in all aspects
of ship operations, similar to the basic safety training as offered
by the maritime institutions in the country of the Administration.