Chapter 7 - Applicability of the Guidelines to Existing Offshore Support Vessels
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.673(16) – Guidelines for the Transport and Handling of Limited Amounts of Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk on Offshore Support Vessels – (Adopted on 19 October 1989) - Annex - Guidelines for the Transport and Handling of Limited Amounts of Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk on Offshore Support Vessels - Chapter 7 - Applicability of the Guidelines to Existing Offshore Support Vessels

Chapter 7 - Applicability of the Guidelines to Existing Offshore Support Vessels

 The provisions of the Guidelines should apply to offshore support vessels the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction before the date specified in 1.1.2 as follows.

  7.1 The provisions of chapter 1 of these Guidelines should apply except that, with reference to 1.1.4:

  • .1 larger quantities of bulk liquids may be permitted by the Administration on an individual vessel basis;

  • .2 the survival capability requirements of chapter 2 of the International Bulk Chemical Code and the International Gas Carrier Code need not be applied to vessels referred to in 1.3.4.2.

  7.2 The provisions of chapters 2 and 3 of the Guidelines should be applied where deemed reasonable and practicable by the Administration taking full account of the present arrangements and equipment of the vessel. Recognizing that existing vessels may not meet many of the requirements of these chapters, relaxations may be granted.

  7.3 The provisions of chapters 4 to 6 of the Guidelines should be applied.


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