Minimum stability and additional information requirements
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Minimum stability and additional information requirements

  16 Taking into account the most recent known loading and flooded condition of the ship and taking into account any measures that may be proposed to improve or affect the survivability of the ship, the following information should be provided:

  • .1 GM transverse in any loading condition;

  • .2 GZ and range;

  • .3 area under the GZ curve;

  • .4 maximum and actual values of free surface moments of all tanks and spaces below the bulkhead deck;

  • .5 location of flooding level indicators within tanks;

  • .6 draughts forward, midships and aft;

  • .7 angles of heel and trim;

  • .8 the effect of flooding and heel and trim angles on:

    • .1 operation of essential equipment;

    • .2 escape routes and evacuation times; and

    • .3 effective deployment of life saving appliances;

  • .9 profile areas of the ship both above and below the waterline, and means to establish their centres, in order to estimate the effects of wind pressure;

  • .10 currently applied global bending moment and sheer force;

  • .11 fuel consumption data accounting for estimates of increased resistance due to flooding; and

  • .12 ship specific particulars relating to the Guidelines for damage control plans and information to the master (MSC.1/Circ.1245).

Parent topic: Annex – Guidelines on Operational Information for Masters of Passenger Ships for Safe Return to Port by Own Power or Under Tow
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