Paragraph 2.2
Freeboard and
stability
1 A new subparagraph 2.2.4 is added as follows:
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"2.2.4 All ships, subject to the Code, should
be fitted with a stability instrument, capable of verifying compliance
with intact and damage stability requirements, approved by the Administration,
at the first scheduled periodical survey of the ship on or after 1
January 2016, but not later than 1 January 2021, having regard to
the performance standards recommended by the Organizationfootnote:
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.1 notwithstanding the requirements above, a stability
instrument fitted on a ship 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
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.2 the Administration should issue a document
of approval for the stability instrument.
2 A new subparagraph 2.2.5 is added as follows:
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"2.2.5 The Administration may waive the requirements
of paragraph 2.2.4 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 should
be duly noted on the Certificate of Fitness referred to in paragraph
1.6.4:
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.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 2.2.3;
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ships where stability verification
is made remotely by a means approved by the Administration;
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.3 ships which are loaded within an approved range
of loading conditions; or
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.4 ships provided with approved limiting KG/GM
curves covering all applicable intact and damage stability requirements.
3 The existing paragraph 6 is replaced by the
following:
Where it is required to load the ship other than in accordance
with the above instruction, then the necessary calculations to justify
the proposed loading conditions should be communicated to the certifying
Administration who may authorize in writing the adoption of the proposed
loading condition.