Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.338(91) – Adoption of Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as Amended – (Adopted on 30 November 2012) - Annex – Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as AmendedThe Annex below is consolidated into Chapters II-1, II-2, III, Appendix of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 - Appendix Certificates - Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships

Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships

PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
This Certificate shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment for Passenger Ship Safety (Form P)
(Official seal)   (State)
for an/a short footnote international voyage
     
Issued under the provisions of the
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, as amended
     
under the authority of the Government of
     
_______________________________
(name of the state)
     
by _______________________________
(person or organization authorized)
     
Particulars of ship footnote
Name of ship ........................................................................................................................
Distinctive number or letters ................................................................................................
Port of registry .....................................................................................................................
Gross tonnage .....................................................................................................................
Sea areas in which ship is certified to operate (regulation IV/2) ...............................................
IMO Numberfootnote....................................................................................
Date of build:    
  Date of building contract ....................................................................................
  Date on which keel was laid or ship was at similar stage of construction ....................................................................................
  Date of delivery ....................................................................................
  Date on which work for a conversion or an alteration or modification of a major character was commenced (where applicable) ....................................................................................
All applicable dates shall be completed.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY:
1 That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the requirements of regulation I/7 of the Convention.
2 That the survey showed that:
2.1 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards:
.1 the structure, main and auxiliary machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels;
.2 the watertight subdivision arrangements and details;
.3 the following subdivision load lines;
Subdivision load lines assigned and marked on the ship's side amidships (regulation II-1/18 footnote) Freeboard To apply when the spaces in which passengers are carried include the following alternative spaces
P1 ........ .......................................................
P2 ........ .......................................................
P3 ........ .......................................................
2.2 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards structural fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances and fire control plans;
2.3 the life-saving appliances and the equipment of the lifeboats, liferafts and rescue boats were provided in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.4 the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and radio installations used in life-saving appliances in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.5 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards radio installations;
2.6 the functioning of the radio installations used in life-saving appliances complied with the requirements of the Convention;
2.7 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards shipborne navigational equipment, means of embarkation for pilots and nautical publications;
2.8 the ship was provided with lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals in accordance with the requirements of the Convention and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
2.9 in all other respects the ship complied with the relevant requirements of the Convention;
2.10 the ship was/was notfootnote subjected to an alternative design and arrangements in pursuance of regulation(s) II-1/55 / II-2/17 / III/38 footnote of the Convention;
2.11 a Document of approval of alternative design and arrangements for machinery and electrical installations/fire protection/life-saving appliances and arrangementsfootnote is/is notfootnote appended to this Certificate.
3 That an Exemption Certificate has/has notfootnote been issued.
     
This certificate is valid until ..................................................................................................
     
Completion date of the survey on which this certificate is based: .................................... (dd/mm/yyyy)
 
Issued at ..............................................................................................................................
(Place of issue of certificate)
     
....................................... ......................................................................
(Date of Issue) (Signature of authorized official issuing the certificate)
     
(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority, as appropriate)
RECORD OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
(FORM P)
RECORD OF EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED
       
1 Particulars of ship
Name of ship ........................................................................................................................
Distinctive number or letters ................................................................................................
Number of passengers for which certified ..........................................................................
Minimum number of persons with required qualifications to operate the radio installations ..............................................................................................................................................
 
2 Details of life-saving appliances
1 Total number of persons for which life-saving appliances are provided ...............................
  Port side Starboard side
2 Total number of lifeboats ............. .............
2.1 Total number of persons accommodated by them ............. .............
2.2 Number of partially enclosed lifeboats (regulation III/21 and LSA Code, section 4.5) ............. .............
2.3 Number of self-righting partially enclosed lifeboats (regulation III/43footnote) ............. .............
2.4 Number of totally enclosed lifeboats (regulation III/21 and LSA Code, section 4.6) ............. .............
2.5 Other lifeboats ............. .............
2.5.1 Number ............. .............
2.5.2 Type ............. .............
3 Number of motor lifeboats (included in the total lifeboats shown above) ...............................
3.1 Number of lifeboats fitted with searchlights ...............................
4 Number of rescue boats ...............................
4.1 Number of boats which are included in the total lifeboats shown above ...............................
4.2 Number of boats which are fast rescue boats ...............................
5 Liferafts  
5.1 Those for which approved launching appliances are required  
5.1.1 Number of liferafts ...............................
5.1.2 Number of persons accommodated by them ...............................
5.2 Those for which approved launching appliances are not required ...............................
5.2.1 Number of liferafts ...............................
5.2.2 Number of persons accommodated by them ...............................
6 Number of Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) ...............................
6.1 Number of liferafts served by them ...............................
6.2 Number of persons accommodated by them ...............................
7 Buoyant apparatus ...............................
7.1 Number of apparatus ...............................
7.2 Number of persons capable of being supported ...............................
8 Number of lifebuoys ...............................
9 Number of lifejackets (total) ...............................
9.1 Number of adult lifejackets ...............................
9.2 Number of child lifejackets ...............................
9.3 Number of infant lifejackets ...............................
10 Immersion suits ...............................
10.1 Total number ...............................
10.2 Number of suits complying with the requirements for lifejackets ...............................
11 Number of anti-exposure suits ...............................
12 Number of thermal protective aidsfootnote ...............................
13 Radio installations used in life-saving appliances  
13.1 Number of search and rescue locating devices  
13.1.1 Radar search and rescue transponders (SART) ...............................
13.1.2 AIS search and rescue transmitters (AIS-SART) ...............................
13.2 Number of two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus ...............................
 
3 Details of radio facilities
Item Actual provision
1 Primary systems  
1.1 VHF radio installation  
1.1.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.1.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.1.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.2 MF radio installation  
1.2.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.2.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.2.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.3 MF/HF radio installation  
1.3.1 DSC encoder ...............................
1.3.2 DSC watch receiver ...............................
1.3.3 Radiotelephony ...............................
1.3.4 Direct-printing radiotelegraphy ...............................
1.4 INMARSAT ship earth station ...............................
2 Secondary means of alerting ...............................
3 Facilities for reception of maritime safety information  
3.1 NAVTEX receiver ...............................
3.2 EGC receiver ...............................
3.3 HF direct-printing radiotelegraph receiver ...............................
4 Satellite EPIRB  
4.1 COSPAS-SARSAT ...............................
5 VHF EPIRB ...............................
6 Ship's search and rescue locating device  
6.1 Radar search and rescue transponder (SART) ...............................
6.2 AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART) ...............................
 
4 Methods used to ensure availability of radio facilities (regulations IV/15.6 and 15.7)
4.1 Duplication of equipment ...........................................................
4.2 Shore-based maintenance ........................................................
4.3 At-sea maintenance capability ..................................................
 
5 Details of navigational systems and equipment
Item Actual provision
1.1 Standard magnetic compassfootnote ...............................
1.2 Spare magnetic compassfootnote ...............................
1.3 Gyro-compassfootnote ...............................
1.4 Gyro-compass heading repeaterfootnote ...............................
1.5 Gyro-compass bearing repeaterfootnote ...............................
1.6 Heading or track control systemfootnote ...............................
1.7 Pelorus or compass bearing devicefootnote ...............................
1.8 Means of correcting heading and bearings ...............................
1.9 Transmitting heading device (THD)footnote ...............................
2.1 Nautical charts/Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS)footnote ...............................
2.2 Back-up arrangements for ECDIS ...............................
2.3 Nautical publications ...............................
2.4 Back-up arrangements for electronic nautical publications ...............................
3.1 Receiver for a global navigation satellite system/terrestrial radionavigation systemfootnote, footnote ...............................
3.2 9 GHz radarfootnote ...............................
3.3 Second radar (3 GHz/9 GHzfootnote)footnote ...............................
3.4 Automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA)footnote ...............................
3.5 Automatic tracking aidfootnote ...............................
3.6 Second automatic tracking aidfootnote ...............................
3.7 Electronic plotting aidfootnote ...............................
4.1 Automatic identification system (AIS) ...............................
4.2 Long-range identification and tracking system ...............................
5 Voyage data recorder (VDR) ...............................
6.1 Speed and distance measuring device (through the water)footnote ...............................
6.2 Speed and distance measuring device (over the ground in the forward and athwartship direction)footnote ...............................
7 Echo-sounding devicefootnote ...............................
8.1 Rudder, propeller, thrust, pitch and operational mode indicatorfootnote ...............................
8.2 Rate-of-turn indicatorfootnote ...............................
9 Sound reception systemfootnote ...............................
10 Telephone to emergency steering positionfootnote ...............................
11 Daylight signalling lampfootnote ...............................
12 Radar reflectorfootnote ...............................
13 International Code of Signals ...............................
14 IAMSAR Manual, Volume III ...............................
15 Bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS) ...............................
 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that this Record is correct in all respects
 
Issued at ..............................................................................................................................
(Place of issue of the Record)
       
.................................................... ..................................................
(Date of issue) (Signature of duly authorized official issuing the Record)
       
(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority, as appropriate)
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