Circular
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1472 – Guidelines for the Design, Performance, Testing and Approval of Mobile Water Monitors used for the Protection of On – Deck Cargo areas of Ships Designed and Constructed to Carry Five or More Tiers of Containers... - Circular

Circular

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-third session (14 to 23 May 2014), adopted amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/10 on additional measures of fire safety for ships designed and constructed to carry five or more tiers of containers on or above the weather deck, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection at its fifty-sixth session (7 to 11 January 2013). The amendments, to be applied to new ships constructed on or after 1 January 2016 contain, inter alia, requirements for mobile water monitors used for the protection of on-deck cargo areas.

  2 At the same time, the Committee approved the Guidelines for the design, performance, testing and approval of mobile water monitors used for the protection of on-deck cargo areas of ships designed and constructed to carry five or more tiers of containers on or above the weather deck, set out in the annex, in order to provide instructions on the design, performance, testing and approval of such mobile water monitors.

  3 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed Guidelines when applying the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-2/10 and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1472 – Guidelines for the Design, Performance, Testing and Approval of Mobile Water Monitors used for the Protection of On – Deck Cargo areas of Ships Designed and Constructed to Carry Five or More Tiers of Containers On or Above the Weather Deck – (29 May 2014)
Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.