3 Scope of information
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1343 – Guidelines for the Information to be Included in a Ship Construction File – (2 June 2010) - Annex – Guidelines for the Information to be Included in a Ship Construction File - 3 Scope of information

3 Scope of information

  3.1 The SCF should include the list of documents constituting the SCF and all information listed in the annex, which is required for a ship's safe operation, maintenance, survey, repair and in emergency situations. Details of specific information that is not considered to be critical to safety might be included directly or by reference to other documents.

  3.2 When developing an SCF, all of the columns in the table annexed to these Guidelines should be reviewed to ensure that all necessary information has been provided.

  3.3 It may be possible to provide information listed in the annex under more than one Tier II functional requirement as a single item within the SCF, for example, the Coating Technical File required by the PSPCfootnote is relevant for both "Coating life" and "Survey during construction".


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