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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Conferences - SOLAS/CONF.3 - Resolutions of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 – (November 1995) - Resolution 14 - Regional agreements on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships – (Adopted on 29 November 1995) - Annex - Stability requirements pertaining to the agreement -

  1 In addition to the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-1/8, ro-ro passenger ships shall comply, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, if applicable, with the following:

  • .1 the provisions of paragraph 2.3 of regulation 8 shall be complied with when taking into account the effect of a hypothetical volume of seawater which is assumed to have accumulated, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, on the first deck above the designed waterline of the ro-ro cargo space or special category space as defined in SOLAS regulation II-2/3 assumed to be damaged (referred to as "the damaged ro-ro deck" hereinafter). The other requirements of regulation 8 need not be complied with in the application of these requirements. The volume of assumed accumulated seawater shall be kept the same at all trim and heeling angles, and shall be calculated with the following distribution density assuming that it were spread over the damaged ro-ro deck in the ship's upright position:

    • 0.5 m3/m2, if the residual freeboard (fr) is 0.3 m or less;

    • 0.0 m3/m2, if the residual freeboard (fr) is 2 m or more; and

    • intermediate values to be determined by linear interpolation, if the residual freeboard (fr) is 0.3 m or more but less than 2 m,

    where the residual freeboard (fr) is the minimum distance between the damaged ro-ro deck and the final waterline at the location of the damage in the damage case being considered without taking into account the effect of the volume of assumed accumulated seawater on the damaged ro-ro deck;

  • .2 when a high-efficiency drainage system is installed, the Administration may allow a reduction of the distribution density of the volume of assumed accumulated seawater in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Organization;footnote

  • .3 for ships in geographically defined restricted areas of operation, the Administration may reduce the distribution density representing the volume of assumed accumulated seawater determined in accordance with subparagraph .1 substituting such distribution density by the following:

    • .3.1 0.0 m3/m2, if the significant wave height (hs) defining the area concerned is 1.5 m or less;

    • .3.2 the value determined in accordance with subparagraph .1, if the significant wave height (hs) defining the area concerned is 4 m or above;

    • .3.3 intermediate values to be determined by linear interpolation, if the significant wave height (hs) defining the area concerned is 1.5 m or more but less than 4 m;

      provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:

    • .3.4 the Administration is satisfied that the defined area is represented by the significant wave height (hs) which is not exceeded with a probability of more than 10%; and

    • .3.5 the area of operation and, if applicable, the part of the year for which a certain value of the significant wave height (hs) has been established are entered into the certificates;

  • .4 as an alternative to the requirements of subparagraph .1 or subparagraph .3, the Administration may exempt application of the requirements of subparagraph .1 or subparagraph .3 and accept proof, established by model tests carried out for an individual ship in accordance with the model test method developed by the Organization,footnote justifying that the ship will not capsize with the assumed extent of damage as provided in paragraph 4 of regulation 8 in the worst location being considered under paragraph 1.1 in an irregular seaway; and

  • .5 the information supplied to the master in accordance with paragraphs 7.1 and 7.2 of regulation 8, as developed for compliance with paragraphs 2.3 to 2.3.4 thereof, shall apply unchanged to ro-ro passenger ships approved according to these requirements.

Parent topic: Annex - Stability requirements pertaining to the agreement
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