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Parent topic: Part 1 – Guidelines for Preparation and Approval of Tanker Damage Stability CalculationsGuideline for scope of damage stability verification on new oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers footnote

2.1 IMO general instruments

  • .1 SOLAS chapter II-1, regulations 4.1, 4.2, 5-1 and 19;

  • .2 Part B, chapter 4 of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), adopted by resolution MSC.267(85), as amended;

  • .3 Adoption of amendments to the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (resolution MSC.143(77)), regulations 27(2), 27(3), 27(11), 27(12) and 27(13)footnote;

  • .4 Explanatory notes to SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations (resolution MSC.281(85));

  • .5 Recommendation on a standard method for evaluating cross-flooding arrangements (resolution MSC.245(83));

  • .6 Revised Recommendation on a standard method for evaluating cross-flooding arrangements (resolution MSC.362(92));

  • .7 Guidelines on interpretation of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) and the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) and Guidelines for the uniform application of the survival requirements of the IBC and IGC Codes (MSC/Circ.406/Rev.1);

  • .8 Guidelines for damage control plans and information to the master (MSC.1/Circ.1245); and

  • .9 Guidelines for the approval of stability instruments (annex, section 4) (MSC.1/Circ.1229).

2.2 Instrument applicable to oil tankers

 MARPOL Annex I, regulation 28.

2.3 Instruments applicable to gas carriers

  • .1 International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code), chapter 2, paragraphs 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9; and

  • .2 Guidelines on Interpretation of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) and the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) and Guidelines for the Uniform Application of the Survival Requirements of the IBC and IGC Codes (MSC/Circ.406/Rev.1).

2.4 Instruments applicable to chemical tankers

  • .1 International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code), chapter 2, paragraphs 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.2, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9; and

  • .2 Guidelines on Interpretation of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) and the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) and Guidelines for the Uniform Application of the Survival Requirements of the IBC and IGC Codes (MSC/Circ.406/Rev.1).

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