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Requirements for Ro/ro Passenger Ships |
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(a) | This regulation applies to all ro/ro passenger ships. Ro/ro passenger ships constructed — |
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(i) | on or after 1st July 1998 shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (b)(iii), (b)(iv), (c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d) and (e); |
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(ii) | on or after 1st July 1986 and before 1st July 1998 shall comply with paragraph (e) not later than the first periodical survey after 1st July 1998 and with paragraphs (b)(iii), (b)(iv), (c) and (d) not later than the first periodical survey after 1st July 2000; and |
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(iii) | before 1st July 1986 shall comply with paragraph (e) not later than the first periodical survey after 1st July 1998 and with paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii), (b)(iii), (b)(iv), (c) and (d) not later than the first periodical survey after 1st July 2000. |
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(i) | The ro/ro passenger ship’s liferafts shall be served by marine evacuation systems complying with Regulation 48(e) or launching appliances complying with Regulation 48(f), equally distributed on each side of the ship. |
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(ii) | Every liferaft on ro/ro passenger ships shall be provided with float-free stowage arrangements complying with the requirements of Regulation 23. |
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(iii) | Every liferaft on ro/ro passenger ships shall be of a type fitted with a boarding ramp complying with the requirements of Regulation 39(d)(i) or Regulation 40(d)(i), as appropriate. |
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(iv) | Every liferaft on ro/ro passenger ships shall either be automatically self-righting or be a canopied reversible liferaft which is stable in a seaway and is capable of operating safely whichever way up it is floating. Alternatively, the ship shall carry automatically self-righting liferafts or canopied reversible liferafts, in addition to its normal complement of liferafts, of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate at least 50% of the persons not accommodated in lifeboats. This additional liferaft capacity shall be determined on the basis of the difference between the total number of persons on board and the number of persons accommodated in lifeboats. Every such liferaft shall be approved by the Director having regard to the recommendations adopted by the Organisation. |
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(i) | At least one of the rescue boats on a ro/ro passenger ship shall be a fast rescue boat approved by the Director having regard to the recommendations adopted by the Organisation. |
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(ii) | Each fast rescue boat shall be served by a suitable launching appliance approved by the Director. When approving such launching appliances, the Director shall take into account that the fast rescue boat is intended to be launched and retrieved even under severe adverse weather conditions, and also shall have regard to the recommendations adopted by the Organisation. |
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(iii) | At least two crews of each fast rescue boat shall be trained and drilled regularly having regard to the Seafarers Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code and recommendations adopted by the Organisation, including all aspects of rescue, handling, manoeuvring, operating these craft in various conditions, and righting them after capsize. |
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(iv) | In the case where the arrangement or size of a ro/ro passenger ship, constructed before 1st July 1997, is such as to prevent the installation of the fast rescue boat required by sub-paragraph (i), the fast rescue boat may be installed in place of an existing lifeboat which is accepted as a rescue boat or, in the case of ships constructed prior to 1st July 1986, boats for use in an emergency, provided that all of the following conditions are met: |
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(1) | the fast rescue boat installed is served by a launching appliance complying with the provisions of sub-paragraph (ii); |
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(2) | the capacity of the survival craft lost by the above substitution is compensated by the installation of liferafts capable of carrying at least an equal number of persons served by the lifeboat replaced; and |
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(3) | such liferafts are served by the existing launching appliances or marine evacuation systems. |
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(i) | Each ro/ro passenger ship shall be equipped with efficient means for rapidly recovering survivors from the water and transferring survivors from rescue units or survival craft to the ship. |
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(ii) | The means of transfer of survivors to the ship may be part of a marine evacuation system, or may be part of a system designed for rescue purposes. |
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(iii) | If the slide of a marine evacuation system is intended to provide the means of transfer of survivors to the deck of the ship, the slide shall be equipped with handlines or ladders to aid in climbing up the slide. |
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(i) | Notwithstanding the requirements of Regulations 7(b) and 21(b), a sufficient number of lifejackets shall be stowed in the vicinity of the assembly stations so that passengers do not have to return to their cabins to collect their lifejackets. |
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(ii) | In ro/ro passenger ships, each lifejacket shall be fitted with a light complying with the requirements of Regulation 32(c). |
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Information on Passengers |
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(a) | All persons on board passenger ships shall be counted prior to departure. |
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(b) | Details of persons who have declared a need for special care or assistance in emergency situations shall be recorded and communicated to the master prior to departure. |
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(c) | In addition, not later than 1st January 1999, the names and gender of all persons on board, distinguishing between adults, children and infants shall be recorded for search and rescue purposes. |
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(d) | The information required by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall be kept ashore and made readily available to search and rescue services when needed. |
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(e) | The Director may exempt passenger ships from the requirements of paragraph (c), if the scheduled voyages of such ships render it impracticable for them to prepare such records. |
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Helicopter Landing and Pick-up Areas |
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(a) | All ro/ro passenger ships shall be provided with a helicopter pick-up area approved by the Director having regard to the recommendations adopted by the Organisation. |
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(b) | Ro/ro passenger ships constructed before 1st July 1997 shall comply with the requirements of paragraph (a) not later than the date of the first periodical survey after 1st July 1997. |
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(c) | Passenger ships of 130 m in length and upwards, constructed on or after 1st July 1999, shall be fitted with a helicopter landing area approved by the Director having regard to the recommendations adopted by the Organisation. |
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Decision Support System for Masters of Passenger Ships |
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(a) | This regulation applies to all passenger ships. Passenger ships constructed before 1st July 1997 shall comply with the requirements of this regulation not later than the date of the first periodical survey after 1st July 1999. |
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(b) | In all passenger ships, a decision support system for emergency management shall be provided on the navigation bridge. |
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(c) | The system shall, as a minimum, consist of a printed emergency plan or plans. All foreseeable emergency situations shall be identified in the emergency plan or plans, including but not limited to, the following main groups of emergencies: |
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(iv) | unlawful acts threatening the safety of the ship and the security of its passengers and crew; |
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(vi) | cargo-related accidents; and |
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(vii) | emergency assistance to other ships. |
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(d) | The emergency procedures established in the emergency plan or plans shall provide decision support to masters for handling any combination of emergency situations. |
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(e) | The emergency plan or plans shall have a uniform structure and be easy to use. Where applicable, the actual loading condition as calculated for the passenger ship’s voyage stability shall be used for damage control purposes. |
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(f) | In addition to the printed emergency plan or plans, the Director may also accept the use of a computer-based decision support system on the navigation bridge which provides all the information contained in the emergency plan or plans, procedures, checklists, etc., which is able to present a list of recommended actions to be carried out in foreseeable emergencies.”. |
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