Novel Craft Interpretations (regulation 1(3))
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Novel Craft Interpretations (regulation 1(3))

  NvlCr. 1 Livestock carriers

  • N.1-1 Livestock carriers are most often converted ships. Above the existing upper deck, one or more decks are constructed. Between these decks, the livestock corrals and their associated spaces are arranged, separated by, for example, railings, fences or gangways. The corrals are open to the air.

  • N.1-2 Stanchions, fences and railings to keep livestock in the corrals are "other means for securing cargo" according to regulation 2(5).

  • N.1-3 In applying the provisions of the 1969 Tonnage Convention, livestock structures should be included in the gross tonnage.

  NvlCr. 2 Dockships

  • N.2-1 A dockship may include in its main structural characteristics the absence of hatch covers above the cargo space but may have a dock deck above the moulded draught together with side erections.

  • N.2-2 The dockships considered are described as:

    • .1 a dockship open-ended at the stern,

    • .2 a dockship fitted with a stern door or a grill stern door (see figure 8 in appendix 1).

  • N.2-3 The space above the dock deck, bounded on at least three sides by erections and intended for the carriage of cargo should be included.

  • N.2-4 In this context, an erection is defined as being an enclosed space bounded by bulkheads and a deck above.

  NvlCr. 3 Open-top containerships

  • N.3-1 Refer to resolution MSC.234(82) for Recommendations concerning tonnage measurement of open-top containerships.


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