5 Stability Information
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Codes - SCV Code - Code of Safety for Small Commercial Vessels Operating in the Caribbean - Chapter III - Freeboard, Stability and Watertight Integrity - Part B - Stability - 5 Stability Information

5 Stability Information

  5.1 Where the Administration determines in accordance with III/4, that a vessel must have a stability booklet, the owner or operator shall prepare the booklet in accordance with Annex 2A and submit it to the Administration for approval.

  5.2 Where the Administration determines in accordance with III/4, that the stability information shall be in the form of a stability letter or details indicated on the Certificate of Inspection, the owner or operator of the vessel shall submit to the Administration the following information and the necessary calculations used to determine that information:

  • .1 allowable number of passengers and crew on each deck;

  • .2 Deepest waterline drafts or freeboard;

  • .3 location of watertight bulkheads and openings in watertight bulkheads

  • .4 explanation of the vessel’s subdivision and specific identification of the vessel;s subdivision bulkheads;

  • .5 location of openings through watertight bulkheads, such as watertight doors, which must be closed to limit flooding in an emergency;

  • .6 location, type and amount of fixed ballast;

  • .7 location and details of foam flotation material; and

  • .8 maximum weight of portable equipment permitted on the vessel, including diving equipment.


Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.