Regulation 12 - Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Loadlines
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.265(VIII) – Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as an Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 – (Adopted on 20 November 1973) - Annex - Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as An Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 - Regulation 12 - Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Loadlines

Regulation 12 - Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Loadlines

  (a) In order that the required degree of subdivision shall be maintained, a loadline corresponding to the proved subdivision draught shall be assigned and marked on the ship's sides. A ship having spaces which are specially adapted for the accommodation of passengers and the carriage of cargo alternatively may, if the owners desire, have one or more additional loadlines assigned and marked to correspond with the subdivision draughts which the Administration may approve for the alternative service conditions.

  (b) The subdivision loadlines assigned and marked shall be recorded in the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, and shall be distinguished by the notation C.1 for the principal passenger condition, and C.2, C.3, etc., for the alternative conditions.

  (c) The freeboard corresponding to each of these loadlines shall be measured at the same position and from the same deck line as the freeboards determined in accordance with the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966.

  (d) The freeboard corresponding to each approved subdivision loadline and the conditions of service for which it is approved, shall be clearly indicated on the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.

  (e) In no case shall any subdivision loadline mark be placed above the deepest loadline in salt water as determined by the strength of the ship and/or the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966.

  (f) Whatever may be the position of the subdivision loadline marks, a ship shall in no case be loaded so as to submerge the loadline mark appropriate to the season and locality as determined in accordance with the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966.

  (g) A ship shall in no case be so loaded that when she is in salt water the subdivision loadline mark appropriate to the particular voyage and condition of service is submerged.

Parent topic: Annex - Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as An Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960
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