G-3 Definitions
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G-3 Definitions

 For the purpose of these Guidelines, unless expressly provided otherwise, the terms used have the meanings defined in the following paragraphs. Additional definitions are given in the various chapters as required. Terms used, but not defined in these Guidelines, are to be interpreted as they are defined in the relevant Conventions.

  G-3.1 "Administration" means the Government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.

  G-3.2 “Arctic ice-covered waters” – solely for the purposes of these Guidelines, means those waters which are both:

  • .1 located north of a line from the southern tip of Greenland and thence by the southern shore of Greenland to Kape Hoppe and thence by a rhumb line to latitude 67°03'9 N, longitude 026°33'4 W and thence by a rhumb line to Sørkapp, Jan Mayen and by the southern shore of Jan Mayen to the Island of Bjørnøya, and thence by a great circle line from the Island of Bjørnøya to Cap Kanin Nos and thence by the northern shore of the Asian Continent eastward to the Bering Strait and thence from the Bering Strait westward to latitude 60° North as far as Il'pyrskiy and following the 60th North parallel eastward as far as and including Etolin Strait and thence by the northern shore of the North American continent as far south as latitude 60° North and thence eastward to the southern tip of Greenland (see figure 1); and

  • .2 in which sea ice concentrations of 1/10 coverage or greater are present and which pose a structural risk to ships.

  G-3.3 "COLREG" means the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended.

  G-3.4 "Company" means the owner of the ship or any other organization or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the ship owner.

  G-3.5 "Conning position" means the stations in which the ship's control devices for ahead or astern operations are located.

  G-3.6 "Escort" means any ship with superior ice capability in transit with another ship.

  G-3.7 "Escorted operation" means any operation in which a ship's movement is facilitated through the intervention of an escort.

  G-3.8 "Guidelines" means the IMO recommendatory Guidelines for ships operating in Arctic ice-covered waters.

  G-3.9 "IACS" means the International Association of Classification Societies.

  G-3.10 "Ice Navigator" means any individual who, in addition to being qualified under the STCW Convention, is specially trained and otherwise qualified to direct the movement of a ship in ice-covered waters.

  G-3.11 "Icebreaker" means any ship whose operational profile may include escort or ice management functions, whose powering and dimensions allow it to undertake aggressive operations in ice-covered waters.

  G-3.12 “International voyages” means voyages in international waters, as defined in chapter I of the SOLAS Convention.

  G-3.13 "ISM Code" means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, as amended.

  G-3.14 "LL Convention" means the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, as amended.

  G-3.15 "MARPOL Convention" means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), as amended.

  G-3.16 "Organization" means the International Maritime Organization.

  G-3.17 "Polar Class" means the class assigned to a ship based upon IACS Unified Requirements.

  G-3.18 "Polar Class ship" means a ship for which a Polar Class has been assigned.

  G-3.19 "Pollutant" means the substances defined as oil, oily mixture and oil fuel in Annex I; noxious liquid substances in Annex II; and solids when carried in bulk, which are also identified as harmful substances in Annex III of the MARPOL Convention.

  G-3.20 "Port State" means a State whose area of jurisdiction includes any destination port of a ship where such port lies within Arctic ice-covered waters.

  G-3.21 "Recognized organization" means an organization recognized by an Administration in accordance with IMO resolutions A.739(18) and A.789(19).

  G-3.22 "Ship" means any vessel covered by the SOLAS Convention.

  G-3.23 "SOLAS Convention" means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.

  G-3.24 "STCW Convention" means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978/1995, as amended.

  G-3.25 "Unified Requirements" means the IACS Unified Requirements for Polar Class shipsfootnote.

  G-3.26 "WMO" means the World Meteorological Organization.

  G-3.27 “Working liquid” means any oil or oily substance used for the operation of the ship's machinery.

Figure 1 Maximum extent of application (see paragraph G-3.2.1)


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