.1 The requirements, including those relating
to certification, of the 1966 Load Line Convention should
apply to all units and certificates should be issued as appropriate.
The minimum freeboard of units which cannot be computed by the normal
methods laid down by that Convention should be determined on the basis
of meeting the applicable intact stability, damage stability and structural
requirements for transit conditions and drilling operations while
afloat. The freeboard should not be less than that computed from the
Convention where applicable.
.2 The requirements of the 1966
Load Line Convention with respect to weathertightness and watertightness
of decks, superstructures, deckhouses, doors, hatchway covers, other
openings, ventilators, air pipes, scuppers, inlets and discharges,
etc., should be taken as a basis for all units in the afloat conditions.