Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.581(14) – Guidelines for Securing Arrangements for the Transport of Road Vehicles on Ro-Ro Ships – (Adopted 20 November 1985)Amended by MSC/Circular.812Amended by MSC.1/Circular.1355 - Annex - Guidelines for Securing Arrangements for the Transport of Road Vehicles on Ro-Ro Ships - 2 Application
2 Application
2.1 These Guidelines apply to ro-ro ships which regularly carry road vehicles on either long or short international voyages in unsheltered waters. They concern:
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.1 road vehicles as defined in 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.2.5 with an authorized maximum total mass on vehicles and cargo of between 3.5 and 40 tonnes; and
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.2 articulated road trains as defined in 3.2.4 with a maximum total mass of not more than 45 tonnes, which can be carried on ro-ro ships.
2.2 These Guidelines do not apply to buses.
2.3 For road vehicles having characteristics outside the general parameters for road vehicles (particularly where the normal height of the centre of gravity is exceeded), the location and the number of securing points should be specially considered.
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