SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971
SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971
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The Governments parties to the present Agreement;
BEING Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1960, and thereby having undertaken to give effect
to the provisions of the Convention;
CONSIDERING that the requirements of Chapters II and III of the said
Convention could be modified in the case of passenger ships registered in
their countries and engaged in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed
passengers in special trades;
RECOGNIZING that Regulation 1 (e) of Chapter II and Regulation 3 (b)
of Chapter III of the said Convention provide as a condition for exemption
from the requirements of those Chapters that steps shall be taken to
formulate general rules which shall be applicable to the particular
circumstances of these trades;
DESIRING, in pursuance of the said Regulations, to formulate such
general rules prescribing the minimum safety standards which shall be made
applicable to the particular circumstances of these trades;
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article I General Obligations under the Agreement
The Governments parties to the present Agreement undertake to give
effect to the provisions of the present Agreement and of the Rules annexed
hereto which shall constitute an integral part of the present Agreement.
Every reference to the present Agreement constitutes at the same time a
reference to the Annex.
Article II Application
(a) The ships to which the present Agreement applies are passenger
ships engaged in the special trades and registered in countries the
Governments of which are Contracting Governments to the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as
"the Convention") and parties to the present Agreement and ships
registered in territories to which application of the Convention has been
extended under Article XIII thereof and application of the present
Agreement has been extended under Article IX hereof.
(b) Such ships shall comply with the requirements of the Convention as
applicable to passenger ships, subject to such modifications and additions
thereto as are set out in the Rules annexed to the present Agreement.
(c) The application to such ships of any revision or amendment of the
Convention shall be considered by the Governments parties to the present
Agreement and directly interested in the special trades and those
Governments shall proceed, if necessary, with the amendment of the present
Agreement in accordance with its Article VII.
Article III Communication of Information
The Governments parties to the present Agreement undertake to
communicate and deposit with the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organization (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"):
(a) the text of laws, decrees, orders, regulations and other
instruments which shall have been promulgated on the various matters
within the scope of the present Agreement;
(b) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificate issued under
the provisions of the present Agreement for circulation to the Governments
parties to the present Agreement and also to Contracting Governments to
the Convention; and
(c) a list of non-governmental agencies which are authorized to act in
their behalf in the administration of measures under the present Agreement
for circulation to Governments parties to the present Agreement and also
to Contracting Governments to the Convention.
Article IV Prior Conventions, Agreements and Arrangements
(a) The present Agreement constitutes the general rules applicable to
the particular circumstances of the special trades envisaged in
sub-paragraph (e) (ii) of Regulation 1 of Chapter II and in sub-paragraph
(b) (iv) of Regulation 3 of Chapter III of the Convention.
(b) As between the Governments parties to it, the present Agreement
replaces and abrogates the Simla Rules, 1931.
Article V Signature, Acceptance and Accession
(a) The present Agreement shall remain open for signature for three
months from this day's date and shall thereafter remain open for
accession. Contracting Governments to the Convention may become parties to
the Agreement by:
(i) signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(ii) signature subject to acceptance followed by acceptance; or
(iii) accession.
(b) Acceptance or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
instrument of acceptance or accession with the Organization which shall
inform all other Governments that have signed the present Agreement or
acceded to it and Contracting Governments to the Convention of each
acceptance or accession deposited and the date of its deposit.
Article VI Entry into Force
(a) The present Agreement shall enter into force six months after the
date on which three Contracting Governments to the Convention have signed
the present Agreement without reservation as to acceptance or deposited
instruments of acceptance or accession with the Organization in accordance
with Article V hereof; provided that at least two of such Governments
shall be Governments of States in whose territory are registered ships
engaged in the special trades or whose nationals are carried in ships
engaged in these trades.
(b) The Organization shall inform the Governments which have signed
without reservation or accepted or acceded to the present Agreement and
also Contracting Governments to the Convention of the date on which it
enters into force.
(c) For Governments which have deposited an instrument of acceptance
or accession during the six months mentioned in paragraph (a) of this
Article or after the date on which the present Agreement enters into force
the acceptance or accession shall take effect on the entry into force of
the Agreement or three months after the date of deposit whichever is the
later date.
Article VII Amendments
(a) Amendment by Unanimous Agreement:
(i) The present Agreement may be amended by unanimous agreement
between the Governments parties to it.
(ii) Upon the request of any Government party to the present
Agreement, a proposed amendment shall be communicated by the Organization
to all the Governments parties to the present Agreement for their
consideration and acceptance.
(iii) Any such amendment shall enter into force six months after the
date of its acceptance by all Governments parties to the present
Agreement. A Government party to the present Agreement which does not
communicate its acceptance or rejection of the amendment to the
Organization within twelve months from the date of its communication by
the latter under sub-paragraph (ii) of this paragraph shall be deemed to
have accepted the amendment.
(b) Amendment by Conference:
(i) Upon the request of a Government party to the present Agreement,
concurred in by at least one-third of the Governments parties to the
present Agreement, a conference of such Governments shall be convened by
the Organization to consider amendments to the present Agreement.
(ii) Every amendment adopted by such a conference by a two-thirds
majority of the Governments parties to the present Agreement present and
voting shall be communicated by the Organization to all Governments
parties to the present Agreement for their acceptance.
(iii) Any amendment communicated to Governments parties to the present
Agreement under sub-paragraph (ii) of this paragraph shall come into force
for all Governments parties to the present Agreement, except those which
before it comes into force make a declaration that they do not accept the
amendment, twelve months after the date on which the amendment is accepted
by two-thirds of the Governments parties to the present Agreement.
Article VIII Denunciation
(a) The present Agreement may be denounced by any Government party to
it at any time after the expiry of five years from the date on which the
Agreement enters into force for that Government.
(b) Denunciation shall be effected by deposit of an instrument with
the Organization which shall inform all other Governments parties to the
present Agreement of any denunciation received and of the date of its
receipt.
(c) A denunciation shall take effect one year, or such longer period
as may be specified in the instrument, after its receipt by the
Organization.
Article IX Territories
(a) (i) The United Nations in cases where they are the administering
authority for a territory, or any Contracting Government to the
Convention responsible for the international relations of a territory,
shall as soon as possible consult with such territory in an endeavour to
extend the present Agreement to that territory and may at any time, by
notification in writing given to the Organization, declare that the
present Agreement shall extend to such territory.
(ii) The present Agreement shall, from the date of receipt of the
notification or from such other date as may be specified in the
notification, extend to the territory named in the notification.
(b) (i) The United Nations, or any Contracting Government to the
Convention which has made a declaration under paragraph (a) of this
Article at any time after the expiry of a period of five years from the
date on which the present Agreement has been extended to any territory,
may, by notification in writing given to the Organization, declare that
the present Agreement shall cease to extend to any such territory named in
the notification.
(ii) The present Agreement shall cease to extend to any territory
named in such notification one year, or such longer period as may be
specified in the notification, after the date of receipt of the
notification by the Organization.
(c) The Organization shall inform all Governments parties to the
present Agreement and Contracting Governments to the Convention of the
extension of the present Agreement to any territories under paragraph (a)
of this Article and of the termination of such extension under the
provisions of paragraph (b), stating in each case the date from which the
present Agreement has been or will cease to be so extended.
Article X Deposit and Registration
(a) The present Agreement shall be deposited in the archives of the
Organization and the Secretary-General of the Organization shall transmit
certified true copies thereof to all Signatory Governments and to all
other Governments which accede to the present Agreement.
(b) As soon as the present Agreement enters into force it shall be
registered by the Organization in accordance with Article 102 of the
Charter of the United Nations.
Article XI Languages
The present Agreement is established in a single copy in the English
and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. Official
translations in the Russian and Spanish languages shall be prepared and
deposited with the signed original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized by their
respective Governments for that purpose have signed the present Agreement.
*
[* Signatures omitted.]
DONE AT LONDON this sixth day of October, 1971.
ANNEX: SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS RULES, 1971
PART I GENERAL
Rule 1-Name
These Rules shall be called "Special Trade Passenger Ships Rules,
1971".
Rule 2-Definitions
For the purpose of these Rules:
(1) "Administration" means the Government of the country in which the
ship is registered.
(2) "Approved" means approved by the Administration.
(3) "Convention" means the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, 1960.
(4) "Regulations" means the Regulations annexed to the Convention;
reference to such Regulations shall be taken to mean references to those
Regulations as modified by these Rules.
(5) "Mile" is 1,852 metres or 6,080 feet.
(6) "Special trade" means the conveyance of large numbers of special
trade passengers by sea on international voyages within the area specified
below (as illustrated in the chart in Appendix I to these Rules):
- on the south bounded by the parallel of latitude 20¡ãS from the
east coast of Africa to the west coast of Madagascar, thence the west and
north coasts of Madagascar to longitude 50 ¡ãE, thence the meridian of
longitude 50¡ãE to latitude 10¡ãS, thence the rhumb line to the point
latitude 3¡ãS, longitude 75 ¡ãE, thence the rhumb line to the point
latitude 11 ¡ãS, longitude 120¡ãE, thence the parallel of latitude 11 ¡ãS
to longitude 141¡ã03¡äE;
- on east bounded by the meridian of longitude 141 ¡ã03¡äE from
latitude 11¡ãS to the south coast of New Guinea, thence the south, west
and north coasts of New Guinea to the point longitude 141¡ã03¡äE, thence
the rhumb line from the north coast of New Guinea at the point 141¡ã03¡äE
to the point latitude 10¡ãN, at the north-east coast of Mindanao, thence
the west coasts of the islands of Leyte, Samar and Luzon to the Port of
Sual (Luzon Island), thence the rhumb line from the Port of Sual to Hong
Kong;
- on the north bounded by the south coast of Asia from Hong Kong to
Suez;
- on the west bounded by the east coast of Africa from Suez to the
point latitude 20 ¡ãS.
(7) "International voyage" means a voyage within the area prescribed
in paragraph (6) of this Rule from a port in a country to which the
present Agreement applies to a port outside such country or conversely.
For this purpose every territory for the international relations of which
a Contracting Government to the Convention is responsible or for which the
United Nations are administering authority is regarded as a separate
country.
(8) "Short international voyage" means an international voyage within
the area prescribed in paragraph (6) of this Rule in the course of which a
ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the
passengers and crew could be placed in safety, and which does not exceed
600 miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which
the voyage begins and the final port of destination.
(9) "Passenger" means every person other than:
(a) the master and members of the crew or other persons employed or
engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship; and
(b) a child under one year of age.
(10) "Weather deck" means the uppermost continuous deck fully or
partially exposed to weather which may be wholly or partially used by
passengers.
(11) "Upper deck" in ships with side openings means the deck below the
weather deck.
(12) "Special trade passenger" means a passenger carried in special
trades in spaces on the weather deck, upper deck and/or between decks
which accommodate more than eight passengers.
(13) "Special trade passenger ship" means a mechanically propelled
passenger ship which carries large numbers of special trade passengers.
(14) "New special trade passenger ship" means a special trade
passenger ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage
of construction, on or after the date of entry into force of the present
Agreement, or a ship which carries special trade passengers for the first
time on or after that date.
(15) "Existing special trade passenger ship" means a special trade
passenger ship which is not a new special trade passenger ship.
(16) "Liferaft" means a liferaft complying with either Regulation 15
or Regulation 16 of Chapter III of the Convention.
(17) "Buoyant apparatus" means flotation equipment (other than
lifeboats, liferafts, lifebuoys and lifejackets) designed to support a
specified number of persons who are in the water, and of such construction
that it retains its shape and properties.
Rule 3-Application
These Rules, except where otherwise expressly provided, apply to new
and existing special trade passenger ships.
Rule 4-Exemption
A ship which is not normally engaged on international voyages but
which, in exceptional circumstances, is required to undertake a single
international voyage may be exempted by the Administration from any of the
requirements of these Rules, except Part V, provided it complies with the
safety requirements which are adequate in the opinion of the
Administration for the voyage which is to be undertaken by the ship.
Rule 5-Issue of Certificates
(1) A certificate called a Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety
Certificate shall, in addition to the Passenger Ship safety Certificate
and the Exemption Certificate prescribed in the Convention, be issued
after inspection and survey to a special trade passenger ship which
complies with the applicable requirements of these Rules. This Certificate
shall be issued for a period of not more than twelve months. The form of
the Certificate shall be that of the model given in Appendix II to these
Rules.
(2) A Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall be issued
by the Administration or by any person or organization duly authorized by
it. In every case the Administration shall assume full responsibility for
the Certificate.
(3) A Government party to the Convention and to the present Agreement
may, at the request of the Administration which is a Government party to
the Convention and to the present Agreement, cause a ship to be surveyed
and, if satisfied that the requirements of these Rules are complied with,
shall issue certificates to the ship in accordance with the present
Agreement. Any certificate so issued must contain a statement to the
effect that it has been issued at the request of the Government of the
country in which the ship is or will be registered, and it shall have the
same force and receive the same recognition as a certificate issued under
paragraph (2) of this Rule.
Rule 6-Posting up of Certificates
Certificates or certified copies thereof issued under the present
Agreement shall be posted up in a prominent and accessible place in the
ship.
Rule 7-Acceptance of Certificates
Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificates issued under the
authority of a Government party to the present Agreement shall be accepted
by other Governments parties to the present Agreement. They shall be
regarded by the other Governments parties to the present Agreement as
having the same force as certificates issued by them.
Rule 8-Qualification of Certificates
(1) If in the course of a particular voyage a ship has on board a
number of persons less than the total number stated in the Special Trade
Passenger Ship Certificate and is, in consequence, in accordance with the
provisions of these Rules, free to carry a smaller number of lifeboats and
other life-saving appliances than that stated in the Certificate, an annex
may be issued by the Administration or any other person or organization
referred to in Rule 5 of the present Agreement.
(2) This annex shall state that in the circumstances there is no
infringement of the provisions of these Rules. It shall be annexed to the
Certificate and shall be substituted for it insofar as the life-saving
appliances are concerned. It shall be valid only for the particular voyage
for which it is issued.
Rule 9-Privileges
The privileges of the present Agreement may not be claimed in favour
of any ship unless it holds a valid Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety
Certificate.
PART II CONSTRUCTION
Rule 10-Application
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 (a) of Chapter II of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Part applies to new
special trade passenger ships.
(2) In the case of existing special trade passenger ships which do not
already comply with the provisions of these Rules relating to new special
trade passenger ships, the arrangements on each ship shall, subject to the
provisions of Rule 14, be considered by the Administration and such
improvements as are practicable shall be made not later than the expiry of
twelve months from the date on which the present Agreement enters into
force with a view to providing increased safety of construction to the
fullest extent which the circumstances of the special trade will permit.
Rule 11-Exemption
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 (c) of Chapter II of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Ships when engaged on voyages between the near neighbouring ports of
two or more countries may be exempted by the Administration from any
specific requirements of this Part if:
(i) the Governments of the States in which such ports are situated are
satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of such voyages between
such ports make it unreasonable or unnecessary to apply those
requirements; and
(ii) during the course of their voyage, ships do not proceed more than
20 miles from the nearest land except when crossing gulfs when this
distance shall not exceed 30 miles.
Rule 12-Permissible Length of Compartments
(1) For the purpose of these Rules Regulation 5 (c) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The Criterion of Service: For a ship of given length the appropriate
factor of subdivision shall be determined by the Criterion of Service
Numeral as given by the following modified formula:
|---------|
| M + 1.75P |
| 1 |
| C = 72 ----- |
| s V + P - P |
| 1 |
|---------|
|--|
where | C | = Criterion Numeral;
| s |
|--|
M = the volume of the machinery space as defined in Regulation 2 of
Chapter II with the addition thereto of the volume of any permanent oil
fuel bunkers which may be situated above the inner bottom and before or
abaft machinery space;
V = the whole volume of the ship below the margin line;
P = the whole volume of passenger spaces below the margin line as
defined in Regulation 2 of Chapter II;
|-|
P = |P | + 0.0373 LN + 2.13A (in cubic metres), or
| 1|
|-|
|-|
P = |P | + 0.4LN + 7A (in cubic feet)
| 1|
|-|
where A = the total area in square metres or feet of the spaces
measured in determining the number of special trade passengers to be
carried above the margin line including the area of any compartment fitted
with more than eight berths. The area of the spaces occupied by galleys,
mess rooms, latrines, wash places, luggage and store-rooms, lavatories,
hospitals and the airing spaces for between deck passengers shall not be
included;
L = the length of the ship as defined in Regulation 2 of Chapter II;
N = the total number of berths for berthed passengers carried above
the margin line, a berthed passenger being defined as a passenger in
cabins which accommodate not more than eight passengers.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 5 (d) (iv) of Chapter
II of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) of this paragraph shall apply
also to ships of whatever length, which are certified to carry a total
2 2
number of passengers not exceeding L /117 (L in metres) or L /1260 (L in
feet) or 280, whichever is less, of which the number of berthed passengers
shall not exceed L /650 (L in metres) or L /7000 (L in feet), or 50,
whichever is less. In ships of 131 metres (430 feet) in length and upwards
to which this paragraph applies, the subdivision abaft the forepeak shall
be governed by the factor unity.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules, the provisions of Regulations 4
(d) and 5 (e) of Chapter II of the Convention shall not apply to any ship
which is permitted, in terms of Regulation 27 (c) (iii) of Chapter III, to
carry passengers in excess of lifeboat accommodation provided on board.
Rule 13-Subdivision Loadlines
(1) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 11 (b) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The subdivision loadlines assigned and marked shall be recorded in the
Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, and shall be
distinguished by the notation D.1 for the principal passenger condition,
and D.2, D.3, etc. for the alternative conditions.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 11 (d) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The freeboard corresponding to each approved subdivision loadline and
the conditions of service for which it is approved, shall be clearly
inscribed on the Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.
Rule 14-Machinery and Electrical Installations, and Fire Protec-tion, Detection and Extinction
Special trade passenger ships shall fully comply with the requirements
of Parts C, D, E and F of Chapter II of the Convention, applicable to
passenger ships, except that in respect of the following Regulations:
(1) For new special trade passenger ships:
(a) the provisions of Regulations 42 and 68 shall be fully complied
with, except for fitting of stairway enclosures in spaces accommodating
special trade passengers;
(b) the provisions of Regulations 34, 51 and 52 shall be fully
complied with, except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers;
and
(c) the provisions of Regulations 59 and 61 shall be fully complied
with where such systems are provided.
(2) For existing special trade passenger ships:
(a) the provisions of Regulations 24 (b), 25 (d)-(h), 27 (b), 29, 35,
37 - 44, 49, 53 and 68 shall be complied with as far as reasonable and
practicable. Particular regard shall be given to the provision of adequate
number of escapes;
(b) the provisions of Regulations 27 (a) (ii) - (viii), 45, 46(a) -
(b), 58 (b) - (f) and 64 (b) - (j) shall be substantially complied with;
and
(c) the provisions of Regulations 51 and 52 shall be fully complied
with except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers;
(d) the provisions of Regulation 36 shall be fully complied with
except that isolated deckhouses containing no accommodation and decks
exposed to the weather may be of wood if structural fire protection
measures are taken to the satisfaction of the Administration;
(e) the provisions of Regulations 59 - 62 shall be complied with where
such systems are provided;
(f) the provisions of Regulation 34 shall be complied with insofar as
they are reflected in Regulations mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) - (e) of
this paragraph except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers.
PART III LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, ETC.
Rule 15 - Application
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 of Chapter III of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Part applies to new
special trade passenger ships.
(2) In the case of existing special trade passenger ships which do not
already comply with the provisions of these Rules relating to new special
trade passenger ships, the arrangements on each ship shall be considered
by the Administration and such improvements as are practicable shall be
made not later than the expiry of twelve months from the date on which the
present Agreement enters into force, with a view to providing substantial
compliance with the principles of this Part.
Rule 16 - Exemption
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 3 (a) of Chapter III of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Ships when engaged on voyages between the near neighbouring ports of
two or more countries may be exempted by the Administration from any
specific requirements of this Part if:
(i) the Governments of the States in which such ports are situated are
satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of such voyages between
such ports make it unreasonable or unnecessary to apply those
requirements; and
(ii) during the course of their voyage, ships do not proceed more than
20 miles from the nearest land except when crossing gulfs when this
distance shall not exceed 30 miles.
Rule 17 - Lifeboats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus
(1) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (b) of Chapter III
of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Special trade passenger ships engaged on international voyages which
are not short international voyages shall carry:
(i) Lifeboats on each side of such aggregate capacity as will
accommodate half the total number of persons on board.
Provided that the Administration may permit the substitution of
lifeboats by liferafts of the same total capacity so however that there
shall never be less than sufficient lifeboats on each side of the ship to
accommodate 35 per cent of all on board;
(ii) liferafts of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate 10 per
cent of the total number of persons on board, together with buoyant
apparatus for 15 per cent of that number.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (iii) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) (ii) in any ship
engaged on short international voyages, the number of persons carried
shall not exceed the total capacity of lifeboats provided in accordance
with sub-paragraphs (c) (i) and (c) (ii) of this Regulation unless the
Administration considers that this is necessitated by the volume of
traffic.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (iv) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Where under the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) (iii) the
Administration has permitted the carriage of persons in excess of the
lifeboat capacity and is satisfied that it is impracticable in that ship
to stow the liferafts carried in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) (ii) it
may permit a reduction in the number of lifeboats.
Provided that:
(a) the number of lifeboats shall, in the case of ships of 58 metres
(190 feet) in length and over, never be less than four, two of which shall
be carried on each side of the ship and in the case of ships of less than
58 metres (190 feet) in length, shall never be less than two, one of which
shall be carried on each side of the ship; and
(b) the number of lifeboats and liferafts shall always be sufficient
to accommodate the total number of persons on board;
(c) where the lifeboats provided do not give the capacity required by
Column C of the Table in Regulation 28 of Chapter III, the Administration
shall endeavour to ensure that liferafts capable of being launched from
approved launching devices are provided of such aggregate capacity as will
equal the difference between the capacity of the lifeboats carried on
board and the capacity required by Column C of the Table, and launching
devices provided shall be positioned as provided for in Rule 18.
(4) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (v) and (vi) of
Chapter III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Every special trade passenger ship engaged on short international
voyages shall carry, in addition to the lifeboats and liferafts required
by the provisions of this paragraph, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
sufficient to accommodate 10 per cent of the total number of persons on
board. In every case however there shall be included, among this 10 per
cent, liferafts sufficient for at least 5 per cent of the total number of
persons for whom there is accommodation in the lifeboats carried in that
ship.
(5) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (vii) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The Administration may permit individual ships or classes of ships
with short international voyage certificates to proceed on voyages in
excess of 600 miles but not exceeding 1,200 miles, if they carry lifeboats
which provide for 70 per cent of the persons on board and otherwise comply
with the provisions of this paragraph.
Rule 18 - Stowage and Handling of Lifeboats, Liferafts and BuoyantApparatus
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 29 (n) (i) of Chapter III
of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
In special trade passenger ships engaged on international voyages
which are not short international voyages, in which there are carried
lifeboats and liferafts in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) (i) of Rule
17, there shall be provided approved launching devices sufficient in
number in the opinion of the Administration to enable that number of
liferafts which, together with the lifeboats, is required in accordance
with that sub-paragraph to provide accommodation for all on board, to be
put into the water loaded with the number of persons they are permitted to
accommodate, in not more than thirty minutes in calm conditions. Approved
launching devices so provided shall, so far as practicable, be distributed
equally on each side of the ship and there shall never be less than one
such device on each side of the ship and there shall never be less than
one such device on each side. Provided that the Administration may permit
launching devices of liferafts carried in accordance with sub-paragraph
(1) (i) of Rule 17 to be dispensed with if it is satisfied that passengers
will not need to descend more than 9 metres (30 feet) from the embarkation
deck to the water. Such liferafts shall not be stowed in the ship at a
greater height than 18 metres (60 feet) above the water.
No launching devices need be provided for the additional liferafts
required by sub-paragraph (1) (ii) of Rule 17 for 10 per cent of all on
board, but every liferaft carried in accordance with that sub-paragraph
shall, where an approved launching device is provided in the ship, be of a
type which is capable of being launched from such a device.
PART IV CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Rule 19 - General Provisions
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter VII of the Convention,
special trade passenger ships shall not carry dangerous goods classified
in Regulation 2 of that Chapter except as provided in Regulation 8 of that
Chapter.
PART V INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Rule 20 - Application
The ships to which the present Agreement applies shall comply with the
International Health Regulations (1969) having regard to the circumstances
and the nature of the voyage within the meaning of the said Health
Regulations.
APPENDIX I-SPECIAL TRADE AREA (Fig ommited)
APPENDIX II FORM OF SAFETY CERTIFICATE FOR SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGERSHIPS SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
(Official Seal) (Country)
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for ---international voyage in special trades
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Issued under the provisions of the
SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971
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| | | Particulars of voyages, | Date on |
| Name of | Distinctive | Port of | Gross | if any, sanctioned under | which keel |
| Number or | Registry| Tonnage | Regulation 27 (c) (vii) | was laid (see|
| Ship | Letters | | of Chapter III of the | Note below) |
| | | Convention |
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The (Name) Government certifies
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I, the undersigned (Name) certify
I. That the above-mentioned ship has been duly surveyed in accordance
with the provisions of the Rules annexed to the Special Trade Passenger
Ships Agreement, 1971 applicable to a voyage within the Special Trade
areas.
II. That the survey showed that the ship, when carrying special trade
passengers and having on board a total number (crew and passengers) not
exceeding......persons, complied with the requirements of the said Rules
as regards:
(1) the watertight subdivision arrangements and details;
(2) the following subdivision loadlines:
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| Subdivision loadlines assigned and marked | |
| on the ship's side at amidships (Rule 13 | Freeboard| To apply when the spaces in which |
| of the Special Trade Passenger Ships | passengers are carried included the |
| Agreement, 1971) | following alternative spaces |
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| D.1 | . . | . . |
| D.2 | . . | . . |
| D.3 | . . | . . |
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(3) the life-saving appliances provided for a total number of
persons and no more, viz:
lifeboats (including motor lifeboats or mechanically
propelled lifeboats) capable of accommodating persons, and
motor lifeboats fitted with radiotelegraph installation and searchlight
(included in the total lifeboats shown above) requiring certificated
life-boatmen;
liferafts for which approved launching devices are required,
capable of accommodating persons; and
liferafts for which approved launching devices are not
required, capable of accommodating persons;
buoyant apparatus capable of supporting persons;
lifebuoys;
lifejackets;
(4) the lifeboats and liferafts were equipped in accordance with the
provisions of the Rules;
(5) the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and portable
radio apparatus for survival craft in accordance with the provisions of
the Rules.
III. That in all other respects the ship complies with the
requirements of the Rules annexed to the said Agreement so far as those
requirements apply thereto.
This Certificate is issued under the authority of the Government.
It will remain in force until .
Issued at the day of 19
Here follows the seal or signature of the authority entitled to issue
the certificate.
(seal)
If signed the following paragraph is to be added:
The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said
Government to issue this Certificate.
(signature)
NOTE: It will be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was
laid, or in which the ship was at a similar stage of construction, except
for the year of the coming into force of the Special Trade Passenger Ships
Agreement, 1971, in which case the actual date should be given.
In the case of a ship which is converted as provided in Rule 2 (14)
of the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 the date on which the
work of conversion was begun should be given.
Rule 10-Application
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 (a) of Chapter II of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Part applies to new
special trade passenger ships.
(2) In the case of existing special trade passenger ships which do not
already comply with the provisions of these Rules relating to new special
trade passenger ships, the arrangements on each ship shall, subject to the
provisions of Rule 14, be considered by the Administration and such
improvements as are practicable shall be made not later than the expiry of
twelve months from the date on which the present Agreement enters into
force with a view to providing increased safety of construction to the
fullest extent which the circumstances of the special trade will permit.
Rule 11-Exemption
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 (c) of Chapter II of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Ships when engaged on voyages between the near neighbouring ports of
two or more countries may be exempted by the Administration from any
specific requirements of this Part if:
(i) the Governments of the States in which such ports are situated are
satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of such voyages between
such ports make it unreasonable or unnecessary to apply those
requirements; and
(ii) during the course of their voyage, ships do not proceed more than
20 miles from the nearest land except when crossing gulfs when this
distance shall not exceed 30 miles.
Rule 12-Permissible Length of Compartments
(1) For the purpose of these Rules Regulation 5 (c) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The Criterion of Service: For a ship of given length the appropriate
factor of subdivision shall be determined by the Criterion of Service
Numeral as given by the following modified formula:
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| M + 1.75P |
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| C = 72 ----- |
| s V + P - P |
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where | C | = Criterion Numeral;
| s |
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M = the volume of the machinery space as defined in Regulation 2 of
Chapter II with the addition thereto of the volume of any permanent oil
fuel bunkers which may be situated above the inner bottom and before or
abaft machinery space;
V = the whole volume of the ship below the margin line;
P = the whole volume of passenger spaces below the margin line as
defined in Regulation 2 of Chapter II;
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P = |P | + 0.0373 LN + 2.13A (in cubic metres), or
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P = |P | + 0.4LN + 7A (in cubic feet)
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where A = the total area in square metres or feet of the spaces
measured in determining the number of special trade passengers to be
carried above the margin line including the area of any compartment fitted
with more than eight berths. The area of the spaces occupied by galleys,
mess rooms, latrines, wash places, luggage and store-rooms, lavatories,
hospitals and the airing spaces for between deck passengers shall not be
included;
L = the length of the ship as defined in Regulation 2 of Chapter II;
N = the total number of berths for berthed passengers carried above
the margin line, a berthed passenger being defined as a passenger in
cabins which accommodate not more than eight passengers.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 5 (d) (iv) of Chapter
II of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) of this paragraph shall apply
also to ships of whatever length, which are certified to carry a total
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number of passengers not exceeding L /117 (L in metres) or L /1260 (L in
feet) or 280, whichever is less, of which the number of berthed passengers
shall not exceed L /650 (L in metres) or L /7000 (L in feet), or 50,
whichever is less. In ships of 131 metres (430 feet) in length and upwards
to which this paragraph applies, the subdivision abaft the forepeak shall
be governed by the factor unity.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules, the provisions of Regulations 4
(d) and 5 (e) of Chapter II of the Convention shall not apply to any ship
which is permitted, in terms of Regulation 27 (c) (iii) of Chapter III, to
carry passengers in excess of lifeboat accommodation provided on board.
Rule 13-Subdivision Loadlines
(1) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 11 (b) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The subdivision loadlines assigned and marked shall be recorded in the
Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, and shall be
distinguished by the notation D.1 for the principal passenger condition,
and D.2, D.3, etc. for the alternative conditions.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 11 (d) of Chapter II of
the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The freeboard corresponding to each approved subdivision loadline and
the conditions of service for which it is approved, shall be clearly
inscribed on the Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.
Rule 14-Machinery and Electrical Installations, and Fire Protec-tion, Detection and Extinction
Special trade passenger ships shall fully comply with the requirements
of Parts C, D, E and F of Chapter II of the Convention, applicable to
passenger ships, except that in respect of the following Regulations:
(1) For new special trade passenger ships:
(a) the provisions of Regulations 42 and 68 shall be fully complied
with, except for fitting of stairway enclosures in spaces accommodating
special trade passengers;
(b) the provisions of Regulations 34, 51 and 52 shall be fully
complied with, except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers;
and
(c) the provisions of Regulations 59 and 61 shall be fully complied
with where such systems are provided.
(2) For existing special trade passenger ships:
(a) the provisions of Regulations 24 (b), 25 (d)-(h), 27 (b), 29, 35,
37 - 44, 49, 53 and 68 shall be complied with as far as reasonable and
practicable. Particular regard shall be given to the provision of adequate
number of escapes;
(b) the provisions of Regulations 27 (a) (ii) - (viii), 45, 46(a) -
(b), 58 (b) - (f) and 64 (b) - (j) shall be substantially complied with;
and
(c) the provisions of Regulations 51 and 52 shall be fully complied
with except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers;
(d) the provisions of Regulation 36 shall be fully complied with
except that isolated deckhouses containing no accommodation and decks
exposed to the weather may be of wood if structural fire protection
measures are taken to the satisfaction of the Administration;
(e) the provisions of Regulations 59 - 62 shall be complied with where
such systems are provided;
(f) the provisions of Regulation 34 shall be complied with insofar as
they are reflected in Regulations mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) - (e) of
this paragraph except for spaces accommodating special trade passengers.
PART III LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, ETC.
Rule 15 - Application
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 1 of Chapter III of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Part applies to new
special trade passenger ships.
(2) In the case of existing special trade passenger ships which do not
already comply with the provisions of these Rules relating to new special
trade passenger ships, the arrangements on each ship shall be considered
by the Administration and such improvements as are practicable shall be
made not later than the expiry of twelve months from the date on which the
present Agreement enters into force, with a view to providing substantial
compliance with the principles of this Part.
Rule 16 - Exemption
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 3 (a) of Chapter III of the
Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Ships when engaged on voyages between the near neighbouring ports of
two or more countries may be exempted by the Administration from any
specific requirements of this Part if:
(i) the Governments of the States in which such ports are situated are
satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of such voyages between
such ports make it unreasonable or unnecessary to apply those
requirements; and
(ii) during the course of their voyage, ships do not proceed more than
20 miles from the nearest land except when crossing gulfs when this
distance shall not exceed 30 miles.
Rule 17 - Lifeboats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus
(1) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (b) of Chapter III
of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Special trade passenger ships engaged on international voyages which
are not short international voyages shall carry:
(i) Lifeboats on each side of such aggregate capacity as will
accommodate half the total number of persons on board.
Provided that the Administration may permit the substitution of
lifeboats by liferafts of the same total capacity so however that there
shall never be less than sufficient lifeboats on each side of the ship to
accommodate 35 per cent of all on board;
(ii) liferafts of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate 10 per
cent of the total number of persons on board, together with buoyant
apparatus for 15 per cent of that number.
(2) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (iii) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) (ii) in any ship
engaged on short international voyages, the number of persons carried
shall not exceed the total capacity of lifeboats provided in accordance
with sub-paragraphs (c) (i) and (c) (ii) of this Regulation unless the
Administration considers that this is necessitated by the volume of
traffic.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (iv) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Where under the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) (iii) the
Administration has permitted the carriage of persons in excess of the
lifeboat capacity and is satisfied that it is impracticable in that ship
to stow the liferafts carried in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) (ii) it
may permit a reduction in the number of lifeboats.
Provided that:
(a) the number of lifeboats shall, in the case of ships of 58 metres
(190 feet) in length and over, never be less than four, two of which shall
be carried on each side of the ship and in the case of ships of less than
58 metres (190 feet) in length, shall never be less than two, one of which
shall be carried on each side of the ship; and
(b) the number of lifeboats and liferafts shall always be sufficient
to accommodate the total number of persons on board;
(c) where the lifeboats provided do not give the capacity required by
Column C of the Table in Regulation 28 of Chapter III, the Administration
shall endeavour to ensure that liferafts capable of being launched from
approved launching devices are provided of such aggregate capacity as will
equal the difference between the capacity of the lifeboats carried on
board and the capacity required by Column C of the Table, and launching
devices provided shall be positioned as provided for in Rule 18.
(4) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (v) and (vi) of
Chapter III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
Every special trade passenger ship engaged on short international
voyages shall carry, in addition to the lifeboats and liferafts required
by the provisions of this paragraph, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
sufficient to accommodate 10 per cent of the total number of persons on
board. In every case however there shall be included, among this 10 per
cent, liferafts sufficient for at least 5 per cent of the total number of
persons for whom there is accommodation in the lifeboats carried in that
ship.
(5) For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 27 (c) (vii) of Chapter
III of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
The Administration may permit individual ships or classes of ships
with short international voyage certificates to proceed on voyages in
excess of 600 miles but not exceeding 1,200 miles, if they carry lifeboats
which provide for 70 per cent of the persons on board and otherwise comply
with the provisions of this paragraph.
Rule 18 - Stowage and Handling of Lifeboats, Liferafts and BuoyantApparatus
For the purpose of these Rules, Regulation 29 (n) (i) of Chapter III
of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:
In special trade passenger ships engaged on international voyages
which are not short international voyages, in which there are carried
lifeboats and liferafts in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) (i) of Rule
17, there shall be provided approved launching devices sufficient in
number in the opinion of the Administration to enable that number of
liferafts which, together with the lifeboats, is required in accordance
with that sub-paragraph to provide accommodation for all on board, to be
put into the water loaded with the number of persons they are permitted to
accommodate, in not more than thirty minutes in calm conditions. Approved
launching devices so provided shall, so far as practicable, be distributed
equally on each side of the ship and there shall never be less than one
such device on each side of the ship and there shall never be less than
one such device on each side. Provided that the Administration may permit
launching devices of liferafts carried in accordance with sub-paragraph
(1) (i) of Rule 17 to be dispensed with if it is satisfied that passengers
will not need to descend more than 9 metres (30 feet) from the embarkation
deck to the water. Such liferafts shall not be stowed in the ship at a
greater height than 18 metres (60 feet) above the water.
No launching devices need be provided for the additional liferafts
required by sub-paragraph (1) (ii) of Rule 17 for 10 per cent of all on
board, but every liferaft carried in accordance with that sub-paragraph
shall, where an approved launching device is provided in the ship, be of a
type which is capable of being launched from such a device.
PART IV CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Rule 19 - General Provisions
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter VII of the Convention,
special trade passenger ships shall not carry dangerous goods classified
in Regulation 2 of that Chapter except as provided in Regulation 8 of that
Chapter.
PART V INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Rule 20 - Application
The ships to which the present Agreement applies shall comply with the
International Health Regulations (1969) having regard to the circumstances
and the nature of the voyage within the meaning of the said Health
Regulations.
APPENDIX I-SPECIAL TRADE AREA (Fig ommited)
APPENDIX II FORM OF SAFETY CERTIFICATE FOR SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGERSHIPS SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
(Official Seal) (Country)
an
for ---international voyage in special trades
a short
Issued under the provisions of the
SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971
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| | | Particulars of voyages, | Date on |
| Name of | Distinctive | Port of | Gross | if any, sanctioned under | which keel |
| Number or | Registry| Tonnage | Regulation 27 (c) (vii) | was laid (see|
| Ship | Letters | | of Chapter III of the | Note below) |
| | | Convention |
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The (Name) Government certifies
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I, the undersigned (Name) certify
I. That the above-mentioned ship has been duly surveyed in accordance
with the provisions of the Rules annexed to the Special Trade Passenger
Ships Agreement, 1971 applicable to a voyage within the Special Trade
areas.
II. That the survey showed that the ship, when carrying special trade
passengers and having on board a total number (crew and passengers) not
exceeding......persons, complied with the requirements of the said Rules
as regards:
(1) the watertight subdivision arrangements and details;
(2) the following subdivision loadlines:
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| Subdivision loadlines assigned and marked | |
| on the ship's side at amidships (Rule 13 | Freeboard| To apply when the spaces in which |
| of the Special Trade Passenger Ships | passengers are carried included the |
| Agreement, 1971) | following alternative spaces |
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| D.1 | . . | . . |
| D.2 | . . | . . |
| D.3 | . . | . . |
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(3) the life-saving appliances provided for a total number of
persons and no more, viz:
lifeboats (including motor lifeboats or mechanically
propelled lifeboats) capable of accommodating persons, and
motor lifeboats fitted with radiotelegraph installation and searchlight
(included in the total lifeboats shown above) requiring certificated
life-boatmen;
liferafts for which approved launching devices are required,
capable of accommodating persons; and
liferafts for which approved launching devices are not
required, capable of accommodating persons;
buoyant apparatus capable of supporting persons;
lifebuoys;
lifejackets;
(4) the lifeboats and liferafts were equipped in accordance with the
provisions of the Rules;
(5) the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and portable
radio apparatus for survival craft in accordance with the provisions of
the Rules.
III. That in all other respects the ship complies with the
requirements of the Rules annexed to the said Agreement so far as those
requirements apply thereto.
This Certificate is issued under the authority of the Government.
It will remain in force until .
Issued at the day of 19
Here follows the seal or signature of the authority entitled to issue
the certificate.
(seal)
If signed the following paragraph is to be added:
The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said
Government to issue this Certificate.
(signature)
NOTE: It will be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was
laid, or in which the ship was at a similar stage of construction, except
for the year of the coming into force of the Special Trade Passenger Ships
Agreement, 1971, in which case the actual date should be given.
In the case of a ship which is converted as provided in Rule 2 (14)
of the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 the date on which the
work of conversion was begun should be given.
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