Regulation Application Overview of Regulation
SOLAS II- 2/15.2.12
New vessels built on/after 1 July 1998 to comply at delivery. Existing vessels to comply by 1 July 2003.
All external high-pressure fuel oil delivery lines between the high-pressure fuel oil pumps and fuel oil injectors to be protected with a jacketed piping system, with a means for collection of leakage, and an alarm given in the case of a fuel oil line failure. For
engines of 375 kW or less, having fuel oil pumps
serving more than one (1) injector, a suitable
enclosure may be used as an alternative arrangement to the jacketed piping system.
All surfaces with temperatures above 220°C, which may be impinged as a result of a fuel oil system failure, to be properly insulated.
All fuel oil lines to be screened or otherwise suitably protected. SOLAS V/19.2.1.16 New vessels constructed on or after 1 July 2002
All ships, irrespective of size, shall have a receiver for a global navigation satellite system or a terrestrial radionavigation system (GPS).
SOLAS VI/5.6
New vessels built on/after 1 July 1996 to comply at delivery. Existing vessels to comply by 31 Dec 1997
Cargo Securing Manual be provided on board all vessels 500 gross tons and upwards that carry “cargo units.” Cargo units are defined as “vehicles (road vehicles, roll trailers, etc.), railway wagons,
containers, flats, pallets, portable tanks, intermediate bulk carriers (IBC), packaged units, unit loads, other cargo carrying units such as shipping cassettes, cargo entities such as steel coils and heavy cargo items such as locomotives and transformers. Loading equipment, or any part thereof, transported on the ship, but which is not permanently fixed to the ship is also considered as cargo units
SOLAS New vessels built
on/after 1 Oct 1994
The emergency fire pump on ships < 2000 GT is to be independently power driven.
SOLAS IX/1 All ships by 1 July 2002
SOLAS II- 1/25-1
New vessels built on/after 1 July 1998
Subdivision and damage stability requirements extended from ships having a length ≥ 100m in length to ships having a length ≥ 80m in length.
SOLAS II- 1/45
New vessels built on/after 1 July 1998
The lower voltage limit supplied to electrical equipment which may become live under fault conditions was reduced from 55 to 50 volts for
purposes of determining when such equipment should be grounded.
SOLAS II-2 New vessels built
on/after 1 July 1998
Automatic sprinkler systems need to be fitted with additional visual and audible alarms which signal the bridge and a location that is immediately received by the crew.
SOLAS II- 1/26.11
New vessels built on/after 1 July 1998
Two fuel oil service tanks for each type of fuel used on board necessary for propulsion and vital systems or equivalent arrangements shall be provided on each new ship, with a capacity of at least 8 h at maximum continuous rating of the propulsion plant and normal operating load at sea of the generator plant.
SOLAS II- 1/42 and II- 1/43 New vessels constructed on or after 1 July 1998,
Emergency source of electrical power passenger/cargo ships, where electrical power is required to restore propulsion, the capacity shall be sufficient in
conjunction with other machinery to do so within 30 minutes from the blackout condition
SOLAS II- 2/10.5.6 New vessels of 2,000grt and above, constructed on or after 1 July 2002
Machinery spaces of category A above 500 m3 in volume shall be protected by an approved type of fixed water-based or equivalent local application fire- extinguishing system. The system is to protect areas such as (1) the fire hazard portions of internal combustion machinery used for the ship’s main propulsion and power generation; (2 boiler fronts; (3) the fire hazard portions of incinerators; and (4) purifiers for heated fuel oil, without the necessity of engine shutdown, personnel evacuation, or sealing of the spaces. SOLAS II- 2/10.6.4 Equipment installed after 1 July 2002
Deep-fat cooking equipment to be fitted with an automatic or manual extinguishing system and other fire safety equipment.
SOLAS II- 2/13.3.4 and II-2/13.4.3
New vessels built on/after 1 July 2002 to comply at delivery. Existing vessels to comply by the first survey
New Regulations require emergency escape breathing devices to be provided on ships constructed on or after and are to be provided on vessels constructed before 1 July 2002,
1/31 on/after on/after 1 July 2004
machinery in manned machinery spaces from the navigation bridge must be equipped to provide the navigational watch officer sufficient time to manually intervene in case of imminent engine
slowdown/shutdown
Load Line New vessels >
100m in length built on/after on/after 1 January 2005
The loads applied to determine the strength of hatch covers located within the forward quarter length were significantly increased (e.g., the loads increase at the forward perpendicular from 42% for L= 100m to 290% for L= 340m at a Type B-Reduced freeboard. At the forward perpendicular the loads increase from 42% (for L= 100m) to 290% (for L= 340m) at a Type B-Reduced freeboard and remains constant for ships above 340m in length. The increase is due to assumed flooding of the forepeak space or the foremost cargo hold.
Load Line New vessels >
24m in length built on/after on/after 1 January 2005
A minimum amount and distribution of reserve buoyancy for ships assigned a type “B” freeboard or “B-Reduced” freeboard is required. The volume of reserve buoyancy (due to freeboard, sheer and focsle) must not be less than the minimum required by regulation 39 which is calculated based on tabular freeboard, block coefficient, length and depth
Load Line New vessels >
24m in length built on/after on/after 1 January 2005
The empirical formula was amended to increase the minimum bow height and thereby reduces the amount of water shipped over the bow (“deck wetness”) and the magnitude of pressures experienced based on an acceptable long-term probability level. For ships of more than 100m in length, the minimum required height will increase on the order of 0.5m
SOLAS II- 1/24-1
New vessels less than 80m in length built on/after 1 January 2007 to comply at delivery. Existing vessels to comply by 31 December 2009
Water ingress detector/alarms are to be fitted
SOLAS II- 1/3-8
New ships built on/after 1 January 2007
Each towing and mooring fitting to be clearly marked with any restrictions associated with its safe operation, taking into account the strength of its attachment to the ship’s structure which should meet the MSC/Circ.1175