Ship design and construction

Of all the international conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most important is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, better known as SOLAS, which covers a wide range of measures designed to improve the safety of shipping.

The Convention is also one of the oldest of its kind: the first version was adopted in 1914 following the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Since then, there have been four more versions of SOLAS. The present version was adopted in 1974 and entered into force in 1980. This publication commemorates the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, a prominent international instrument for maritime safety.

This edition of the publication presents a consolidated text of the Convention, its Protocol of 1988 and all amendments that have entered into force on or before 1 July 2024. Additionally, this edition includes the unified interpretations of SOLAS regulations approved by the Maritime Safety Committee.

دخلت الاتفاقية الدولية لخطوط التحميل لعام 1966 التي اعتمدها المؤتمر الدولي بشأن خطوط التحميل في 5 نيسان/أبريل 1966 حيّز النفاذ في 21 تموز/يوليو 1968 وأجريت تغييرات عليها بموجب بروتوكول عام 1968 المتعلق بها وُعدﱢلت بموجب قرارات صدرت عن الجمعية ولجنة السلامة البحرية على مدار السنوات الخمسين الماضية .

وتتضمن طبعة عام 2021 هذه النص المحدﱠث الجامع للتعديلات التي أجريت على الاتفاقية حتى 1 تموز/يوليو 2021 فضلاً عن التفاسير الموﺤﱠﺪة المحدﱠثة التي صدرت للمواد واللوائح ذات الصلة .

La Convention internationale de 1966 sur les lignes de charge (Convention LL de 1966) a été adoptée le 5 avril 1966 par la Conférence internationale sur les lignes de charge et est entrée en vigueur le 21 juillet 1968. Au fil des 50 dernières années, la Convention a été modifiée par le biais des résolutions de l’Assemblée et par le Protocole de 1988 y relatif, tel que modifié par des résolutions du Comité de la sécurité maritime.

Le texte actualisé et récapitulatif de la présente édition de 2021 inclut les amendements adoptés jusqu’au 1er juillet 2021 ainsi que les Interprétations uniformes relatives aux articles et règles pertinents.

The International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, adopted by the International Conference on Load Lines on 5 April 1966, entered into force on 21 July 1968 and has been modified by the 1988 Protocol relating thereto and amended by Assembly and Maritime Safety Committee resolutions over the past 50 years.

This 2021 edition includes up-to-date, consolidated text in line with amendments adopted up to 1 July 2021, as well as updated unified interpretations that have been keyed to relevant articles and regulations.

El Código para la construcción y el equipo de unidades móviles de perforación mar adentro, 2009 (Código MODU 2009) establece una norma internacional para las unidades móviles de perforación mar adentro (MODU) construidas el 1 de enero de 2012 o posteriormente. Facilita el traslado y la utilización de esas unidades en el ámbito internacional y garantiza un grado de seguridad para las mismas, y para el personal que lleven a bordo, equivalente al que el Convenio SOLAS 1974 y el Protocolo de 1988 relativo al Convenio internacional sobre líneas de carga, 1966, exigen a los buques de proyecto tradicional dedicados a viajes internacionales.

La presente edición del Código MODU 2009 contiene las enmiendas de 2013 (resolución MSC.359(92)), 2014 (resoluciones MSC.384(94) y MSC.387(94)), 2016 (resolución MSC.407(96)) y 2017 (resolución MSC.435(98)) al Código.

En lo que respecta a las unidades móviles de perforación mar adentro construidas antes del 1 de enero de 2012, se aplican las disposiciones de los Códigos MODU anteriores (1989 y 1979), dependiendo de su fecha de construcción.

El Código internacional de estabilidad sin avería, 2008 (Código IS 2008) presenta criterios de estabilidad obligatorios o recomendatorios y otras medidas para garantizar el funcionamiento seguro de los buques y reducir al mínimo los riesgos para tales buques, el personal a bordo y el medio ambiente.

La edición de 2020 contiene:

• una versión actualizada del Código IS 2008, incluidas todas las enmiendas que habrán entrado en vigor el 1 de enero de 2020;
• pequeñas adiciones y enmiendas a la parte A de carácter obligatorio del Código;
• enmiendas a la parte B de carácter recomendatorio del Código, incluidas adiciones importantes al capítulo 2 titulado «Criterios recomendados de proyecto para buques dedicados a determinados tipos de operaciones y determinados tipos de buque» y al capítulo 3 titulado «Orientaciones para elaborar la información sobre estabilidad», así como la provisión de un nuevo anexo 3;
• criterios basados en los conceptos más modernos del sector, disponibles en el momento de su elaboración; y factores que influyen en la estabilidad sin avería, que figuran en la edición anterior; y
• notas explicativas e interpretaciones unificadas del Código IS 2008.

La presente publicación debería resultar de interés para las administraciones marítimas, los fabricantes de buques, las empresas navieras, los institutos de formación y otras partes interesadas en los criterios de estabilidad sin avería.

The International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) presents mandatory and recommendatory stability criteria and other measures for ensuring the safe operation of ships, to minimize the risk to such ships, to the personnel on board and to the environment.

The 2020 Edition features:

• an update of the 2008 IS Code, including all amendments that will have entered into force on 1 January 2020;
• minor additions and amendments to the mandatory part A of the Code;
• amendments to the Code’s recommendatory part B, including substantial additions to chapter 2 on Recommended design criteria for certain types of ships and chapter 3 on Guidance in preparing stability information, as well as the provision of a new annex 3;
• criteria based on the best state-of-the-art concepts available at the time they were developed; and influences on intact stability, as contained in the previous edition; and
• Explanatory Notes and the Unified Interpretations to the 2008 IS Code. This publication should be of interest to maritime administrations, ship manufacturers, shipping companies, education institutes and others concerned with intact stability criteria.

The purpose of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) is to provide an international standard for the safe carriage, by sea in bulk, of liquefied gases and certain other substances that are listed in chapter 19.

Through consideration of the products carried, it prescribes the design and construction standards of the ships involved and the equipment they should carry to minimize the risk to the ship, its crew and the environment.

La finalidad del Código internacional de seguridad para los buques que utilicen gases u otros combustibles de bajo punto de inflamación (Código IGF) es facilitar una norma internacional para los buques que utilicen combustibles de bajo punto de inflamación, excepto aquellos que estén regidos por el Código CIG.

La filosofía fundamental del presente código es establecer disposiciones de carácter obligatorio para la disposición, la instalación, el control y la vigilancia de la maquinaria, el equipo y los sistemas que utilizan combustibles de bajo punto de inflamación a fin de reducir al mínimo los riesgos para el buque, la tripulación y el medio ambiente, tomando en consideración la naturaleza de los combustibles utilizados.

Le Recueil international de règles de sécurité applicables aux navires qui utilisent des gaz ou d’autres combustibles à faible point d’éclair (Recueil IGF) a pour objet d’offrir une norme internationale applicable aux navires qui utilisent des combustibles à faible point d’éclair, autres que les navires qui sont visés par le Recueil IGC.

L’idée fondamentale du présent Recueil est de prévoir des dispositions obligatoires relatives à l’agencement, à l’installation, au contrôle et à la surveillance des machines, de l’équipement et des systèmes qui utilisent des combustibles à faible point d’éclair, afin de réduire le plus possible les risques auxquels sont exposés le navire, son équipage et l’environnement, compte tenu de la nature des combustibles en question.

La presente publicación contiene:

• Las normas internacionales de construcción de buques basadas en objetivos para graneleros y petroleros (resolución MSC.287(87) y las enmiendas conexas al Convenio SOLAS para hacer obligatorias las mismas (MSC.290(87);
• Directrices para la verifi cación del cumplimiento de las normas de construcción de buques basadas en objetivos para graneleros y petroleros (MSC.296(87);
• Directrices sobre la información que debe incluirse en el expediente de construcción del buque (MSC.1/Circ.1343); y
• Directrices genéricas para elaborar normas de la OMI basadas en objetivos (MSC.1/Circ.1394).

Following the continuing loss, sometimes without a trace, of ships carrying solid bulk cargoes and the heavy loss of life caused by such accidents, the IMO Assembly, in the early 90s, requested the Maritime safety Committee (MSC) to develop requirements for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and survey of Bulk carriers and specific precautionary measures with respect to type of cargoes. Consequently, extensive deliberations of the issues involved took place at the MSC meetings over a number of years and a raft of measures, many derived from Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) studies conducted by various Member States of IMO, were considered. One of the many items on the list was “Improved coatings: Controls and/or performance standards for protective coatings, in relation to compatibility with cargoes”.

This publication contains performance standards and guidelines developed as a result of the above considerations.

This 2010 Edition reproduces English, French and Spanish official texts.

The purpose of the Voluntary Guidelines is to provide an updated, general guidance on safe practices for the design, construction and equipment of smaller fishing vessels.

The Guidelines for the design and construction of Offshore supply vessels were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization in 1981 by resolution A.469(XII).

These Guidelines included guidance on intact stability that was later incorporated into the Code on Intact Stability for all Types of Ships covered by IMO Instruments. To take account of the adoption of this Code and amendments to the SOLAS Convention that have entered into force after 1981, new Guidelines for the design and construction of Offshore supply vessels were adopted in 2006. These new Guidelines also include a form of Document of Compliance for Offshore supply vessels.

本《自愿性指南》旨在为小型渔船的设计、建造和设备的安全实践提供一般的指导。

The purpose of the Voluntary Guidelines is to provide an updated, general guidance on safe practices for the design, construction and equipment of smaller fishing vessels.

يتمثل الغرض من الخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية في تقديم إرشادات محدَّثة وعمومية الطابع بشأن الممارسات الآمنة في مجال تصميم سفن الصيد الصغيرة وبنائها وتجهيزها

The purpose of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Lyquified Gases in Bulk (IGC Code 1993) is to provide an international standard for the safe carriage by sea of liquefied gases (and other substances listed in the Code) in bulk. To minimize risks to ships involved in such carriage, to their crews and to the environment, the Code prescribes the design and constructional standards of such ships and the equipment they should carry.

This edition remains valid and applies to all applicable ships constructed before 1 January 2016.

يتمثل الغرض من المـدونة الدولية لبناء وتجهيز السفن ناقلة الغازات المُسالة السائبة (مدونة IGC لعام 1993) في وضع معيار دولي للنقل البحري الآمن للغازات المسالة (وغيرها من المواد المدرجة في المدونة) في صورة سائبة. ومن أجل الحد من الأخطار المحتملة على السفن التي تحمل هذه المواد وعلى أفراد أطقمها وعلى البيئة، تحدِّد المدونة معايير التصميم والبناء الخاصة بهذه السفن وما ينبغي أن تحمله من معدات.

ولا تزال هذه المدونة سارية وتنطبق على جميع السفن المعنية المبنية قبل 1 كانون الثاني/يناير 2016.

La présente publication comprend cinq parties, contenant les textes des directives sur les dispositifs à gaz inerte ainsi que le texte des documents de l'OMI qui ont trait à ces dispositifs, remplace l'édition de 1983.

Le contenu des présentes Directives est fondé sur les pratiques générales suivies actuellement pour la conception et l'exploitation des dispositifs à gaz inerte et comporte les amendements adoptés par le Comité de la sécurité maritime lors de ses quarante-deuxième, quarante-huitième et cinquantième sessions.

Les dispositions de la Convention SOLAS relatives au fonctionnement et aux spécifications techniques applicables aux dispositifs à gaz inerte, ainsi que les nouvelles règles relatives aux dispositifs à gaz inerte à bord des navires-citernes pour produits chimiques ont également été incorporés.

This publication, which supersedes the 1983 edition, comprises five parts, containing the texts of the Guidelines for Inert Gas Systems and of relevant IMO documents.

The content of the guidelines is based on current general practice used in the design and operation of inert gas systems and incorporates amendments adopted by the Maritime safety Committee at its forty-second, forty-eighth and fiftieth sessions. Provisions of SOLAS covering application and technical requirements, together with recent developments on regulations for chemical tankers, are included.

The Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (GC Code) was developed to provide an international standard for the safe carriage by sea in bulk of liquefied gases and certain other substances. To minimize the risks to ships involved in such carriage, to their crews and to the environment, the Code prescribes the design and constructional features of such ships and the equipment they should carry. The Code generally applies to ships built on or after 31 December 1976 but prior to 1 July 1986. This edition incorporates amendments 1 to 4, including a supplement containing amendments adopted by resolution MSC.32(63) which came into force on 1 July 1998.

A supplement, Summary of Minimum Requirements of the Code, is included.

This publication establishes a universal system of tonnage measurement for ships engaged in international voyages; it includes:

• Final Act of the Conference;
• International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Tonnage), 1969, including: Regulations for determining gross and net tonnages of ships and International Tonnage Certificate;
• Recommendations adopted by the Conference.

This Conference resulted from a resolution passed by the International Conference on Special TradePassenger Ships, 1971, which required the formulation of technical rules covering the safety aspects ofthe disposition of passengers on special trade passenger ships. This publication contains:

• Final Act of the Conference

• Protocol and Rules on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships (Space STP), 1973

• Resolutions adopted by the Conference

This Conference resulted from a resolution passed by the International Conference on Special TradePassenger Ships, 1971, which required the formulation of technical rules covering the safety aspects ofthe disposition of passengers on special trade passenger ships. This bilingual publication (English andFrench) contains:

• −  Final Act of the Conference
• −  Protocol and Rules on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships (Space STP), 1973
• −  Resolutions adopted by the Conference

This publication contains the following instruments related to special trade passenger ships:

• Final Act of the Conference
• Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement and Rules (STP), 1971
• Resolutions adopted by the Conference

This publication establishes a universal system of tonnage measurement for ships engaged in international voyages; it includes:

• Final Act of the Conference;
• International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Tonnage), 1969, including: Regulations for determining gross and net tonnages of ships and International Tonnage Certificate;
• Recommendations adopted by the Conference.

This publication establishes a universal system of tonnage measurement for ships engaged in international voyages; it includes:

• Final Act of the Conference;
• International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Tonnage), 1969, including: Regulations for determining gross and net tonnages of ships and International Tonnage Certificate;
• Recommendations adopted by the Conference.