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Passenger Ships
Fire Divisions
The fire class
integrity requirements for main vertical zones and horizontal zones
for certain low risk spaces fitted on ships built on/after 1 July
98 carrying more than 36 passengers have been revised to allow for
a slight reduction in the minimum required fire class integrity.
However, certain
penetrations of these divisions on passenger ships must be tested
in accordance with the newly approved Fire Test Procedure Code.
Additionally,
fire doors which are normally open at sea (excluding power-operated
fire doors) and which are located in “A” class divisions
are subject to new closing arrangement criteria.
Damage Stability
Requirements
MSC-67 tentatively
agreed, subject to final approval in June 97 at MSC68, that ships
carrying more than 400 persons, other than ro-ro/passenger ships,
shall meet the “1990 SOLAS” requirements for residual
stability range and magnitude at intermediate and final stages of
flooding after damage has been applied anywhere within the ship’s
length.
The date of
compliance is to be not later than the first renewal survey due
date after the ship is 30yrs of age, or the following dates, which
ever occurs later:
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Persons (X) Carried
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Compliance Date
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X > 15001
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October 05
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1000 < X <1500
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1 October 10
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600 < X <1000
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1 October 15
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400 < X <600
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1 October 20
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Additionally,
MSC-68 will consider if the “1990 SOLAS” requirements
should also be applied to other types of existing passenger ships.
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