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- Chapter XIV - Safety Measures For Ships Operating in Polar Waters
- Chapter XV - Safety Measures For Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel
- Amendments
The chapter makes mandatory, from 1 January 2017, the Introduction and part I-A of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code).
The aim is to provide minimum safety standards for ships that carry industrial personnel, as well as for the personnel themselves, and address specific risks of maritime operations within the offshore and energy sectors, such as personnel transfer operations. Such personnel may be engaged in the construction, maintenance, decommissioning, operation...
The 1974 Convention has been amended many times to keep it up to date. See History of SOLAS. Amendments adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) are listed in MSC Resolutions.
CHAPTER XIII . VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE . A new chapter XIII is added after the existing chapter XII, as follows: " CHAPTER XIII . VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE . Regulation 1 – Definitions . 1 Audit means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to
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- In the SOLAS Chapter 1, General Provisions, Surveys and certification of all the safety items, structure, machinery etc. are included. This chapter is further subdivided into three parts- Part A, Part B and Part C.
- Construction – Subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations: This chapter of SOLAS Deals with the watertight integrity of the ship, including the passenger’s vessel and comprises 7 parts, explaining the requirement for structural, machinery, electrical, stability and other criteria for a safe ship.
- Lifesaving appliances and arrangements: All the lifesaving appliances and their use in different situations according to the ship type are described in this chapter.
- Radio communications: This chapter Includes requirements of different radio communication equipment used on board ships, such as GMDSS, SART, EPIRB etc., for cargo and passenger vessels.
- Chapter I: General Provisions. This chapter has 21 regulations that specify what and how surveys are to be carried out on merchant vessels. It also addresses the issuance and endorsement of certificates, their validity durations and availability onboard.
- Chapter II-1: Construction – Structure, Subdivision and Stability, Machinery and Electrical Installations. Chapter II-1 addresses construction standards for ships.
- Chapter II-2: Construction – Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinction. Chapter II-2 covers fire protection standards. It has 23 regulations that are divided into the following seven parts.
- Chapter III: Life-saving Appliances and Arrangements. Solas Chapter 3 outlines the arrangement and other specifications for the life-saving appliances on ships.
May 9, 2024 · Adopted on 22 May 2014, verification of compliance under Chapter XIII of the SOLAS 1974, as amended subjects Contracting Governments to periodic audits by the Organization. This is the only in the SOLAS Convention that does not directly touch on the safety aspect of any types of ships.Instead, it makes mandatory the IMO Member State Audit ...
