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Bulletin No 155, October 2004
Twenty-seventh Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa, 24 May – 4 June 2004
- Decision 1
- Decision 2, Annex to Decision 2
- Decision 3
- Decision 4
- Resolution 1 (2004)
- Resolution 2 (2004)
- Resolution 3 (2004)
- Resolution 4 (2004)
- Resolution 5 (2004)
- Measure 1 (2004)
- ASMA No 2
Decision 4
Guidelines for Ships Operating in Arctic and Antarctic Ice-Covered Waters
The
Representatives:
Noting the provisions of Article 10 of Annex IV to the Environmental Protocol
relating to the design, construction, manning and equipment of ships engaged
in or supporting Antarctic operations;
Conscious of the increasing levels of shipping, including tourist vessels,
operating in the waters of the Antarctic Treaty Area;
Desiring to ensure the safety of life at sea and the protection of the environment
in the Antarctic Treaty Area;
Noting the intersessional efforts of COMNAP to produce these Guidelines;
Noting the Guidelines should be interpreted as providing recommendations,
rather than mandatory directions;
Noting the IMO Guidelines for ships operating in Arctic ice-covered waters
and desiring that the IMO amend those Guidelines to apply them specifically
to ships
in ice-covered waters in the Antarctic Treaty Area.
Decide to:
- endorse the Guidelines annexed to this Decision;
- transmit the Guidelines through the Chair of ATCM XXVII to the Secretary General of the IMO with a request for them to be considered by the IMO at the earliest opportunity;
- urge their national representatives to take action at the IMO to secure the consideration of the Guidelines at the earliest opportunity.
Guidelines for Ships operating in Arctic and Antarctic Ice-covered Waters
Preamble
Guide
Chapter 1 General
Part A - Construction Provisions
Chapter 2 Structures
Chapter 3 Subdivision and stability
Chapter 4 Accommodation and escape measures
Chapter 5 Directional control systems
Chapter 6 Anchoring and towing arrangements
Chapter 7 Main machinery
Chapter 8 Auxiliary machinery systems
Chapter 9 Electrical installations
Part B - Equipment
Chapter 10 Fire safety
Chapter 11 Life-saving appliances and survival arrangements
Chapter 12 Navigational equipment
Part C - Operational
Chapter 13 Operational guidelines
Chapter 14 Crewing
Chapter 15 Emergency equipment
Part D - Environmental Protection and Damage Control
Chapter 16 Environmental protection and damage control
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