Overview 

This eBook contains 1,500 pages of electronic documentation that is essential reference material for surveyors, ship superintendents and ship staff.

The eBook contains instructions for surveyors involved in the following surveys:
- Carriage of Cargoes, Volume 1 - The carriage of packaged cargoes and Cargo units
(including containers and vehicles)
- Carriage of Cargoes, Volume 2 - Solid Bulk Cargoes
- Crew Accommodation in Merchant Ships
- Fire Protection Arrangements.
- International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft, HSC Code.
- International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention,
The ISM Code.
- Life-saving appliances Volume 1
- Life-saving appliances Volume 2 (testing)
- Lights and Signaling Equipment
- Load Line.
- Merchant Shipping Navigational Equipment
- Passenger Ship Construction, Classes I, II & II(A)
- Passenger Ship Construction, Classes III to VI(A)
- Prevention of Oil Pollution from Ships
- Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships and the provision and use of Port Waste
Reception facilities
- Radio Installations on Fishing Vessels
- Radio Installations on GMDSS Ships
- Survey of Chemical Tankers
- Survey of Gas Carriers
With this value of information on one disc it makes a valuable addition to your technical library.

Content 

Survey of Gas Carriers
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Surveys
Chapter 3 - Ship Survival Capability and Location of Cargo Tanks
Chapter 4 - Ship Arrangements
Chapter 5 - Cargo Containment and Transfer
Chapter 6 - Cargo Tank Vent Systems
Chapter 7 - Environmental Control
Chapter 8 - Electrical Installations
Chapter 9 - Fire Protection and Fire Extinction
Chapter 10 - Mechanical Ventilation in the Cargo Area
Chapter 11 - Instrumentation (Gauging, Gas Detection)
Chapter 12 - Personnel Protection
Chapter 13 - Use of Cargo as Fuel
Chapter 14 - Special Requirements
Chapter 15 - Operational Requirements
Annex A - Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Approval of Shipboard Computers for Intact and Damage Stability
Annex B - Amendments to the IGC Code and Related Matters
Annex C - Amendments to the GC Code related to Filling Limits
Annex D - Amendments to the GC Code for Existing Ships relating to Filling Limits
Annex E - Guidelines for the Evaluation of the Adequacy of Type C Tank Vent Systems
Annex F - Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification
Annex G - Use of Halons for Fire Extinguishing
Annex H - List of Plans and Documents for Initial Survey
Annex J - Extract from the Survey and Inspection Policy 'Instructions'
Annex K - Proposed Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code)

International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft
Chapter 1 - General Comment and Requirements
Chapter 2 - Buoyancy, Stability and Subdivision
Chapter 3 - Structures
Chapter 4 - Accommodation and Escape Measures
Chapter 5 - Directional Control Systems
Chapter 6 - Anchoring, Towing and Berthing
Chapter 7 - Fire Safety
Chapter 8 - Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements
Chapter 9 - Machinery
Chapter 10 - Auxiliary Systems
Chapter 11- Remote Control, Alarm and Safety Systems
Chapter 12 - Electrical Installations
Chapter 13 - Navigation Equipment
Chapter 14 - Radiocommunications
Chapter 15 - Operating Compartment Layout
Chapter 16 - Stabilisation Systems
Chapter 17 - Handling, Controllability and Performance
Chapter 18 - Operational Requirements
Chapter 19 - Inspection and Maintenance Requirements
Annex 1 - Forms of Safety Certificate for High-Speed Craft
Annex 2 - Form of Permit to Operate High-Speed Craft
Annex 3 - Use of Probability Concept
Annex 4 - Procedures for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Annex 5 - Ice Accretion Applicable to all Types of Craft
Annex 6 - Methods relating to the Intact Stability Investigation of Hydrofoil Craft
Annex 7 - Stability of Multihull Craft
Annex 8 - Definitions, Requirements and Compliance Criteria related to Operational and Safety Performance
Annex 9 - Criteria for Testing and Evaluation of Revenue and Crew Seats
Annex 10 - Open Reversible Liferafts

Fire Protection Arrangements
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Submission of Plans and Approval of New Appliances and Fire Protection Materials
Chapter 3 - Surveys and Inspections
Chapter 4 - Fire Patrols, Automatic Sprinkler, Fixed Fire Detection and Sample Extraction Smoke Detection Systems
Chapter 5 - Fire Pumps, Fire Mains, Water Service Pipes, Hydrants, Hoses, Nozzles, Couplings and International Shore Connections
Chapter 6 - Fire Extinguishers Portable and Non-Portable
Chapter 7 - Fixed Fire Extinguishing Installations
Chapter 8 - Specialised Ships, Tankers, Chemical Carriers, Liquefied Gas Carriers, Dangerous Goods and Offshore Installations
Chapter 9 - Firemen's Outfits
Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Items
Chapter 11 - General Advice and Comment
Chapter 12 - Passenger Ships of Classes I, II and II(A) (of 21.34 m in length and over) carrying more than 36 Passengers (L.S. Regulations 51 to 67)
Chapter 13 - Parts A and B
Chapter 14 - Parts A and B
Chapter 15 - Means of Escape: Passenger Ships, Cargo Ships and Tankers (L.S. Regulations 68, 84 and 101 and S.S. Regulation 44)
Appendix 1 - Reference to IMO Resolutions and MSC Circulars found throughout the Instructions

Carriage of Cargoes Volume 1 - The Carriage of Packaged Cargoes and Cargo Units (including Containers and Vehicles)
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Packaged Cargoes and Cargo Units
Chapter 3 - Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants
Chapter 4 - Document of Compliance for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods
Chapter 5 - Packaged Goods Inspections
Appendix 1 - List of Merchant Shipping Notices, Guidance etc
Appendix 2 - Form for Non-Dangerous Cargo Information (Recommended Layout based on MSC/CIRC.812)
Appendix 3 - Additional Information
Appendix 4 - List of Standards for Slings, Chains etc
Appendix 5 - Illustrative Lashing Charts for Ro-Ro Ships on Short Voyages
Appendix 6 - Hazardous Wastes Point of Contact
Appendix 7 - Examples of Documents of Compliance for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods for Various Types of Ship Document of Compliance
Appendix 8 - MSC Circular 860 of 22 May 1998 - Guidelines for the Approval of Offshore Containers Handled in Open Seas
Appendix 9 - Container Safety Convention Approval Plate Details
Appendix 10 - UN Packaging Marking
Appendix 11 - Portable Tank (IMO) Plate Details
Appendix 12 - Dangerous Goods List
Appendix 13 - United Kingdom Portable Tank Type Approval Certificate
Appendix 14 - United Kingdom Portable Tank Certificate
Carriage of Cargoes Volume 2 - Solid Bulk Cargoes
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Solid Bulk Cargoes
Chapter 3 - Inspections
Annex A - List of relevant Merchant Shipping Notices, Marine Guidance Notes and Marine Information Notes
Annex B - Resolution A.866(20), Guidance to Ships' Crews and Terminal Personnel for Bulk Carrier Inspections
Annex C - HSE information sheet, Health Hazards from Dusty Cargoes during the Loading and Unloading of Ships, Docks Information Sheet No 2 (Revised)
Annex D - Form for Cargo Information (Recommended Layout)
Annex E - MSC/Circ.671
Annex F - Addresses
Annex G - Resolution A.864(20)
Annex H - Specimen Document of Authorisation for Grain Cargoes
Annex J - Addresses
Passenger Ship Construction - Classes I, II & II(A)
Part 1 - Plans, Particulars and Materials
Part 2 - Strength, Construction and Watertight Subdivision
Part 3 - Closing of Openings in Hulls and Watertight Bulkheads
Part 4 - Closing of Openings in Enclosed Superstructures and in Bulkheads above the Bulkhead Deck
Part 5 - Stability and Shipside Markings
Part 6 - Bilge Pumping Arrangements
Part 7 - Electrical Equipment and Installations
Part 8 - Boilers and Machinery
Part 9 - Miscellaneous Requirements
Part 10 - Miscellaneous Requirements for Ships with Special Category or Ro-Ro Cargo Spaces
Part 11 - Equivalents, Penalties, Detention and Invalid Stability Information
Part 12 - Passenger Accommodation
Part 13 - Elderly, Disabled and Sick Passengers
Part 14 - Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Survivability) Regulations 1997 (Statutory Instrument 1997 No 647)
Part 15 - A/Amax Calculations
Appendix 1 - Loading and Stability Computers
Appendix 2 - Determining the Vertical Centres of Gravity and Vertical Moments of Weight of Vehicles/Cargo in the Main Vehicle Spaces
Appendix 3 - Guidance Notes on the Stockholm Agreement SLF 40/Inf.14
Appendix 4 - A/Amax Calculation Procedure
Appendix 5 - Guidelines on Approval of Weathertight Doors or similar Closing Appliances to the Openings leading to spaces below the Bulkhead Deck or Subdividing the Ro-Ro Cargo Space
Appendix 6 - Step by Step Guide Calculation
Appendix 7 - Special Notes regarding Stability
Appendix 8 - Recommendation on the Design and Operation of Passenger Ships to respond to Elderly and Disabled Persons' needs
Appendix 9 - Model Instructions relating to the Control of Watertight Doors
Appendix 10 - Stability Information Book

Prevention of Oil Pollution from Ships
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Surveys, Certificates and Oil Record Books
Chapter 3 - Control of Operational Pollution and Discharge of Oil
Chapter 4 - Segregation of Cargo Oil and Ballast Water
Chapter 5 - Requirements for Minimising Oil Pollution from Oil Tankers due to Side and Bottom Damage
Chapter 6 - Offshore Installations
Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous
Annex 1 - Summary of Plans for System Approval
Annex 2 - Equivalents allowed under Regulation 3 of Annex I of Marpol 73/78
Annex 3 - Oil like Substances (Annex II MARPOL 73/78)
Annex 4 - Substances referred to in Annex II of MARPOL 73/78
Annex 5 - Equivalent Provisions for the Carriage of Oil by a Chemical Tanker
Annex 6 - Guidance to Administrations concerning Draughts recommended for Segregated Ballast Tankers below 150 Metres in Length
Annex 7 - Guidelines for the Design, Operation and Control of Crude Oil Washing Systems, Additional to Rule Requirements
Annex 8 - Unified Interpretation Requirements for Offshore Installations for Drilling Rigs and other Platforms
Annex 9 - Guidelines for the Development of Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans
Annex 10 - Guidelines on Surveys under the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations, 1996

Passenger Ship Construction - Classes III to VI(A)
Part I - General
Part II - Strength, Construction and Watertight Subdivision
Part III - Closing of Openings in Hulls and Watertight Bulkheads below the Bulkhead Deck
Part IV - Closing of Openings in Enclosed Superstructures and in Bulkheads above the Bulkhead Deck
Part V - Stability, Survivability and Shipside Markings
Part VI - Bilge Pumping Arrangements
Part VII - Electrical Equipment and Installations
Part VIII - Boilers and Machinery
Part IX - Miscellaneous Requirements
Part X - Miscellaneous Requirements for Ships with Special Category or Ro-Ro Cargo Spaces
Part XI - Equivalents, Penalties, Detention and Invalid Stability Information
Part XII - Passenger Accommodation
Part XIII - Annual Surveys
Appendix A - Guidance Notes for carrying out an Inclining Test
Appendix B - Heeling Tests for Passenger Ships of Classes V, VI and VI(A)
Appendix C - Buoyancy Tests for Passenger Ships of Classes V, VI and VI(A)

Appendix D - Stability Information Book
Annex I - Special Notes regarding Stability for Passenger Ships Classes III to VI(A), excluding Ro-Ro Ships
Annex II - Special Notes regarding Stability of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI(A)
Appendix E - Method of Determining the Self-Extinguishing Properties of GRP Laminates
Appendix F - A Code of Practice for Noise Levels in Ships
Appendix G - Use of Ear Protectors
Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships and the Provision and Use of Port Waste Reception Facilities
Chapter 1 - Object of the Instructions
Chapter 2 - Statutory Provisions
Chapter 3 - Definitions
Chapter 4 - Application of Regulations
Chapter 5 - Exceptions
Chapter 6 - Training, Education and Information
Chapter 7 - Minimising the Amount of Potential Garbage
Chapter 8 - Shipboard Garbage Handling and Storage Procedures
Chapter 9 - Inspection of Ships
Chapter 10 - Reports of Alleged Discharges
Chapter 11 - Port Waste Management Plans
Chapter 12 - Port Waste Reception Facilities
Chapter 13 - Special Areas

Load Line
Part 1 - General Effect of the Merchant Shipping Load Lines Act 1995 Part IV and the Regulations made thereunder
Part 2 - Surveys - General Principles
Part 3 - Notes for Guidance in the Application of Schedule 2 of MSN 1701(M): Conditions of Assignment
Part 4 - Notes for Guidance in the Application of Schedule 4 of MSN 1701(M): Freeboards
Part 5 - Intact Stability and Stability in the Damaged Condition after Flooding
Part 6 - Notes for Guidance for carrying out an Inclining Test
Part 7 - Model Stability Information Booklet
Part 8 - Additional Information and Requirements relating to particular Ship Types, Cargoes and Trading Areas
Part 9 - List of Forms used in Load Line Assignment
Annex 1 - Stability Information Booklet
Survey of Lights and Signalling Equipment
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Surveys, Reports and Fees
Chapter 3 - Lights and Shapes: General Requirements for Acceptance and Approval
Chapter 4 - The Provision of Lights On Board Ship
Chapter 5 - Electrical Systems
Chapter 6 - Sound Signals
Chapter 7 - Visual Signalling Apparatus
Appendix A - Notes on the Testing of Navigation Lights
Appendix B - Test Procedure for Ship's Whistles
Appendix C - Signalling Lamps
Appendix D - Positioning of Navigation Lights
Appendix F - Definitions and Types of Lens

Survey of Life-Saving Appliances Volume 1
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Procedure for Surveys
Chapter 3 - Periodic Surveys of Life-Saving Appliances
Chapter 4 - Lifeboats
Chapter 5 - Rescue Boats
Chapter 6 - Inflated Boats (Non Solas Boats)
Chapter 7 - Liferafts
Chapter 8 - Marine Evacuation Systems and Means of Rescue Systems
Chapter 9 - Lifeboat and Rescue Boat Disengaging Gears and Similar Arrangements
Chapter 10 - Equipment for Lifeboats, Rescue Boats and Liferafts
Chapter 11 - Emergency Rations
Chapter 12 - Radio Equipment and Searchlights for Survival Craft
Chapter 13 - Bouyant Apparatus
Chapter 14 - Lifebuoys
Chapter 15 - Lifejackets and Attachments
Chapter 16 - Pyrotechnic Signals and Line-Throwing Appliances
Chapter 17 - Pilot Ladders and Hoists
Chapter 18 - Stowage and Launching Arrangements of Lifeboats, Rescue Boats, Inflated Boats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus
Chapter 19 - Emergency Signals
Chapter 20 - Immersion Suits, Anti-Exposure Suits and Thermal Protective Aids
Chapter 21 - Training and Maintenance Manuals
Appendix A - Use and Fitting of Retro-Reflective Material on Life-Saving Appliances
Appendix B - Copy of Lifeboat/Passenger Tender Safety Certificate
Appendix C - Details of Materials which will be Accepted by the MCA for the Various Parts of Inflated Boats
Appendix D - Copy of Certificate of Manufacture of an Inflatable Liferaft
Appendix F - Guidelines and Specifications for Hyperbaric Evacuation Systems
Appendix G - A Typical Liferaft Securing Arrangement Showing the Painter, Senhouse Slip, H.R.U. and Weak Link (Serviceable Type H.R.U.)
Appendix G(i) - A Typical Liferaft Securing Arrangement Showing the Painter, Senhouse Slip, H.R.U. and Weak Link (Disposable Type H.R.U.)
Appendix H - At A Glance Guide for Classes III to VI(A) Ships
Appendix H(i) - At A Glance Guide for Classes III to VI(A) Ships
Appendix I - Liferaft Servicing Questionnaire
Appendix J - Sea Anchors - Use in Lifeboat, Rescue Boat, Inflated Boats and Liferafts
Appendix K - Copy of General Exemption for Small Passenger Ships of Class V Operating on Inland Lakes
Appendix L - Equipment Pack Contents for Liferafts as Specified in Schedule 4 Part 6 of MSN 1676
Appendix M - Copy of Pilot Ladders Check List
Appendix N - Symbols relating to Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements
Appendix O - Natural and Synthetic Fibre Cordage for Life-Saving Appliances

Survey of Chemical Tankers
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Ship Survival Capability and Location of Cargo Tanks
Chapter 3 - Ship Arrangements

Chapter 4 - Cargo Containment
Chapter 5 - Cargo Transfer
Chapter 6 - Materials of Construction
Chapter 7 - Cargo Temperature Control
Chapter 8 - Cargo-Tank Venting and Gas-Freeing Arrangements
Chapter 9 - Environmental Control
Chapter 10 - Electrical Installations
Chapter 11 - Fire Protection and Fire Extinction
Chapter 12 - Mechanical Ventilation in the Cargo Area
Chapter 13 - Instrumentation
Chapter 14 - Personnel Protection
Chapter 15 - Special Requirements
Chapter 16 - Operational Requirements
Chapter 16A - Additional Measures for the Protection of the Marine Environment
Chapter 17 - Future Amendments, Proposed Amendments and Related Matters
Annex A - Guidelines for Offshore Support Vessels
Annex B - Guidelines For Dumping Ships
Annex C - Guidelines for the Survey of Chemical Tankers
Annex D - Revised Standards for Design, Testing and Locating of Devices to Prevent the Passage of Flame into Cargo Tanks in Tankers
Annex E - Information on Flashpoint and Fire-Fighting Media for Chemicals to which neither the IBC Code nor the BCH Code Apply
Annex G - Recommendation on Prohibition of the Bulk Carriage of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Survey of Life-Saving Appliances Volume 2 - Testing of Life-Saving Appliances
Chapter 1 - Lifeboats
Chapter 2 - Rescue Boats
Chapter 3 - Inflated Boats (Non Solas Boats)
Chapter 4 - Liferafts
Chapter 5 - Marine Evacuation Systems
Chapter 6 - Launching and Embarkation Appliances
Chapter 7 - Survival Craft and Rescue Boat Equipment and Fittings
Chapter 8 - Pyrotechnic Signals and Line-Throwing Appliances
Chapter 9 - Lifebuoys and Attachments
Chapter 10 - Lifejackets and Attachments
Chapter 11 - Immersion Suits, Anti-Exposure Suits and Thermal Protective Aids
Chapter 12 - Position Indicating Lights for Life-Saving Appliances
Chapter 13 - Buoyant Apparatus
Chapter 14 - Mechanical Pilot Hoists
Chapter 15 - Searchlights for Lifeboats and Rescue Boats
Annex 1 - Requirements for Proofed Fabrics Used in the Manufacture of Inflatable Liferafts
Annex 2 - Specification for Immersion Suit and Anti-Exposure Suit Materials
Merchant Shipping Navigational Equipment
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Conduct of Inspections
Chapter 3 - Siting of Electronic Navigational Installations
Chapter 4 - Echo Sounders
Chapter 5 - Direction-Finders
Chapter 6 - Magnetic Compasses
Chapter 7 - Gyro Compasses
Chapter 8 - Radars
Chapter 9 - Speed and Distance Measuring Equipment
Chapter 10 - Rate of Turn Indicators
Appendix 1 - Notes of the Inspection of Waveguide and Microwave Co-Axial Cables
Appendix 2 - Tools, Miscellaneous Items, Measuring Instruments
Appendix 3 - Measurement of Shadow Sectors

Radio Installations on GMDSS Ships
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Survey Arrangements
Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Survey
Chapter 4 - Maintenance
Appendix A - Certificate of Survey
Appendix B - Merchant Shipping Notice(s)
Appendix C - Power Supply Schematic
Appendix D - Power Supply Schematic
Appendix E - Power Supply Schematic
Appendix F - Power Supply Schematic
Appendix G - Power Supply Schematic
Radio Installations on Fishing Vessels
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Radio Rules Requirements
Appendix 1 - Limits of the Area Specified in Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 1974
Appendix 2 - Tools, Measuring Instruments, Spare Parts, etc.
Survey of Crew Accommodation in Merchant Ships
Chapter 1 - General
Chapter 2 - Instructions in relation to Specific Regulations
Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous
Annex 1 - Floor Coverings
Annex 2 - Sidescuttles and Windows
Annex 3 - Vacuum Discharge and Pipe Systems
Annex 4 - Thermostatic Mixing Valves
Annex 5 - Fresh Water Produced On Board Ship
Annex 6 - Survey of Crew Accommodation
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (The ISM Code)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Background
Chapter 2 - Legislative Requirements
Chapter 3 - The Certification Process
Chapter 4 - Executing the Audit
Chapter 5 - Conduct of Verification
Chapter 6 - The ISM Code
Chapter 7 - Port State Control
Annex A
Annex I - International Safety Management (ISM) Code

Details 

Title: Surveyors Guidance (eBook)
Number of Pages: 1500
Product Code: WS1247EA
Published Date: April 2010