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International Convention on
Load Line Rules 1966
Prepared by:
ABDUL JABBAR KHAN
PANDIARAJ A/L RETENAM
Application
• Convention shall apply to ships engaged on
international voyages, except:
* warships;
* new ships of less than 24 metres in length;
* existing ships of less than 150 tons gross;
* pleasure yachts not engaged in trade, and;
* fishing vessels.
Assignment of Freeboard
1. Protection of openings.
2. Guard rails
3. Freeing port, and
4. Means of access to crews’ quarters.
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Issue of certificates
1. An International Load Line Certificate (1966)
shall be issued to every ship which has been
surveyed and marked in accordance with the
present Convention.
2. Such certificates shall be issued by the
Administration or by any person or organization
duly authorized by it. In every case, the
Administration assumes full responsibility for
the certificate.
Regulation 5
Load Line Mark
The Load Line Mark shall consist of a ring 300 mm
in outside diameter and 25 mm wide which is
intersected by a horizontal line 450 mm in length and
25 mm in breadth, the upper edge of which passes
through the centre of the ring. The centre of the ring
shall be placed amidships and at a distance equal to
the assigned summer freeboard measured vertically
below the upper edge of the deck line.
25 mm
300 mm
Regulation 10
Information to be supplied to the master
(1) The master of every new ship shall be supplied with sufficient
information, in an approved form, to enable him to arrange for the
loading and ballasting of his ship in such a way as to avoid the
creation of any unacceptable stresses in the ship's structure,
provided that this requirement need not apply to any particular
length, design or class of ship where the Administration considers
it to be unnecessary.
(2) The master of every new ship which is not already provided with
stability information under an international convention for the
safety of life at sea in force shall be supplied with sufficient
information in an approved form to give him guidance as to the
stability of the ship under varying conditions of service, and a
copy shall be furnished to the Administration.
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