LIST OF MANUALS,PLANS AND DRAWINGS

REQUIRED ON BOARD

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This publication aims to assist ship Owners and Managers on the statutory manual, plans and
drawings required to be on board. The table has been prepared by Class ARS Technical
Department based on the requirements under various IMO instruments and does not include
manuals, plans or drawings required by flag Administrations.

For those manuals, plans and drawings that must be approved or examined by Class ARS, ship Owners
and Managers shall submit an electronic copy to our Technical Department for review.

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September 2016

Manual
Emergency Towing Procedures
Ballast Water Management Plan
Garbage Management Plan
Ship Structure Access Manual
Intact Stability Booklet
Grain Stability Booklet
Fire control and safety plan
Documentation evaluation of
the alternative design and
arrangements, as applicable
Shipboard emergency plan
Ship Security Plan
Dedicated Clean Ballast
Tank Operational Manual
Operations and Equipment
Manual for Crude Oil Washing
Systems (COW Manual)
Muster List
Cargo Securing Manual
Oil Discharge Monitoring and
Control System Operational
Manual
Damage / Survival
Capability Information
Shipboard Oil Pollution
Emergency Plan
Ships to Ships (STS) Operations
Plans
Procedure and
Arrangement Manual
Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan (SEEMP)
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LIST OF MANUALS,PLANS AND DRAWINGS REQUIRED ON BOARD
Approval /
Applicability Examination by
Class ARS
SOLAS reg. II-1/3-4.2
Examination
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
Ballast Water Management Convention
Approval
Regulation B-1 All ships above 400 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex V reg. 10
Ships above 100 GT or carrying more than 15 Examination
persons and platforms
SOLAS reg. II-1/3-6.4
Oil tankers > 500 GT constructed on or after Approval
01/07/04 Bulk carriers > 20,000 GT constructed
on or after 01/01/05
SOLAS reg. II-1/5, 22, 25-8
ILLC Protocol 88, reg.10 Approval
Cargo ships above 24m in length and passenger
ships
Grain Code
SOLAS Reg VI/9 Approval
All ships carrying grain in bulk
SOLAS reg. II-2/15.2.4
Approval
1994 and 2000 HSC Code para.
7.9 Vessels > 500GT
SOLAS reg. II-2/17
Ships above 500 GT Approval
SOLAS reg. VII/INF Code reg. 10.1
Approval
Vessels carrying packaged irradiated nuclear
fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive
wastes
ISPS Code A/9
Passenger ships, MODU’s and Cargo ships above Approval
500 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 18.8
Approval
Existing product carriers above 40,000 DWT
operating with dedicated clean ballast water
tanks
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 33
Existing crude oil tankers above 40,000 DWT Approval
and new crude oil tankers above 20,000 DWT
SOLAS reg. III/8, 37
Approval only for
1994 and 2000 HSC Code para. 8.4
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships passenger ships
SOLAS reg. VI/5.6 and
Approval
VII/5 Ship above 500 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg.
Approval
31.4 Oil tankers above 150 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 28
Oil tankers, Chemical tankers, Gas Carriers above Approval
150 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 37
Oil tankers above 150 GT and other ships above Approval
400 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg.
Approval
41 Oil tankers above 150 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex II reg. 14 and P&S
Approval
Standard Ships carrying Noxious Liquid
Substances in Bulk
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI reg.
Examination
22 Ships above 400 GT

Manual
Shipboard Marine Pollution
Emergency Plan for Noxious
Liquid Substances
Result of calculation of
moderate rate of discharge in
accordance with MEPC.157(55)
Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Management Plan
Ship-specific plans and
procedures for the recovery of
persons from water
As-built construction drawings
Ship Construction File
Declaration of Maritime
Labour Compliance
(DMLC) Part II
A/Amax Ratio Information
Fire safety operational booklet
Damage Control Plan
Damage Control Booklet
Operating and Maintenance
Manual
Deck Log-Book
Manoeuvring Information
Maintenance Plan/Programme
Maintenance
Plan/Programme for low-
location lighting
Maintenance Plan/Programme
for inert gas systems, deck
foam systems, fire safety
arrangements in cargo pump-
rooms, flammable gas
detectors
Training manual for
lifesaving appliances
Instructions for on-
board maintenance of
life-saving appliances
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Approval /
Applicability Examination by
Class ARS
MARPOL 73/78 Annex II reg. 17
Ships above 150 GT certified for carrying Approval
Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
MARPOL 73/78 Annex IV reg. 1.1.1and
Res. MEPC.164(56) Approval
Ships above 400 GT or carrying more than 15
persons fitted with a sewage holding tank for
untreated sewage
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI reg. 15.6 and
Res. MEPC.185(59)
Approval
Tankers carrying crude and gas carrier as per
Reg. 15.7
SOLAS reg. III/17-1
All ships Examination
SOLAS reg. II-1/3-7 and MSC/Circ.1135
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships Approval
SOLAS reg. II-1/3-10 and Approval
MSC.1/Circ.1343 Oil tankers and bulk
carriers
MLC, 2006above 500 GT 5.1.3 All
Regulation
Approval
ships above 500 GT
SOLAS reg. II-1/8-1, 8-2
Approval
Existing ships if a major modification has been done
SOLAS reg. II-2/16
N/A
All ships above 500 GT
SOLAS reg. II-1/19
N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. II-1/19
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships N/A
SOLAS reg. II-1/23-2.4
Ro-Ro Passenger vessels
SOLAS reg. X/3 N/A
1994 and 2000 HSC Code para.
18.2.4 High Speed Craft
SOLAS reg. II-1/15.6.5, 15.9.4, 15.10.2, 17.3.3.2, 25.2,
25.9.5 and III/19.5
N/A
1994 and 2000 HSC Code paragraph 18.5.7 Cargo
ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. II-2/28
N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. II-2/14.2.2
All ships above 500 GT N/A
SOLAS reg. II-2/14.3
N/A
All ships carrying more than 36 passengers
SOLAS reg. II-2/14.2.4 N/A
Tankers
SOLAS reg. III/35
1994 and 2000 HSC Code para. 18.2.3 N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. III/36
1994 AND 2000 HSC Code Section 8.9.2 N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships

Manual
Garbage Record Book
Instruction Manual for Inert
Gas Systems
Approval Certificate of
lifeboat release and
retrieval system
Emergency Instructions
Decision Support System
Radio Record
Plan for SAR Co-operation
Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS)
Cargo Handling Booklet
Cargo Log-Book
Dangerous Goods Manifest
or Stowage Plan
High-speed craft operating
manual
Route Operational Manual
Training Manual
Register Book for ILO 152
Enhanced Survey Report File
Record of Oil Discharge
Monitoring and Control System
for the last Ballast Voyage
Oil Record Book, Part 1
(Machinery Spaces Operations)
Oil Record Book, Part 2
(Cargo/Ballast
Operations)
Cargo Record Book
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Approval /
Applicability Examination by
Class ARS
MARPOL 73/78 Annex V reg. 10
All ship above 400 GT or carrying more than N/A
15 persons and platforms
FSS Code reg. 15/2.4.4
N/A
Tankers above 20,000
DWT
SOLAS reg. III/1.5 N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. III/8
1994 and 2000 HSC Code Section 8.4 N/A
Cargo ships above 500 GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. III/29
N/A
Passenger ships
SOLAS reg. IV/17
1994 HSC Code Section 14.16 and 2000 HSC Code N/A
Section 14.17
Cargo ships above 300GT and passenger ships
SOLAS reg. V/7.3
Passenger ships N/A
SOLAS reg. VI/5-1
Ships carrying MARPOL Annex I cargoes and N/A
marine fuel oils
SOLAS reg. VI/7.2
Ships above 500 GT carrying bulk cargoes N/A
SOLAS reg. VI/7.8
N/A
Ships above 500 GT carrying bulk cargoes
SOLAS reg. VII/5 and MARPOL Annex III Reg.
N/A
4 Ships carrying dangerous goods
SOLAS reg. X/3
1994 and 2000 HSC Code Section N/A
18.2.1 High Speed Craft
SOLAS reg. X/3
N/A
1994 and 2000 HSC Code Section
18.2.2 High Speed Craft
SOLAS reg. X/3
1994 and 2000 HSC Code Section N/A
18.2.3 High Speed Craft
ILO Convention / Occupational Safety and
N/A
Health in Dock Work. Applicable to Merchant
Vessels with Cargo Gear.
SOLAS reg. XI-1/2 and Resolution A.744(18)
Bulk carriers acc. to IX/1.6 and oil tankers as N/A
per SOLAS reg. II-1/2.12
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 31.2, 31.3, 36.6 N/A
Oil tankers above 150 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 17.1, 36.1
Oil tankers above 150 GT and other ships above N/A
400 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex I reg. 17.2, 36.2
N/A
Oil tankers above 150 GT
MARPOL 73/78 Annex II reg. 15
N/A
Ships carrying Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
 Approval /
Manual Applicability Examination by
Class ARS

Ozone Depleting Substances

Record Book (if ship is
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI reg. 12.5 and 12.6
equipped with rechargeable N/A
Ships above 400 GT, platforms and drilling rigs
system that contain ozone-
depleting substances)
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI reg. 14.6
Fuel Oil Changeover Procedure
Ships above 400 GT, platforms and drilling rigs if N/A
and Log-Book
using separate fuel oils entering/leaving ECAs

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