Commandant's International Technical Series. Volume 4. Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960.

Abstract

This report contains a new equivalent system of international regulations on the subdivision of passenger ships, adopted in November 1973 by the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO). These new regulations are considered an alternative to the provisions of the 1960 Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea. This system of regulations is the result of 12 years of study internationally by the IMCO Subcommittee on Subdivision and Stability, in which some 20 countries participated. Based on probability principles, this new system focuses directly upon the ability of a ship to survive damage. It imposes fewer constraints upon design and will permit the Coast Guard as the U.S. maritime safety agency to be responsive to novel hull arrangements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA135877

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Lines
  • Bulkheads
  • Coast Guard
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Metacentric Height
  • Model Tests
  • Navigation
  • Probability
  • Regression Analysis
  • Right Angles
  • Ship Design
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Watertight Doors

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design