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New version of Notice B (as of 1 July 2010)
Chapter I – General provisions
In regulation 10, a minor clarification has been made as regards the five-year bottom survey for cargo ships.
Chapter II-1 – Subdivision and stability
In part II-1 A, a minor clarification has been made as regards regulation 3-4 on emergency towing arrangements on tankers.
With the updating of the part on ships’ intact stability, the Danish Maritime Authority has made the new revised Code on Intact Stability mandatory for all ships.
In part II-1 D, regulation 4, a provision has been added requiring supplementary lighting to be available in all cabins for new passenger ships, clearly indicating the exit so that it is possible for the persons in the cabin to find their way to the door. Such lighting shall give out light automatically when the power for the ordinary supply is lost.
A new regulation 55 has been inserted in part II-1 F on alternative design and arrangements in connection with machinery and electrical installations. This regulation makes it possible to use alternative design and arrangements if they meet the intention behind the relevant requirements and present an equivalent level of safety.
Chapter II-2 C – Construction – suppression of fire
Amendments have been introduced as regards the fire integrity requirement for doors of Class A and B concerning the opening below the door. The requirements apply to doors installed on or after 1 July 2010.
In regulation 7, new requirements for fire-detection systems in passenger ships are inserted so that it is possible to identify all fire-detectors and fire-pressures individually and so that it is possible for fire-detectors in cabins to sound an audible alarm in each individual cabin.
In addition, new requirements for ventilation ducts of steel or equivalent material are introduced as regards flame spread and calorific value.
In regulation 9, new requirements for fire-protection in atriums concerning fire-doors approved without the threshold being a part of the door frame are introduced. Finally, there are new requirements for ventilation ducts.
The previous Danish special regulations in regulation 10 on compressors for recharging fire-fighters’ breathing air cylinders in passenger ships will become international in new passenger ships and will continue to apply to existing passenger ships.
Chapter II-2 G – Construction – special requirements
New requirements are introduced for passenger ships’ possibility of returning to a safe port or place of refuge, on systems that are to remain capable of operating after a fire incident and on safety centres.
Chapter II-2 (N(1) – High-pressure CO2 systems
The revised chapter on CO2 systems in the Fire Safety Systems Code (FSS Code) provides the user with an improved overview of the Code’s requirements as well as the Danish special regulations on CO2 systems.
Chapter III – Life-saving appliances and arrangements
A new regulation 38 has been inserted the purpose of which is to bring about a methodology for alternative design and alternative arrangements in connection with life-saving appliances and arrangements. Instead, the alternative design is to be subjected to a technical analysis in accordance with the “Guidelines on alternative design and arrangements for SOLAS chapters II-1 and III” (MSC.1/Circ.1212).
Chapter IV – Radiocommunications GMDSS
The previous mandatory requirement for a radio log in regulation IV/17 has been deleted. In the future, it is voluntary whether radio recordings are entered in the ship’s log or in a radio log.
Furthermore, a number of editorial amendments have been made as regards Inmarsat earth stations in regulations 7, 9 and 10.
Chapter IX – Safe operation of ships
Minor editorial amendments have been made as well as an update following resolution A.1022(26).
Chapter XXI – Prevention of oil pollution from ships
Editorial amendments have been made in this chapter as a consequence of an amendment of the oil residue (sludge) definition.
Chapter XXIV – Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships
Minor editorial amendments have been made in this chapter clarifying that sewage from animals is also covered by these provisions.
Chapter XXVI – Prevention of air pollution from ships
The most extensive amendments in this chapter are stricter requirements on the discharge of SOx and NOx. These requirements become gradually stricter. The first new requirements for stricter SOx discharges enter into force on 1 July 2010 in the special emission control areas, while the first stricter requirements for NOx discharges will enter into force on 1 January 2011. The related IAPP certificates are also amended.
In addition, more lenient requirements have been introduced as regards the designation of the special emission control areas, which means that, in the future, more such areas are expected.
Furthermore, it should be added that the technical NOx Code (which does not form part of Notices B) has also been revised. The related EAPP certificate has also been amended.
Annex Appendix – Regulations entering into force as of 1 January 2011
This part contains regulations entering into force on 1 January 2011, which will not be incorporated into the text until the publication of the spring 2011 edition.
Chapter II-1 – Sub-division and stability
Minor clarifications have been made in the text.
Chapter II-2 G – Construction – special requirements
There are minor amendments and clarifications in regulation 19 in general and in table 19.3 especially, where new columns have been introduced under classes 2.3 and 4.3, which are subdivided into liquids and solids.
Chapter V – Safety of navigation
Amendments of this chapter have been made on the basis of resolution MSC.282(86). Excepted is the resolution’s addition of regulations 19.2.2.3 and 19.2.2.4 on a bridge navigation watch alarm system (BNWAS). This text as well as the text in regulation 19.1.2.4 is the national requirement for a bridge navigation watch alarm system of 1 March 2006. At the same time, the previous text as regards the national requirement for a bridge navigation watch alarm system in regulation 19.7 has been deleted.
Furthermore, a new requirement has been introduced in the chapter for an electronic chart and display information system (ECDIS) in the new regulations 19.2.10 and 19.2.11. In this connection, the text of regulation 19.2.1.4 has been amended, and an editorial amendment has been made in regulation 18.4.
Chapter VI – Carriage of cargoes
There are several amendments of this chapter for which reason a revised chapter has been inserted.
Chapter VII – Carriage of dangerous cargoes
The amendments to this chapter will enter into force (internationally) on 1 January 2011. Considering the provisions on the Baltic Sea MoU, shipowners are urged to meet the provisions as soon as possible.
The chapter is amended in order to implement the International Maritime Solid Bulk (IMSBC) Code, laying down guidelines for the carriage of hazardous solids carried in bulk. The application of the Baltic Sea agreement as an alternative to the IMDG Code when carrying dangerous goods on ro-ro ships in the Baltic Sea area and the preconditions for this have been clarified. In this connection, drivers are prescribed to guarantee declarations on dangerous goods. Furthermore, the regulations on old gas tankers have been updated. Finally, the footnotes in the chapter have been updated.
Chapter XXI – Prevention of oil pollution from ships
In this chapter, an appendix containing a new part VIII has been introduced. As a consequence of the new regulations, consequential amendments will be made in the IOPP certificate as well as the Oil Record Book. The appendix contains the new certificate, and the Oil Record Book will be published before the entry into force of the new regulations.
The new regulations concern stricter requirements for STS operations.
Annex 1 A – SOLAS certificates
Minor editorial amendments have been made to this part as a consequence of the amendments of chapter V on the implementation of bridge navigation watch alarm systems.
Annex 1 C – MARPOL certificates
The IOPP certificate has been amended as a consequence of the amendments to chapter XXI on the prevention of oil pollution by ships.
Annex 1 C – MARPOL certificates
The IAPP certificate has been amended as a consequence of the amendments of chapter XXVI on the prevention of air pollution by ships.
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