Passenger ship safety - draft SOLAS amendments on evacuation analysis approved

摘要

As part of the ongoing work programme to improve passenger ship safety, the MSC approved draft amendments to SOLAS regulation Ⅱ-2/13 to extend the requirements for evacuation analysis to all passenger ships, not just ro-ro passenger ships. Also approved were draft amendments to SOLAS regulation Ⅱ-1/22 to clarify when watertight doors may be opened during a voyage (applicable to all ships). The MSC approved guidance for watertight doors on passenger ships which may be opened during navigation, which includes appendices, containing: procedure for the determination of the impact of open watertight doors on passenger ship survivability (floatability assessment); technical standards for watertight doors on passenger ships; flowchart on guidance for permitting watertight doors on passenger ships to remain open during navigation; and illustration of application of the floatability assessment under hazardous conditions in the guidance.