Circular Letter
MSC/Circ.1177

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE 2000 HSC CODE

(25 May 2005)

 

 

1. The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first session (11 to 20 May 2005), approved the unified interpretation to the provisions of the 2000 HSC Code, as set out in the attached annex, following the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its forty-eighth session, with a view to ensuring a uniform approach towards the application of the provisions of the 2000 HSC Code.

 

2. Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation when applying relevant provisions of the 2000 HSC Code and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.

 

Annex.

 UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE 2000 HSC CODE

 

CHAPTER 9.
MACHINERY

 

Part A – General

 

Paragraph 9.1.5 - Machinery installations: dead craft condition

 

"Means shall be provided to ensure that machinery can be brought into operation from the dead craft condition without external aid."

 

Interpretation

 

Dead craft condition for the purpose of paragraph 9.1.5 should be understood to mean a condition under which the main propulsion plant and auxiliaries are not in operation and, in restoring the propulsion, no stored energy is assumed to be available for starting and operating the propulsion plant, the main source of electrical power and other essential auxiliaries. It is assumed that means are available at all times to start the emergency generator or one of the main generators when the main source is