Circular Letter MSC/Circ.1176
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS TO SOLAS CHAPTERS II-1 AND XII AND TO THE TECHNICAL PROVISIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS FOR INSPECTIONS

Annex. INTERPRETATIONS TO CHAPTER II-1, INCLUDING THE TECHNICAL PROVISIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS FOR INSPECTIONS, AND CHAPTER XII, INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR WATER LEVEL DETECTORS ON BULK CARRIERS, OF THE 1974 SOLAS CONVENTION

Table of contents

1. SOLAS REGULATION II-1/3-6 – ACCESS TO AND WITHIN SPACES IN THE CARGO AREA OF OIL TANKERS AND BULK CARRIERS

2. TECHNICAL PROVISIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS FOR INSPECTIONS (RESOLUTION MSC.158(78))

3. SOLAS REGULATION II-1/26 - GENERAL

4. SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/40 – GENERAL - AND II-1/41 - MAIN SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS

5. SOLAS REGULATION II-1/41 - MAIN SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS

6. SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/42 AND II-1/43 - EMERGENCY SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER IN PASSENGER AND CARGO SHIPS

7. SOLAS REGULATION II-1/44 - STARTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMERGENCY GENERATING SETS

8. SOLAS CHAPTER II-1, PARTS B AND B-1

9. SOLAS REGULATION XII/9 – REQUIREMENTS FOR BULK CARRIERS NOT BEING CAPABLE OF COMPLYING WITH REGULATION 4.3 DUE TO THE DESIGN CONFIGURATION OF THEIR CARGO HOLDS

10. SOLAS REGULATION XII/12 – HOLD, BALLAST AND DRY SPACE WATER INGRESS ALARMS

11. SOLAS REGULATION XII/13 - AVAILABILITY OF PUMPING SYSTEMS SOLAS regulation XII/13.1 and MSC/Circ.1069