1、 Load Lines International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and Protocol of 1988, as amended in 2003 CONSOLIDATED EDITION, 2005 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORG ANiZATION London, 2005 Fint published in 1981 by the INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR Second edition 2002 Thi
2、rd edition 2005 Printed in the United Kingdom by Polestar Wheatons Ltd 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 ISBN 92-801-4194-5 Sales number: 16701 E Copyright 0 IMO 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means withou
3、t prior permission in writing from the International Maritime Organization. Foreword Introduction 1 The International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1966 LL Convention) was adopted by the international Conference on Load Lines on 5 April 1966 and entered into force on 21 July 1968. It has since bee
4、n amended by means of Assembly resolutions as follows: by Assembly resolution A.231(VII), which was adopted on 12 October 1971; by Assembly resolution A.319(IX), which was adopted on 12 November 1975; by Assembly resolution A.411(XI), which was adopted on 15 November 1979; by Assembly resolution A.5
5、13(13), which was adopted on 17 November 1983; and by Assembly resolution A.784(19), which was adopted on 23 November 1995. .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 As far as the 1966 LL Convention is concerned, these amendments had not entered into force at the time of publication of the present consolidated edition. 2 The
6、1966 LL Convention was modified by the 1988 Protocol relating thereto, which was adopted on 11 November 1988 by the International Conference on the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification and entered into force on 3 February 2000. The intention of the 1988 Protocol is to harmonize the Conventi
7、on?s survey and certification requirements with those contained in SOLAS and MARPOL. The 1988 LL Protocol itself has been modified by the 2003 Amendments, which were adopted by resolution MSC.143(77) on 5 June 2003 and entered into force on 1 January 2005, and by the 2004 Amendments, which were adop
8、ted by resolution MSC.172(79) on 9 December 2004 and are expected to enter into force on 1 July 2006. The 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1995 amendments to the 1966 LL Convention referred to in paragraphs 1.1 to 1.5 above were incorporated into the 1988 LL Protocol, as amended by resolution MSC.143(77).
9、 Content of the consolidated text 3 This publication contains the 1966 LL Convention; the articles of the 1988 LL Protocol; a consolidated text ofthe 1966 LL Convention as modified by the 1988 LL Protocol, which has been amended by resolution MSC.143(77); the 2004 Amendments to the 1988 LL Protocol,
10、 which have iii Foreword not yet entered into force; and the unified interpretations of the 1966 LL Convention approved by the Maritime Safety Committee up to December 2004. 4 The publication has been arranged in six parts: .1 .2 .3 part 1, which contains a reproduction of the original text of the 1
11、966 LL Convention; part 2, which contains the Articles of the 1988 LL Protocol; part 3, containing the 1966 LL Convention as modified by the 1988 LL Protocol, which has been amended by resolution MSC. 143(77); part 4, which contains the 2004 amendments to the 1988 LL Protocol, which were adopted by
12、resolution MSC.172(79) and are expected to enter into force on 1 July 2006; part 5, which contains the unified interpretations of the 1966 LL Convention approved by the Maritime Safety Committee up to December 2004. These interpretations were originally dis- seminated by circulars LL.S/Circ. 69, LL.
13、3/Circ. 77, LL.S/Circ. 130 and LL.3/Circ.155; and part 6, consisting of the Form of Record of conditions of assignment of load Iines accepted by the Maritime Safety Committee. 5 In Part 3, those articles and regulations of the 1966 LL Convention which have been modified by the 1988 Protocol, as amen
14、ded, are indicated by the symbol . It should be noted that, from the legal point ofview, the 1988 Protocol is only applicable to ships entitled to fly the flag of a State which is a Party to the Protocol, 6 In accordance with resolution A.351(IX), whereby the Assembly resolved that metric units in t
15、he “Systme international dunits” (SI System) should be introduced in the 1974 SOLAS Convention at the first opportunity and also in all future instruments to be adopted under the auspices of the Organization, the text of the 1966 LL Convention as modified by the 1988 Protocol contained in the presen
16、t publication shows values and dimensions in SI units only. Thus, the values and dimensions in imperial units are omitted only for the purposes of the present publication and also for consistency with the regulations of the Convention that have been modified by the 1988 Protocol, where all dimension
17、s are given in SI units only. .4 .5 .6 iv Contents Page Part 1 International Convention on Load Lines. 1966 Articles of the Convention . Annex I: Regulations for determining load lines 3 19 Chapter1 . General . 19 Chapter II . Conditions of assignment of freeboard 27 Chapter III . Freeboards . 38 Ch
18、apter IV . Special requirements for ships assigned timber freeboards 61 Annex II: Zones, areas and seasonal periods . 65 Annex III: Certificates 75 Part 2 Articles of the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention 83 Part 3 International Convention on Load Lines. 1966. as modified by the 1988 Proto
19、col relating thereto. as amended Annex A: Articles of the Convention as modified by the Protocol of 1988 relating thereto . 93 Annex B: Annexes to the Convention as modified by the Protocol of 1988 relating thereto . 109 Annex I: Regulations for determining load lines 109 Chapter I . General . 109 C
20、hapter II . Conditions ofassignment offreeboard 120 Chapter III . Freeboards . 144 Chapter IV . Special requirements for ships assigned timber freeboards 171 Annex II: Zones. areas and seasonal periods . 175 Annex III: Certificates 185 V Con tents Part 4 Amendments to the 1988 Protocol that have not
21、 yet been accepted by sufficient parties to be able to come into force Resolution MSC.172(79) 197 Part 5 Unified interpretations of the provisions of the 1966 Convention. . 201 Part 6 Form of record of conditions of assignment of load lines 233 vi Part 1 International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
22、INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LOAD LINES, 1966 The Contracting Governments, DESIRING to establish uniform principles and rules with respect to the limits to which ships on international voyages may be loaded having regard to the need for safeguarding life and property at sea; CONSIDERING that this end
23、 may best be achieved by conclusion of a Convention; HAVE AGREED as follows: Article 1 General obligation under the Convention (i) The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention and the annexes hereto, which shall constitute an integral part of the p
24、resent Convention. Every reference to the present Convention constitutes at the same time a reference to the annexes. (2) be necessary to give effect to the present Convention. The Contracting Governments shall undertake all measures which may Article 2 DeJinit ions For the purpose of the present Co
25、nvention, unless expressly provided o thenvise: (i) Regulations means the regulations annexed to the present Convention. (2) Administration means the Government of the State whose flag the ship is flying. (3) Approved means approved by the Administration. (4) International voyage means a sea voyage
26、from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely. For this purpose, every territory for the international relations of which a Contracting Government is responsible or for which the United Nations are the administering authority is regarded as a se
27、parate country. (5) AJisking vessel is a ship used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea. (6) New shir, means a ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date of coming into force of the present Convention
28、for each Contracting Government. 3 International Convention on Load Lines, 3966 (7) Existing ship means a ship which is not a new ship. (8) Length means 96% of the total length on a waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore side of the
29、 stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline. see also the unified interpretation Article 3 General provisions (1) No ship to which the pre
30、sent Convention applies shall proceed to sea on an international voyage after the date on which the present Convention comes into force unless it has been surveyed, marked and provided with an International Load Line Certificate (1966) or, where appropriate, an International Load Line Exemption Cert
31、ificate in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention. (2) Nothing in this Convention shall prevent an Administration from assigning a greater freeboard than the minimum freeboard determined in accordance with annex I. Article 4 Application (1) The present Convention shall apply to: (a
32、) ships registered in countries the Governments of which are Contracting Governments; (b) ships registered in territories to which the present Convention is extended under article 32; and (c) unregistered ships flying the flag ofa State, the Government of which is a Contracting Government. (2) voyag
33、es. (3) ships. (4) Existing ships which do not fully comply with the requirements of the regulations contained in annex I or any part thereof shall meet at least such lesser related requirements as the Administration applied to ships on international voyages prior to the coming into force of the pre
34、sent Convention; in no case shall such ships be required to increase their freeboards. In order to take advantage of any reduction in freeboard from that previously assigned, existing ships shall comply with all the requirements of the present Convention. see also the unified interpretation The pres
35、ent Convention shall apply to ships engaged on international The regulations contained in annex I are specifically applicable to new 4 Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 (5) existing ships to which the present Convention applies. The regulations contained in annex II are applicable to new and Article 5 Exceptions
36、(1) The present Convention shall not apply to: (a) ships of war; (b) new ships of less than 24 metres (79 feet) in length; (c) existing ships of less than 150 tons gross; (d) pleasure yachts not engaged in trade; (e) fishing vessels. Nothing herein shall apply to ships solely navigating: (a) the Gre
37、at Lakes of North America and the River St. Lawrence as far east as a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63“ W; (2) (b) the Caspian Sea; (c) the Plate, Parana and Uruguay Rivers as far east as a
38、 rhumb line drawn between Punta Norte, Argentina, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. Article 6 Exemptions (1) Ships when engaged on international voyages between the near neighbouring ports of two or more States may be exempted by the Administration from the provisions of the present Convention, so long a
39、s they shall remain engaged on such voyages, if the Governments of the States in which such ports are situated shall be satisfied that the sheltered nature or conditions of such voyages between such ports make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply the provisions of the present Convention to ship
40、s engaged on such voyages. (2) The Administration may exempt any ship which embodies features ofa novel kind from any of the provisions of this Convention the application of which might seriously impede research into the development of such features and their incorporation in ships engaged on intern
41、ational voyages. Any such ship shall, however, comply with safety requirements which, in the opinion of that Administration, are adequate for the service for which it is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety of the ship and which are acceptable to the Governments of the States to be
42、visited by the ship. (3) The Administration which allows any exemption under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article shall communicate to the Inter-Governmental Maritime 5 International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 Consultative Organization* (hereinafter called “the Organization”) particulars of th
43、e same and reasons therefor which the Organization shall circulate to the Contracting Governments for their information. (4) A ship which is not normally engaged on international voyages but which, in exceptional circumstances, is required to undertake a single international voyage may be exempted b
44、y the Administration from any of the requirements of the present Convention, provided that it complies with safety requirements which, in the opinion of that Administration, are adequate for the voyage which is to be undertaken by the ship. Article 7 Force majeure (1) A ship which is not subject to
45、the provisions of the present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage shall not become subject to such provisions on account of any deviation from its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other cause of force majeure. (2) In applying the provisions of the present Convention,
46、 the Contracting Government shall give due consideration to any deviation or delay caused to any ship owing to stress of weather or any other cause ofjrce majeure. Article 8 Equivalents (1) The Administration may allow any fitting, material, appliance or apparatus to be fitted, or any other provisio
47、n to be made in a ship, other than that required by the present Convention, if it is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that such fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by the Convention. (2) The Administration which allows a fitting,
48、material, appliance or apparatus, or provision, other than that required by the present Convention, shall communicate to the Organization for circulation to the Contracting Governments particulars thereof, together with a report on any trials made. Article 9 Approvals for experimental purposes (i) N
49、othing in the present Convention shall prevent an Administration from making specific approvals for experimental purposes in respect of a ship to which the Convention applies. (2) An Administration which makes any such approval shall communicate to the Organization for circulation to the Contracting Governments particulars thereof. The name of thc Organization was changed to “Iriterriatiorial Mantirne Organization” by virtue of amendments to the Organizations Convention which entered into force on 22 May 1982. 6 Articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 A
