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MSC Circ 1570 Dam Cont Plan Amendment PDF
MSC Circ 1570 Dam Cont Plan Amendment PDF
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MSC.1/Circ.1570
9 June 2017
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-eighth session (7 to 16 June 2017), with
a view to improving the damage control information on board passenger ships and to positively
impacting survivability of those ships in the event of flooding, approved amendments to
the Guidelines for damage control plans and information to the master (MSC.1/Circ.1245), as
prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction at its fourth session
(13 to 17 February 2017), as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to use MSC.1/Circ.1245 in conjunction with the annexed
amendments when applying the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-1/19 to passenger ships
built on or after 9 June 2017 and to passenger ships which undergo significant alterations on
or after 9 June 2017, that necessitate amending the damage control information, and to bring
these amendments to the attention of all parties concerned.
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MSC.1/Circ.1570
Annex, page 1
ANNEX
1 After the existing paragraph 3.2.7, the following new paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 are
inserted as follows:
"3.3 In addition to the provisions of paragraph 3.2 above, damage control plans
of passenger ships should be prepared as follows:
.1 provide the plan in colour and ensure that it is legible when printed;
.10 the inboard profile plan should indicate the compartment boundaries
with the list of watertight closing appliances necessary to ensure
the watertight integrity of the compartment and the list of tanks and
description of spaces within the compartment (see the example
below).
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MSC.1/Circ.1570
Annex, page 2
3.4 Where fittings or equipment are common in both fire and damage control
plans of passenger ships, the graphical symbols used in damage control plans should
be in accordance with the Graphical symbols for shipboard fire control plans
(resolution A.952(23))."
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