The China Maritime Safety Administration now requires cargo ships constructed after 1992 and trading in Chinese ports to carry a Damage Control Booklet in addition to the Damage Control Plan. Ship owners and operators should ensure a Damage Control Booklet is available on board based on the ship's Damage Control Plan and using MSC.1/Circ.1245 as guidance. The Damage Control Booklet is not required to be approved by Class but should contain ship-specific information from documentation like the Damage Control Plan, General Arrangement Plan, and piping diagrams.
The China Maritime Safety Administration now requires cargo ships constructed after 1992 and trading in Chinese ports to carry a Damage Control Booklet in addition to the Damage Control Plan. Ship owners and operators should ensure a Damage Control Booklet is available on board based on the ship's Damage Control Plan and using MSC.1/Circ.1245 as guidance. The Damage Control Booklet is not required to be approved by Class but should contain ship-specific information from documentation like the Damage Control Plan, General Arrangement Plan, and piping diagrams.
The China Maritime Safety Administration now requires cargo ships constructed after 1992 and trading in Chinese ports to carry a Damage Control Booklet in addition to the Damage Control Plan. Ship owners and operators should ensure a Damage Control Booklet is available on board based on the ship's Damage Control Plan and using MSC.1/Circ.1245 as guidance. The Damage Control Booklet is not required to be approved by Class but should contain ship-specific information from documentation like the Damage Control Plan, General Arrangement Plan, and piping diagrams.
The China Maritime Safety Administration now requires cargo ships constructed after 1992 and trading in Chinese ports to carry a Damage Control Booklet in addition to the Damage Control Plan. Ship owners and operators should ensure a Damage Control Booklet is available on board based on the ship's Damage Control Plan and using MSC.1/Circ.1245 as guidance. The Damage Control Booklet is not required to be approved by Class but should contain ship-specific information from documentation like the Damage Control Plan, General Arrangement Plan, and piping diagrams.
Jan. 2013/TECH/11 Damage Control Booklets Following a recent case in China where the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) issued a deficiency (Code 17) requesting a Damage Control Booklet to be provided onboard before allowing the ship to sail, Owners / Operators of cargo ships constructed on or after 1 February 1992 and trading in Chinese ports should from now on ensure that a Damage Control Booklet (in addition to the Damage Control Plan) is available onboard. Where it is found that such booklet is not available, Owners/ Operators should produce the booklet, using MSC.1/Circ.1245 as guidance, and using a copy of, and based on, the Damage Control Plan already available onboard. The Damage Control Booklet in these situations is not required to be submitted to Class for approval.
Regulatory Background Expertise
Damage Control Plans and Damage Control Booklets AMC over the past years has prepared numerous have been required by SOLAS on cargo vessels (Chapter Damage Control Booklets that have obtained Class II-1 Regulation 19, dependant on ship type, construction approval. date and length) since 1992. A sample Damage Control Booklet is available here. The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Chapter II-1 Regulation 19 requires all appli- Required Information cable ships to be provided with plans showing clearly for Given that a Damage Control Booklet should be ship- each deck and hold the boundaries of the watertight specific, the following documentation is required: compartments, the openings therein with the means of closure and position of any controls thereof, and the Damage Control Plan arrangements for the correction of any list due to flood- Capacity Plan ing. This information should also be included in the damage control booklet. General Arrangement Plan Bilge & Ballast Piping Diagram MSC.1/Circ.1245 provides additional guidance on the development of Damage Control Booklets and the Vent & Sounding Piping Diagram necessary information to be included therein. Fore Spaces De-watering System Piping Diagram (if applicable) Applicability Water Ingress Alarm System (if applicable) Owners and operators of ships trading to Chinese ports Location (frame number) & capacities of all ballast & and specifically: bilge pumps
passenger ships, regardless of size, since at least
1974 dry cargo ships over 100 metres in length, constructed on or aer 1 February 1992 dry cargo ships over 80 metres in length, constructed on or aer 1 July 1998, and all ships, regardless of length, constructed on or aer 1 January 2009
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