Director Per Sønderstrup, Danish Maritime AuthorityDanish Society for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 23 November 2015

PASSENGER SHIPS – now and in the future

Passenger ship regulations – what’s in the pipeline?

State of play in PAX regulations

1. Follow up after Costa Concordia accident2. Review of Stability3. Fire Safety4. EU REFIT

Costa Concordia triggered a major review of passengership regulations (January 2012)

Interim Measures (operational) 1. Lifejackets (same design and stowage places)2. Emergency instructions (improve guidance and

participate in drills)3. Muster Policy (24 hr rule)4. Access to navigation bridge5. Voyage planning6. Recording of nationality7. Lifeboat loading for traning purposes8. Securing heavy objects9. Inclinometer data for VDR

IMO long term action plan (two sections)

Review of conditions under which passenger ship watertight doors may be opened during navigation and prepare amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/22 and MSC.1/Circ.1380

Already on the agenda of SDC 2. For new ships only. The goal should be to obviate the need to pass through watertight doors during the daily work and activities on board. For new and existing ships. Monitoring and assessing risk from operation of watertight doors.

Revision of SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations Limit the down flooding points on the bulkhead deck for new passenger ships Double hull in way of main engine-rooms

Related to the ongoing work in SDC, under the existing agenda item on amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations

Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1, part B-4, Stability Management, to include requirements on damage control drills for passenger ships

MSC 93 agreed to include this new unplanned output in the 2014-2015 biennial agenda of the SDC Sub-Committee and provisional agenda for SDC 2, with a target completion year of 2016.

IMO long term action plan (8 items)

Revision of section 3 on damage control plans of the Guidelines for damage control plans and information to the master (MSC.1/Circ.1245) to include enhancements to the damage control plan for passenger ships

MSC 93 agreed to include this new unplanned output in the post-biennial agenda of the SDC Sub-Committee.

On-board stability computer or shore-based support for existing passenger ships

MSC 94 agreed to include this output as a new unplanned output in the post-biennial agenda of SDC Sub-Committee

Evacuation analysis Regulation 13, subparagraphs 3.2, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4

MSC 93 agreed to expand the existing output "Review of the recommendations on evacuation analysis for new and existing passenger ships" (planned output 5.1.1.3) to include development of amendments to SOLAS and other mandatory instruments to make the application of evacuation analysis to passenger ships mandatory.

Review of the adequacy of passenger ship specific safety training in the STCW Convention

The Group noted that this item was included on the agenda of STW 45 at MSC 91, and was of the view that it should be maintained on the agenda of HTW 1. Enhanced damage stability training programme for deck officers and engineers.

Review the adequacy of shipboard safety signs and markings

The issue of emergency drills, which was previously part of the description of this potential issue, has been forwarded separately as a proposal for damage control drills on passenger ships (see table 2, No.3 above). target completion date of 2016.

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/maritime/safety/passenger_ships_en.htm

First step• a simplified regulatory framework for EU passenger ship safety and will promote the

upgrade of damage stability standards at international level. • Simplifying EU passenger ship safety regulatory framework: ..proposals in view

of removing the outdated, ambiguous or overlapping requirements identified in this fitness check,

• (a) aluminium is a material equivalent to steel (under clarified corresponding fire insulation requirements); and (b) offshore service vessels and traditional ships fall outside the scope of the Directive

• Simplifying the sea areas definition in Directive 2009/45/EC

• Excluding passenger ships built of steel or equivalent material of below 24 m in length from the scope of Directive 2009/45/EC

• EU proposal for a new damage stability standard (the so called "R index") to the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction meeting in January 2016, with a view of finding an agreement on a higher standard by the Maritime Safety Committee in 2016

4.2. Second step • Review the adequacy of differences in safety requirements between Class

C and D ships under Directive 2009/45/EC and the corresponding sea areas

• Promote the application of specific surveys under Directive 1999/35/EC to Classes B, C and D of ro-pax vessels engaged in regular services

• Assess the possibility to propose amending or repealing the specific EU damage stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships, on the basis of international standards, if these will have been upgraded in a satisfactory manner for the EU

• Consider developing guidelines or a code for small vessels and vessels built in non-steel or equivalent materials, based on functional requirements

Revision af stability requirementsFinding R

What about Fire Safety?

Le Boreal

Fire safety – new challenges

IGF CodeFRPBattery

Questions?

What about SOLAS 2030Goal Based StandardsFSA