Regulation 7
Surveys of passenger ships*
* Refer to Surveys and inspections of ro-ro passenger ships (
resolution A.794(19)
, Guidelines for
unscheduled inspections of ro-ro passenger ships by flag States (
MSC/Circ.956
) and Guidelines for
the assessment of technical provisions for the performance of an in-water survey in lieu of bottom
inspection in dry-dock to permit one dry-dock examination in any five-year period for passenger
ships other than ro-ro passenger ships (
MSC.1/Circ.1348
).
(a) A passenger ship shall be subjected to the surveys specified below:
(i) an initial survey before the ship is put in service;
(ii) a renewal survey once every 12 months, except where regulation 14 (b), (e), (f) and (g) is
applicable;
(iii) additional surveys, as occasion arises.
(b) The surveys referred to above shall be carried out as follows:
(i) the initial survey shall include a complete inspection of the ship's structure, machinery and
equipment, including the outside of the ship's bottom and the inside and outside of the boilers.
This survey shall be such as to ensure that the arrangements, materials and scantlings of the
structure, boilers and other pressure vessels and their appurtenances, main and auxiliary
machinery, electrical installation, radio installations including those used in life-saving appliances,
fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances, life-saving appliances and arrangements,
shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications, means of embarkation for pilots and
other equipment fully comply with the requirements of he present regulations, and of the laws,
decrees, orders and regulations promulgated as a result thereof by the Administration for ships of
the service for which it is intended. The survey shall also be such as to ensure that the workmanship
of all parts of the ship and its equipment is in all respects satisfactory, and that the ship is provided
with the lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals as required by the
provisions of the present regulations and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea in force;
(ii) the renewal survey shall include an inspection of the structure, boilers and other pressure
vessels, machinery and equipment, including the outside of the ship's bottom. The survey shall be
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such as to ensure that the ship, as regards the structure, boilers and other pressure vessels and
their appurtenances, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical installation, radio installations
including those used in life-saving appliances, fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances,
life-saving appliances and arrangements, shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications,
means of embarkation for pilots and other equipment is in satisfactory condition and is fit for the
service for which it is intended, and that it complies with the requirements of the present
regulations and of the laws, decrees, orders and regulations promulgated as a result thereof by the
Administration. The lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals carried by
the ship shall also be subject to the abovementioned survey for the purpose of ensuring that they
comply with the requirements of the present regulations and of the International Regulation for
Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
(iii) an additional survey either general or partial, according to the circumstances, shall be made
after a repair resulting from investigations prescribed in regulation 11, or whenever any important
repairs or renewals are made. The survey shall be such as to ensure that the necessary repairs or
renewals have been effectively made, that the material and workmanship of such repairs or
renewals are in all respects satisfactory, and that the ship complies in all respects with the
provisions of the present regulation and of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea in force, and of the laws, decrees, orders and regulations promulgated as a result thereof by
Administration;
(c)
(i) the laws, decrees, orders and regulations referred to in paragraph (b) of this regulation shall be
in all respects such as to ensure that, from the point of view of safety of life, the ship is fit for the
service for which it is intended;
(ii) they shall among other things prescribe the requirements to be observed as to the initial and
subsequent hydraulic or other acceptable alternative tests to which the main and auxiliary boilers,
connections, steam pipes, high pressure receivers and fuel tanks for internal combustion engines are
to be submitted including the test procedures to be followed and the intervals between two
consecutive tests.
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