These Instructions are issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport for the guidance of marine surveyors in the surveying of High-Speed Craft the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1st July 2008 for the purpose of the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004 (as amended), which replaces the 1996 Regulations. They indicate to the designers, shipbuilders, shipowners and others the procedure which the United Kingdom adopts for the survey and acceptance of the structure, systems, fittings, arrangements and materials for High-Speed Craft as well as the condition under which the High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate, UK High Speed Craft Safety Certificate and the Permit to Operate High-Speed Craft are issued.
Content:
Front Matter
• Amendment Sheet
• Table of Contents
• Objective of Instruction
• General Guidance
• Preamble
1. General Comments and Requirements
2. Buoyancy, Stability and Subdivision
3. Structures
4. Accommodation and Escape Measures
5. Directional Control Systems
6. Anchoring, Towing and Berthing
7. Fire Safety
8. Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements
9. Machinery
10. Auxiliary Systems
11. Remote Control, Alarm and Safety Systems
12. Electrical Installations
13. Shipborne Navigational Systems and Equipment and Voyage Data Recorders
14. Radiocommunications
15. Operating Compartment Layout
16. Stabilization Systems
17. Handling, Controllability and Performance
18. Operational Requirements
• 19. Inspection and Maintenance Requirements
Annexes
Appendices