International Convention
on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969
(London, 23 June 1969)
THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS,
DESIRING to establish uniform principles
and rules with respect to the determination of tonnage of ships engaged
on international voyages;
CONSIDERING that this end may best
be achieved by the conclusion of a Convention;
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article 1
General obligation under the Convention
The Contracting Governments undertake to give
effect to the provisions of the present Convention and the Annexes hereto
which shall constitute an integral part of the present Convention. Every
reference to the present Convention constitutes at the same time a reference
to the Annexes.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of the present Convention,
unless expressly provided otherwise:
(1) "Regulations" means the Regulations annexed
to the present Convention;
(2) "Administration" means the Government
of the State whose flag the ship is flying;
(3) "international voyage" means a sea voyage
from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside
such country, or conversely. For this purpose, every territory for the
international relations of which a Contracting Government is responsible
or for which the United Nations are the administering authority is regarded
as a separate country;
(4) "gross tonnage" means the measure of the
overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of
the present Convention;
(5) "net tonnage" means the measure of the
useful capacity of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions
of the present Convention;
(6) "new ship" means a ship the keel of which
is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the
date
of coming into force of the present Convention;
(7) "existing ship" means a ship which is
not a new ship;
(8) "length" means 96 per cent of the total
length on a waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth measured
from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore side of the stem
to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater.
In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length
is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline;
(9) "Organization" means the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization.
Article 3
Application
(1) The present Convention shall apply to
the following ships engaged on international voyages;
(a) ships registered in countries the Governments
of which are Contracting Governments;
(b) ships registered in territories to which
the present Convention is extended under Article 20; and
(c) unregistered ships flying the flag of
a State, the Government of which is a Contracting Government.
(2) The present Convention shall apply to:
(a) new ships;
(b) existing ships which undergo alterations
or modifications which the Administration deems to be a substantial variation
in their existing gross tonnage;
(c) existing ships if the owner so requests;
and
(d) all existing ships, twelve years after
the date on which the Convention comes into force, except that such ships,
apart from those mentioned in (b) and (c) of this paragraph, shall retain
their then existing tonnages for the purpose of the application to them
of relevant requirements under other existing International Conventions.
(3) Existing ships to which the present Convention
has been applied in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(c) of this Article
shall not subsequently have their tonnages determined in accordance with
the requirements which the Administration applied to ships on international
voyages prior to the coming into force of the present Convention.
Article 4
Exceptions
(1) The present Convention shall not apply
to:
(a) ships of war; and
(b) ships of less than 24 metres (79 feet)
in length.
(2) Nothing herein shall apply to ships solely
navigating:
(a) the Great Lakes of North America and the
River St. Lawrence as far east as a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers
to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island,
the meridian of longitude 63W;
(b) the Caspian Sea; or
(c) the Plate, Parana and Uruguay Rivers as
far east as a rhumb line drawn between Punta Rasa (Cabo San Antonio), Argentina,
and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Article 5
Force majeure
(1) A ship which is not subject to the provisions
of the present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage shall
not become subject to such provisions on account of any deviation from
its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other cause of force
majeure.
(2) In applying the provisions of the present
Convention, the Contracting Governments shall give due consideration to
any deviation or delay caused to any ship owing to stress of weather or
any other cause of force majeure.
Article 6
Determination of tonnages
The determination of gross and net tonnages
shall be carried out by the Administration which may, however, entrust
such determination either to persons or organizations recognized by it.
In every case the Administration concerned shall accept full responsibility
for the determination of gross and net tonnages.
Article 7
Issue of certificate
(1) An International Tonnage Certificate (1969)
shall be issued to every ship, the gross and net tonnages of which have
been determined in accordance with the present Convention.
(2) Such certificate shall be issued by the
Administration or by any person or organization duly authorized by it.
In every case, the Administration shall assume full responsibility for
the certificate.
Article 8
Issue of certificate by another government
(1) A Contracting Government may, at the request
of another Contracting Government, determine the gross and net tonnages
of a ship and issue or authorize the issue of an International Tonnage
Certificate (1969) to the ship in accordance with the present Convention.
(2) A copy of the certificate and a copy of
the calculations of the tonnages shall be transmitted as early as possible
to the requesting Government.
(3) A certificate so issued shall contain
a statement to the effect that it has been issued at the request of the
Government of the State whose flag the ship is or will be flying and it
shall have the same validity and receive the same recognition as a certificate
issued under Article 7.
(4) No International Tonnage Certificate (1969)
shall be issued to a ship which is flying the flag of a State the Government
of which is not a Contracting Government.
Article 9
Form of certificate
(1) The certificate shall be drawn up in the
official language or languages of the issuing country. If the language
used is neither English nor French, the text shall include a translation
into one of these languages.
(2) The form of the certificate shall correspond
to that of the model given in Annex II.
Article 10
Cancellation of certificate
(1) Subject to any exceptions provided in
the Regulations, an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) shall cease
to be valid and shall be cancelled by the Administration if alterations
have taken place in the arrangement, construction, capacity, use of spaces,
total number of passengers the ship is permitted to carry as indicated
in the ship's passenger certificate, assigned load line or permitted draught
of the ship, such as would necessitate an increase in gross tonnage or
net tonnage.
(2) A certificate issued to a ship by an Administration
shall cease to be valid upon transfer of such a ship to the flag of another
State, except as provided in paragraph (3) of this Article.
(3) Upon transfer of a ship to the flag of
another State the Government of which is a Contracting Government, the
International Tonnage Certificate (1969) shall remain in force for a period
not exceeding three months, or until the Administration issues another
International Tonnage Certificate (1969) to replace it, whichever is the
earlier. The Contracting Government of the State whose flag the ship was
flying hitherto shall transmit to the Administration as soon as possible
after the transfer takes place a copy of the certificate carried by the
ship at the time of transfer and a copy of the relevant tonnage calculations.
Article 11
Acceptance of certificate
The certificate issued under the authority
of a Contracting Government in accordance with the present Convention shall
be accepted by the other Contracting Governments and regarded for all purposes
covered by the present Convention as having the same validity as certificates
issued by them.
Article 12
Inspection
(1) A ship flying the flag of a State the
Government of which is a Contracting Government shall be subject, when
in the ports of other Contracting Governments, to inspection by officers
duly authorized by such Governments. Such inspection shall be limited to
the purpose of verifying:
(a) that the ship is provided with a valid
International Tonnage Certificate (1969); and
(b) that the main characteristics of the ship
correspond to the data given in the certificate.
(2) In no case shall the exercise of such
inspection cause any delay to the ship.
(3) Should the inspection reveal that the
main characteristics of the ship differ from those entered on the International
Tonnage Certificate (1969) so as to lead to an increase in the gross tonnage
or the net tonnage, the Government of the State whose flag the ship is
flying shall be informed without delay.
Article 13
Privileges
The privileges of the present Convention may
not be claimed in favour of any ship unless it holds a valid certificate
under the Convention.
Article 14
Prior treaties, conventions and arrangements
(1) All other treaties, conventions and arrangements
relating to tonnage matters at present in force between Governments Parties
to the present Convention shall continue to have full and complete effect
during the terms thereof as regards:
(a) ships to which the present Convention
does not apply; and
(b) ships to which the present Convention
applies, in respect of matters for which it has not expressly provided.
(2) To the extent, however, that such treaties,
conventions or arrangements conflict with the provisions of the present
Convention, the provisions of the present Convention shall prevail.
Article 15
Communication of information
The Contracting Governments undertake to communicate
to and deposit with the Organization:
(a) a sufficient number of specimens of their
certificates issued under the provisions of the present Convention for
circulation to the Contracting Governments;
(b) the text of the laws, orders, decrees,
regulations and other instruments which shall have been promulgated on
the various matters within the scope of the present Convention; and
(c) a list of non-governmental agencies which
are authorized to act in their behalf in matters relating to tonnages for
circulation to the Contracting Governments.
Article 16
Signature, acceptance and accession
(1) The present Convention shall remain open
for signature for six months from 23 June 1969, and shall thereafter remain
open for accession. Governments of States Members of the United Nations,
or of any of the Specialized Agencies, or of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, or parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice
may become Parties to the Convention by:
(a) signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(b) signature subject to acceptance followed
by acceptance; or
(c) accession.
(2) Acceptance or accession shall be effected
by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance or accession with the Organization.
The Organization shall inform all Governments which have signed the present
Convention or acceded to it of each new acceptance or accession and of
the date of its deposit. The Organization shall also inform all Governments
which have already signed the Convention of any signature effected during
the six months from 23 June 1969.
Article 17
Coming into force
(1) The present Convention shall come into
force twenty-four months after the date on which not less than twenty-five
Governments of States the combined merchant fleets of which constitute
not less than sixty-five per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant
shipping have signed without reservation as to acceptance or deposited
instruments of acceptance or accession in accordance with Article 16. The
Organization shall inform all Governments which have signed or acceded
to the present Convention of the date on which it comes into force
(2) For Governments which have deposited an
instrument of acceptance of or accession to the present Convention during
the twenty-four months mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article, the
acceptance or accession shall take effect on the coming into force of the
present Convention or three months after the date of deposit of the instrument
of acceptance or accession, whichever is the later date.
(3) For Governments which have deposited an
instrument of acceptance of or accession to the present Convention after
the date on which it comes into force, the Convention shall come into force
three months after the date of the deposit of such instrument.
(4) After the date on which all measures required
to bring an amendment to the present Convention into force have been completed,
or all necessary acceptances are deemed to have been given under sub-paragraph
(b) of paragraph (2) of Article 18 in case of amendment by unanimous acceptance,
any instrument of acceptance or accession deposited shall be deemed to
apply to the Convention as amended.
Article 18
Amendments
(1) The present Convention may be amended
upon the proposal of a Contracting Government by any of the procedures
specified in this Article.
(2) Amendment by unanimous acceptance:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government,
any amendment proposed by it to the present Convention shall be communicated
by the Organization to all Contracting Governments for consideration with
a view to unanimous acceptance.
(b) Any such amendment shall enter into force
twelve months after the date of its acceptance by all Contracting Governments
unless an earlier date is agreed upon. A Contracting Government which does
not communicate its acceptance or rejection of the amendment to the Organization
within twenty-four months of its first communication by the latter shall
be deemed to have accepted the amendment.
(3) Amendment after consideration in the Organization:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government,
any amendment proposed by it to the present Convention will be considered
in the Organization. If adopted by a majority of two-thirds of those present
and voting in the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization, such amendment
shall be communicated to all Members of the Organization and all Contracting
Governments at least six months prior to its consideration by the Assembly
of the Organization.
(b) If adopted by a two-thirds majority of
those present and voting in the Assembly, the amendment shall be communicated
by the Organization to all Contracting Governments for their acceptance.
(c) Such amendment shall come into force twelve
months after the date on which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting
Governments. The amendment shall come into force with respect to all Contracting
Governments except those which, before it comes into force, make a declaration
that they do not accept the amendment.
(d) The Assembly, by a two-thirds majority
of those present and voting, including two-thirds of the Governments represented
on the Maritime Safety Committee and present and voting in the Assembly,
may propose a determination at the time of its adoption that an amendment
is of such an important nature that any Contracting Government which makes
a declaration under sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph and which does
not accept the amendment within a period of twelve months after it comes
into force, shall cease to be a party to the present Convention upon the
expiry of that period. This determination shall be subject to the prior
acceptance of two-thirds of the Contracting Governments.
(e) Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent
the Contracting Government which first proposed action under this paragraph
on an amendment to the present Convention from taking at any time such
alternative action as it deems desirable in accordance with paragraphs
(2) or (4) of this Article.
(4) Amendment by a conference:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government,
concurred in by at least one-third of the Contracting Governments, a conference
of Governments will be convened by the Organization to consider amendments
to the present Convention.
(b) Every amendment adopted by such a conference
by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting of the Contracting
Governments shall be communicated by the Organization to all Contracting
Governments for their acceptance.
(c) Such amendment shall come into force twelve
months after the date on which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting
Governments. The amendment shall come into force with respect to all Contracting
Governments except those which, before it comes into force, make a declaration
that they do not accept the amendment.
(d) By a two-thirds majority of those present
and voting, a conference convened under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph
may determine at the time of its adoption that an amendment is of such
an important nature that any Contracting Government which makes a declaration
under sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph, and which does not accept the
amendment within a period of twelve months after it comes into force, shall
cease to be a Party to the present Convention upon the expiry of that period.
(5) The Organization shall inform all Contracting
Governments of any amendments which may come into force under this Article,
together with the date on which each such amendment will come into force.
(6) Any acceptance or declaration under this
Article shall be made by the deposit of an instrument with the Organization
which shall notify all Contracting Governments of the receipt of the acceptance
or declaration.
Article 19
Denunciation
(1) The present Convention may be denounced
by any Contracting Government at any time after the expiry of five years
from the date on which the Convention comes into force for that Government.
(2) Denunciation shall be effected by the
deposit of an instrument with the Organization which shall inform all the
other Contracting Governments of any such denunciation received and of
the date of its receipt.
(3) A denunciation shall take effect one year,
or such longer period as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation,
after its receipt by the Organization.
Article 20
Territories
(1) (a) The United Nations, in cases where
they are the administering authority for a territory, or any Contracting
Government responsible for the international relations of a territory,
shall as soon as possible consult with such territory or take such measures
as may be appropriate in an endeavour to extend the present Convention
to that territory and may at any time by notification in writing to the
Organization declare that the present Convention shall extend to such territory.
(b) The present Convention shall, from the
date of receipt of the notification or from such other date as may be specified
in the notification, extend to the territory named therein.
(2) (a) The United Nations, or any Contracting
Government which has made a declaration under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph
(1) of this Article at any time after the expiry of a period of five years
from the date on which the Convention has been so extended to any territory,
may by notification in writing to the Organization declare that the present
Convention shall cease to extend to any such territory named in the notification.
(b) The present Convention shall cease to
extend to any territory mentioned in such notification one year, or such
longer period as may be specified therein, after the date of receipt of
the notification by the Organization.
(3) The Organization shall inform all the
Contracting Governments of the extension of the present Convention to all
territories under paragraph (1) of this Article, and of the termination
of any such extension under the provisions of paragraph (2) stating in
each case the date from which the present Convention has been or will cease
to be so extended.
Article 21
Deposit and registration
(1) The present Convention shall be deposited
with the Organization and the Secretary-General of the Organization shall
transmit certified true copies thereof to all Signatory Governments and
to all Governments which accede to the present Convention.
(2) As soon as the present Convention comes
into force, the text shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General of the
Organization to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration
and publication, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United
Nations.
Article 22
Languages
The present Convention is established in a
single copy in the English and French languages, both texts being equally
authentic. Official translations in the Russian and Spanish languages shall
be prepared and deposited with the signed original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned
being duly authorized by their respective Governments for that purpose
have signed the present Convention.
DONE at London this twenty-third day
of June 1969.
ANNEX 1
REGULATIONS FOR DETERMINING GROSS AND NET
TONNAGES OF SHIPS
Regulation 1
General
(1) The tonnage of a ship shall consist of
gross tonnage and net tonnage.
(2) The gross tonnage and the net tonnage
shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
(3) The gross tonnage and the net tonnage
of novel types of craft whose constructional features are such as to render
the application of the provisions of these Regulations unreasonable or
impracticable shall be as determined by the Administration. Where the tonnage
is so determined, the Administration shall communicate to the Organization
details of the method used for that purpose, for circulation to the Contracting
Governments for their information.
Regulation 2
Definition of terms used in the Annexes
(1) Upper Deck
The upper deck is the uppermost complete deck
exposed to weather and sea, which has permanent means of weathertight closing
of all openings in the weather part thereof, and below which all openings
in the sides of the ship are fitted with permanent means of watertight
closing. In a ship having a stepped upper deck, the lowest line of the
exposed deck and the continuation of that line parallel to the upper part
of the deck is taken as the upper deck.
(2) Moulded Depth
(a) The moulded depth is the vertical distance
measured from the top of the keel to the underside of the upper deck at
side. In wood and composite ships the distance is measured from the lower
edge of the keel rabbet. Where the form at the lower part of the midship
section is of a hollow character, or where thick garboards are fitted,
the distance is measured from the point where the line of the flat of the
bottom continued inwards cuts the side of the keel.
(b) In ships having rounded gunwales, the
moulded depth shall be measured to the point of intersection of the moulded
lines of the deck and side shell plating, the lines extending as though
the gunwales were of angular design.
(c) Where the upper deck is stepped and the
raised part of the deck extends over the point at which the moulded depth
is to be determined, the moulded depth shall be measured to a line of reference
extending from the lower part of the deck along a line parallel with the
raised part.
(3) Breadth
The breadth is the maximum breadth of the
ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a ship with
a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell
of any other material.
(4) Enclosed spaces
Enclosed spaces are all those spaces which
are bounded by the ship's hull, by fixed or portable partitions or bulkheads,
by decks or coverings other than permanent or movable awnings. No break
in a deck, nor any opening in the ship's hull, in a deck or in a covering
of a space, or in the partitions or bulkheads of a space, nor the absence
of a partition or bulkhead, shall preclude a space from being included
in the enclosed space.
(5) Excluded Spaces
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
(4) of this Regulation, the spaces referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to
(e) inclusive of this paragraph shall be called excluded spaces and shall
not be included in the volume of enclosed spaces, except that any such
space which fulfils at least one of the following three conditions shall
be treated as an enclosed space:
- the space is fitted with shelves or other
means for securing cargo or stores;
- the openings are fitted with any means of
closure;
- the construction provides any possibility
of such openings being closed:
(a) (i) A space within an erection opposite
an end opening extending from deck to deck except for a curtain plate of
a depth not exceeding by more than 25 millimetres (one inch) the depth
of the adjoining deck beams, such opening having a breadth equal to or
greater than 90 per cent of the breadth of the deck at the line of the
opening of the space. This provision shall be applied so as to exclude
from the enclosed spaces only the space between the actual end opening
and a line drawn parallel to the line or face of the opening at a distance
from the opening equal to one half of the width of the deck at the line
of the opening (Figure 1 in Appendix 1).
(a) (ii) Should the width of the space because
of any arrangement except by convergence of the outside plating, become
less than 90 per cent of the breadth of the deck, only the space between
the line of the opening and a parallel line drawn through the point where
the athwartships width of the space becomes equal to, or less than, 90
per cent of the breadth of the deck shall be excluded from the volume of
enclosed spaces (Figures 2, 3 and 4 in Appendix 1).
(a) (iii) Where an interval which is completely
open except for bulwarks or open rails separates any two spaces, the exclusion
of one or both of which is permitted under sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and/or
(a)(ii), such exclusion shall not apply if the separation between the two
spaces is less than the least half breadth of the deck in way of the separation
(Figures 5 and 6 in Appendix 1).
(b) A space under an overhead deck covering
open to the sea and weather, having no other connexion on the exposed sides
with the body of the ship than the stanchions necessary for its support.
In such a space, open rails or a bulwark and curtain plate may be fitted
or stanchions fitted at the ship's side, provided that the distance between
the top of the rails or the bulwark and the curtain plate is not less than
0.75 metres (2.5 feet) or one-third of the height of the space, whichever
is the greater (Figure 7 in Appendix 1).
(c) A space in a side-to-side erection directly
in way of opposite side openings not less in height than 0.75 metres (2.5
feet) or one-third of the height of the erection, whichever is the greater.
If the opening in such an erection is provided on one side only, the space
to be excluded from the volume of enclosed spaces shall be limited inboard
from the opening to a maximum of one-half of the breadth of the deck in
way of the opening (Figure 8 in Appendix 1).
(d) A space in erection immediately below
an uncovered opening in the deck overhead, provided that such an opening
is exposed to the weather and the space excluded from enclosed spaces is
limited to the area of the opening (Figure 9 in Appendix 1).
(e) A recess in the boundary bulkhead of an
erection which is exposed to the weather and the opening of which extends
from deck to deck without means of closing, provided that the interior
width is not greater than the width at the entrance and its extension into
the erection is not greater than twice the width of its entrance (Figure
10 in Appendix 1).
(6) Passenger
A passenger is every person other than:
(a) the master and the members of the crew
or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on
the business of that ship; and
(b) a child under one year of age.
(7) Cargo Spaces
Cargo spaces to be included in the computation
of net tonnage are enclosed spaces appropriated for the transport of cargo
which is to be discharged from the ship, provided that such spaces have
been included in the computation of gross tonnage. Such cargo spaces shall
be certified by permanent marking with the letters CC (cargo compartment)
to be so positioned that they are readily visible and not to be less than
100 millimetres (4 inches) in height.
(8) Weathertight
Weathertight means that in any sea conditions
water will not penetrate into the ship.
Regulation 3
Gross tonnage
The gross tonnage (GT) of a ship shall be
determined by the following formula:
GT = K1V
where: V = Total volume of all enclosed spaces
of the ship in cubic metres,
K1 = 0.2 + 0.02log10V
(or as tabulated in Appendix 2).
Regulation 4
Net Tonnage
(1) The net tonnage (NT) of a ship shall be
determined by the following formula:
NT = K2Vc 4d2
+ K3 (N1 + N2),
3D 10
in which formula:
(a) the factor 4d2 shall
not be taken as greater than unity;
3D
(b) the term K2Vc 4d2
shall not be taken as less than 0.25 GT; and
3D
(c) NT shall not be taken as less than 0.30
GT, and in which:
Vc = total volume of cargo spaces
in cubic metres,
K2 = 0.2 + 0.02 log10Vc
(or as tabulated in Appendix 2),
K3 = 1.25 (GT + 10,000)/10,000
D = moulded depth amidships in metres as defined
in Regulation 2(2),
d = moulded draught amidships in metres as
defined in paragraph (2) of this Regulation,
N1 = number of passengers in cabins
with not more than 8 berths,
N2 = number of other passengers,
N1 + N2 = total number
of passengers the ship is permitted to carry as indicated in the ship's
passenger certificate; when N1 + N2 is less than
13, N1 and N2 shall be taken as zero,
GT = gross tonnage of the ship as determined
in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 3.
(2) The moulded draught (d) referred to in
paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be one of the following draughts:
(a) for ships to which the International Convention
on Load Lines in force applies, the draught corresponding to the Summer
Load Line (other than timber load lines) assigned in accordance with that
Convention;
(b) for passenger ships, the draught corresponding
to the deepest subdivision load line assigned in accordance with the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in force or other international
agreement where applicable;
(c) for ships to which the International Convention
on Load Lines does not apply but which have been assigned a load line in
compliance with national requirements, the draught corresponding to the
summer load line so assigned;
(d) for ships to which no load line has been
assigned but the draught of which is restricted in compliance with national
requirements, the maximum permitted draught;
(e) for other ships, 75 per cent of the moulded
depth amidships as defined in Regulation 2(2).
Regulation 5
Change of net tonnage
(1) When the characteristics of a ship, such
as V, Vc, d, N1 or N2 as defined in Regulations
3 and 4, are altered and where such an alteration results in an increase
in its net tonnage as determined in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
4, the net tonnage of the ship corresponding to the new characteristics
shall be determined and shall be applied without delay.
(2) A ship to which load lines referred to
in sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) of Regulation 4 are concurrently assigned
shall be given only one net tonnage as determined in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation 4 and that tonnage shall be the tonnage applicable
to the appropriate assigned load line for the trade in which the ship is
engaged.
(3) When the characteristics of a ship such
as V, Vc, d, N1 or N2 as defined in Regulations
3 and 4 are altered or when the appropriate assigned load line referred
to in paragraph (2) of this Regulation is altered due to the change of
the trade in which the ship is engaged, and where such an alteration results
in a decrease in its net tonnage as determined in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation 4, a new International Tonnage Certificate (1969) incorporating
the net tonnage so determined shall not be issued until twelve months have
elapsed from the date on which the current Certificate was issued; provided
that this requirement shall not apply:
(a) if the ship is transferred to the flag
of another State, or
(b) if the ship undergoes alterations or modifications
which are deemed by the Administration to be of a major character, such
as the removal of a superstructure which requires an alteration of the
assigned load line, or
(c) to passenger ships which are employed
in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed passengers in special trades,
such, for example, as the pilgrim trade.
Regulation 6
Calculation of volumes
(1) All volumes included in the calculation
of gross and net tonnages shall be measured, irrespective of the fitting
of insulation or the like, to the inner side of the shell or structural
boundary plating in ships constructed of metal, and to the outer surface
of the shell or to the inner side of structural boundary surfaces in ships
constructed of any other material.
(2) Volumes of appendages shall be included
in the total volume.
(3) Volumes of spaces open to the sea may
be excluded from the total volume.
Regulation 7
Measurement and calculation
(1) All measurement used in the calculation
of volumes shall be taken to the nearest centimetre or one-twentieth of
a foot.
(2) The volumes shall be calculated by generally
accepted methods for the space concerned and with an accuracy acceptable
to the Administration.
(3) The calculation shall be sufficiently
detailed to permit easy checking.
APPENDIX 1
FIGURES REFERRED TO IN REGULATION 2(5)
In the following figures:
O = excluded space.
C = enclosed space.
I = space to be considered as an enclosed
space.
Hatched in parts to be included as enclosed
spaces.
B = breadth of the deck in way of the opening.
In ships with rounded gunwales the breadth
is measured as indicated in figure 11.
[For figures 1-11, see original printed text.]
APPENDIX 2
COEFFICIENTS K1 and K2
REFERRED TO IN REGULATIONS 3 AND 4(1)
V or Vc = Volume in cubic metres
V or Vc |
K1 or K2
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V or Vc
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K1 or K2
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V or Vc
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K1 or K2
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V or Vc
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K1 or K2
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10 |
0.2200 |
45,000 |
0.2931 |
330,000 |
0.3104 |
670,000 |
0.3165 |
20 |
0.2260 |
50,000 |
0.2940 |
340,000 |
0.3106 |
680,000 |
0.3166 |
30 |
0.2295 |
55,000 |
0.2948 |
350,000 |
0.3109 |
690,000 |
0.3168 |
40 |
0.2320 |
60,000 |
0.2956 |
360,000 |
0.3111 |
700,000 |
0.3169 |
50 |
0.2340 |
65,000 |
0.2963 |
370,000 |
0.3114 |
710,000 |
0.3170 |
60 |
0.2356 |
70,000 |
0.2969 |
380,000 |
0.3116 |
720,000 |
0.3171 |
70 |
0.2369 |
75,000 |
0.2975 |
390,000 |
0.3118 |
730,000 |
0.3173 |
80 |
0.2381 |
80,000 |
0.2981 |
400,000 |
0.3120 |
740,000 |
0.3174 |
90 |
0.2391 |
85,000 |
0.2986 |
410,000 |
0.3123 |
750,000 |
0.3175 |
100 |
0.2400 |
90,000 |
0.2991 |
420,000 |
0.3125 |
760,000 |
0.3176 |
200 |
0.2460 |
95,000 |
0.2996 |
430,000 |
0.3127 |
770,000 |
0.3177 |
300 |
0.2495 |
100,000 |
0.3000 |
440,000 |
0.3129 |
780,000 |
0.3178 |
400 |
0.2520 |
110,000 |
0.3008 |
450,000 |
0.3131 |
790,000 |
0.3180 |
500 |
0.2540 |
120,000 |
0.3016 |
460,000 |
0.3133 |
800,000 |
0.3181 |
600 |
0.2556 |
130,000 |
0.3023 |
470,000 |
0.3134 |
810,000 |
0.3182 |
700 |
0.2569 |
140,000 |
0.3029 |
480,000 |
0.3136 |
820,000 |
0.3183 |
800 |
0.2581 |
150,000 |
0.3035 |
490,000 |
0.3138 |
830,000 |
0.3184 |
900 |
0.2591 |
160,000 |
0.3041 |
500,000 |
0.3140 |
840,000 |
0.3185 |
1,000 |
0.2600 |
170,000 |
0.3046 |
510,000 |
0.3142 |
850,000 |
0.3186 |
2,000 |
0.2660 |
180,000 |
0.3051 |
520,000 |
0.3143 |
860,000 |
0.3187 |
3,000 |
0.2695 |
190,000 |
0.3056 |
530,000 |
0.3145 |
870,000 |
0.3188 |
4,000 |
0.2720 |
200,000 |
0.3060 |
540,000 |
0.3146 |
880,000 |
0.3189 |
5,000 |
0.2740 |
210,000 |
0.3064 |
550,000 |
0.3148 |
890,000 |
0.3190 |
6,000 |
0.2756 |
220,000 |
0.3068 |
560,000 |
0.3150 |
900,000 |
0.3191 |
7,000 |
0.2769 |
230,000 |
0.3072 |
570,000 |
0.3151 |
910,000 |
0.3192 |
8,000 |
0.2781 |
240,000 |
0.3076 |
580,000 |
0.3153 |
920,000 |
0.3193 |
9,000 |
0.2791 |
250,000 |
0.3080 |
590,000 |
0.3154 |
930,000 |
0.3194 |
10,000 |
0.2800 |
260,000 |
0.3083 |
600,000 |
0.3156 |
940,000 |
0.3195 |
15,000 |
0.2835 |
270,000 |
0.3086 |
610,000 |
0.3157 |
950,000 |
0.3196 |
20,000 |
0.2860 |
280,000 |
0.3089 |
620,000 |
0.3158 |
960,000 |
0.3196 |
25,000 |
0.2880 |
290,000 |
0.3092 |
630,000 |
0.3160 |
970,000 |
0.3197 |
30,000 |
0.2895 |
300,000 |
0.3095 |
640,000 |
0.3161 |
980,000 |
0.3198 |
35,000 |
0.2909 |
310,000 |
0.3098 |
650,000 |
0.3163 |
990,000 |
0.3199 |
40,000 |
0.2920 |
320,000 |
0.3101 |
660,000 |
0.3164 |
1,000,000 |
0.3200 |
Coefficients K1 or K2
at intermediate values of V or Vc shall be obtained by linear
interpolation.
ANNEX II
CERTIFICATE
INTERNATIONAL TONNAGE CERTIFICATE (1969)
(Official seal)
Issued under the provisions of the International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, under the authority of
the Government of ..............................................
(full official designation of country)
for which the Convention came into force on
.................................................19......
by .......................................................................................................................
(full official designation of the competent
person or organization recognized under the provisions of the International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.)
Name of Ship |
Distinctive Number
or Letters |
Port of Registry |
*Date |
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*Date on which the keel was laid or the ship
was at a similar stage of construction (Article 2(6)), or date on which
the ship underwent alterations or modifications of a major character (Article
3(2)(b)), as appropriate.
MAIN DIMENSIONS
Length (Article
2(8)) |
Breadth (Regulation
2(3)) |
Moulded Depth amidships
to Upper Deck Regulation 2(2)) |
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THE TONNAGES OF THE SHIP ARE:
GROSS TONNAGE .............................................
NET TONNAGE ..................................................
This is to certify that the tonnages of this
ship have been determined in accordance with the provisions of the International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
Issued at ..................................................................................................19.......
(place of issue of certificate) (date of issue)
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(signature of official issuing the certificate)
and/or (seal of issuing authority)
If signed, the following paragraph is to be
added:
The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized
by the said Government to issue this
certificate................................................................
(signature)
SPACES INCLUDED
IN TONNAGE |
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GROSS TONNAGE
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NET TONNAGE
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Name of Space |
Location |
Length |
Name of Space |
Location |
Length |
Underdeck |
- |
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NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
(Regulation 4(1))
Number of passengers in cabins
with not more than 8 berths .......................................................
Number of other passengers ................................ |
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EXCLUDED SPACES
(Regulation 2(5))
An asterisk (*) should be added
to those spaces listed above which comprise both enclosed and excluded
spaces. |
MOULDED DRAUGHT
(Regulation 4(2)) |
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Date and place of
original measurement ....................................................................... |
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Date and place of
last previous remeasurement ............................................................. |
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REMARKS: |
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