Notice to Shipping for amending Notice to Shipping no. 255/1990
(Intact Stability Requirements for Pontoons, Intended for the Carriage of Deck
Cargoes)
The Head of the Shipping Inspectorate,
Noting Article 67a, first paragraph, of the Ships Decree 1965;
Announces:
Article I
Notice to Shipping no. 255/1990 will read:
Article 1. General
1.1 Definitions
L : the length of the pontoon, described in Article 2, first
paragraph, of Annex I, to the Ships Decree 1965;
B : the largest
breadth of the pontoon, described in Article 2, fourth paragraph, of Annex I, to the
Ships Decree 1965;
H : the moulded depth, described in Article 2,
fifth paragraph, of Annex I, to the Ships Decree 1965;
Cb : the
block coefficient, described in Article 2, seventh paragraph, of the Ships Decree
1965;
Dfw : displacement including shell and appendages in water
with a density of 1.000 t/m3;
Dsw : displacement including shell
and appendages in water with a density of 1.025 t/m3;
MCT : moment
required for 1 cm total change of trim on the draught scales in water with a density
of 1.025 t/m3;
LCB : longitudinal centre of buoyancy;
LCF : longitudinal centre of floatation;
KM :
transverse metacentre above the baseline.
1.2
Application
The provisions of this Notice are applicable to pontoons, which:
a. are carried unmanned and towed;
b. carry only deck cargo;
c. have a block
coefficient of 0.9 or greater;
d. have a B/D ratio of
greater than 3.0; and
e. have no hatchways in the deck
except hatchways with an opening of not more than 1.5 m2 capable of weathertight
closure by means of gaskets and clasps, or small manholes capable of watertight
closure.
Article 2. Lightweight checks
Instead of performing an inclining test, a lightweight check of
the empty, ready-for-use pontoon and measuring the densities of the surrounding
water may suffice in general, when the following conditions are met:
a. the centre of gravity of the empty, ready-for-use
pontoon is assumed at deck level. A somewhat lesser height of the centre of gravity
of the empty, ready-for-use pontoon above baseline (KG) can be accepted by the Head
of the Shipping Inspectorate, on the basis of a submitted, detailed weight
calculation of the pontoon;
b. the lightweight check is
performed in the presence of an official of the Shipping Inspectorate. The weight of
the empty, ready-for-use pontoon and the corresponding position of the longitudinal
centre of gravity should be determined from the draughts and densities of the
surrounding water.
Article 3. Stability
information and calculations
3.1 The following information should be
submitted for approval:
a. lines drawing;
b. hydrostatic curves containing: 1° D1 curve; 2° D2 curve; 3° M1
curve; 4° Xb curve; 5° Xa curve; 6° KM curve;
c. cross
curves* for at least the angles of heel: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 45 degrees;
d. report of lightweight check, as well as a calculation of
the weight of the empty, ready-for-use pontoon and the corresponding location of the
longitudinal centre of gravity;
e. the assumed or
calculated value of the location of the vertical centre of gravity of the empty
pontoon;
f. a loading diagram, from which the maximally
allowable vertical centre of gravity of the deck cargo above deck can simply be
found for various displacements. Maximum KG curves or deadweight moment curves can
also be accepted for this purpose; and
g. the calculations
which form the basis of f.
3.2 Concerning
the performance of calculations, as referred to under 3.1, the following applies:
a. except for timber deck cargoes as referred to under
c. of this paragraph, no account should be taken of the buoyancy of deck cargoes;
b. the increase of weight due to water absorption by
the deck cargo, or the increase due to ice accretion or due to trapped water in
cargo, should be taken in consideration, where among others the following applies:
1° the weight of a timber deck cargo increases due to absorption of water by
timber by 10 per cent;
2° the weight of a pipe deck cargo should
be increased by the weight of the amount of water which can accumulate between and
in the pipes. This amount is 30 per cent of the net volume of the space covered by
the pipes and of the space between pipes; c. the buoyancy of timber deck
cargoes may only be taken into account when the height of the deck cargo assumed in
the calculation is not greater than the height of the deck cargo resulting from 3.1,
under f., and:
1° the deck cargo consists of loose sawn timber for which a
permeability of 0.25 is assumed; or
2° the deck cargo consists of
packaged sawn timber of the same length (so-called longitudinal packages) for which
a permeability of 0.50 is assumed; d. the calculations should be made for a
range of draughts at least extending from the draught of the empty pontoon to the
greatest allowed draught;
e. as angle of heel, where the
pontoon is flooded, should be taken the angle at which an opening not capable of
watertight closure is immersed. A vent with an automatically operating closing
device and a watertight man cover can be considered to be watertight in this
respect.
f. the effect of the wind heel should be taken
into account. In performing wind heel calculations:
1° the wind pressure should
be constant, where a homogeneous distribution of the deck cargo over the total
length of the pontoon should be assumed;
2° the centre of gravity
of the cargo should be assumed at a point mid-height of the homogeneously
distributed cargo;
3° the wind lever arm should be taken as the
vertical distance between the point at half draught and the centre of buoyancy of
the sideward wind heeling area of the deck cargo.
Article 4.
Stability criteria
4.1 The area under the righting lever (GZ curve) up to the
angle of maximum righting lever, should be at least 0.08 mrad.;
4.2 The static angle of heel due to a uniformly distributed wind load
of 0.54 kPa should not exceed an angle corresponding to half the freeboard for the
relevant loading condition;
4.3 the range of the area under
the righting lever should at least be:
- 20 degrees for pontoons with a length
L of 100 m or less;
- 15 + 0.1 x (150 - L) degrees for pontoons with
a length L of more than 100 m, but less than 150 m;
- 15 degrees for
pontoons with a length L of 150 meter or more.
Article 5.
The technical standards or technical requirements laid down in
this Notice are equated with equivalent technical standards or technical
requirements, laid down by another member state of the European Union or a state
which is party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article II
This Notice enters into force as of the second day after the date
of the Government Gazette in which it is published.
This Notice, together with its Explanatory Notes, will be
published in the Government Gazette, in the Official Gazette of the Netherlands
Antilles and in the Country Gazette of Aruba.
The Head of the Shipping Inspectorate,
H.G.H. ten Hoopen.
* These data may also be submitted in the form of appropriate tables.
Explanatory Notes
This Notice to Shipping serves to again laying down the Notice to
Shipping no. 234/1988 (Gov.Gaz. 1988, 142). The draft of that Notice was not
notified in accordance with Article 8, first paragraph, of Directive no. 83/189/EEC
of the Council of the European Communities of 28 March 1983 regarding an information
procedure in the field of standards and technical regulations (PbEG L 109)*. In
order to still comply with the obligation to notification, this Notice has been
notified in draft to the Commission of the European Communities (see also
Parliamentary proceedings II 1996/1997, 25 389).
The text of this
Notice is identical to the text of the original Notice, except for the following. In
Article 5 a provision has been included regarding mutual recognition of technical
standards and technical requirements. The draft Notice has been reported to the
Commission of the European Communities (notification no. 97/0567/NL) on 14 August
1997, in compliance with Article 8, first paragraph, of the above-mentioned
Directive no. 83/189/EEC. The draft Notice has been reported to the Secretariat of
the World Trade Organization (notification no. G/TBT/Notif.97.576) on 1 October
1997, in compliance with Article 2, ninth paragraph, of the Agreement on Technical
Trade Barriers (Trb. 1994, 235) established on 15 April 1994 in Marrakech. An
announcement of the draft Notice is published in Gov.Gaz. 1997, 197.
These notifications are necessary because the Notice contains
technical provisions within the meaning of Directive no. 83/189/EEC, as amended, and
as referred to in the afore-mentioned agreement. The Articles 3 and 4 can be
indicated as technical provisions.
These provisions, which are
applicable without distinction to Dutch and imported pontoons intended for the
carriage of deck cargoes, are necessary by virtue of an efficient protection of the
public safety and the health and the life of persons. They are also proportionate to
the purpose intended with these provisions. As far as this Notice contains
quantitative import restrictions or measurements with the same effect within the
meaning of Article 30 EC-Treaty, they are therefore justified for the protection of
the above-mentioned interests.
Within the scope of the
notification pursuant to the Directive, the afore-mentioned provision with regard to
mutual recognition is included in Article 5 in view of the harmonized application of
technical provisions. The WTO notification procedure has not led to amendment of the
draft Notice.
The Head of the Shipping
Inspectorate,
H.G.H. ten Hoopen.
* Most recently amended by Directive no. 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and
the Council of the European Union of 23 March 1994 (PbEG L 100). An updated
integral text of the Directive is published in PbEG 1997, C 78.