Passenger Ships

I. Passenger Ships
A. General
1. The requirements given in Sections 1 - 22 apply to passenger ships unless otherwise mentioned in this Section.
The various special regulations for passenger ships contained in the Rules for Machinery Installations, Volume III
and Rules for Electrical Installations, Volume IV, are to be observed.
2. A passenger ship as defined in this Section is a ship carrying more than 12 passengers on board.
3. The Notation PASSENGER SHIP will be affixed to the Character of Classification of ships complying with
the Construction Rules for the carriage and/or accommodation of passengers and with the applicable
requirements of the Chapters II-1 and II-2 of SOLAS as amended.
4. Exemptions from the requirements may be granted only within the frame work of options given therein and are
subject to approval by the competent Administration.
5. Passenger ship will be assigned the symbol for characterizing proof of damage stability according to the relevant
requirements. The following data will be entered into an appendix to the Certificate :
S Code for the specification of the proof of damage stability according to Rules for Classification and Surveys,
Volume I, Section.2, C.3.1.2.
6. Passenger vessels, which due to their overall design are only suitable for trade in defined waterways (e.g.
Shallow Water Service) may in no case be assigned an extended Navigation Notation to the Character of
Classification, even if the strength of the hull is sufficient for a wider range of service (e.g. Coasting Service). In
that event, this may be expressed in the Certificate by adding the following note: "The strength of the hull structural
elements complies with the service range ...".
7. The terms used in this Section are the same as those of SOLAS as amended.

B. Documents for Approval

In addition to those specified in Section 1, G. the documents according to Section 36, A. are to be submitted
C. Watertight Subdivision
1. For location of collision bulkhead and stern tube see Section 11, A.2.
2. Openings in watertight bulkheads below the bulkhead deck, see Chapter II-1 Reg. 13 of SOLAS as amended.
D. Double Bottom
A double bottom shall be fitted extending from the collision bulkhead to the after peak bulkhead, as far as this is
practicable and compatible with the design and proper working of the ship. The arrangement shall comply with
Chapter II-1 of SOLAS as amended and Section 36.
E. Openings in the Shell Plating
1. The number of openings in the shell plating is to be reduced to the minimum compatible with the design and
proper working of the ship.
2. The arrangement and efficiency of the means for closing any opening in the shell plating shall be consistent
with its intended purpose and the position in which it is fitted and generally to the satisfaction of the Administration.
3. Arrangement, position and type of side scuttles and associated deadlights are to be in accordance with the
requirements of Chapter II-1 Reg. 15 of SOLAS as amended and with Regulation 23, ICLL.
4. Doors in the shell plating below the bulkhead deck are to be provided with watertight closures. Their lowest
point is not to be located below the deepest subdivision load line. The corresponding requirements of the ICLL
(Reg. 21) have also to be observed. Regarding pilot doors additional requirements are given in Chapter V Reg. 23 of
SOLAS as amended.
5. The inboard openings of ash- and rubbish shoots,
etc., are to be fitted with efficient covers. If the inboard
openings are situated below the margin line, the covers are
to be watertight and, in addition, automatic non-return valves
are to be fitted in the shoots above the deepest subdivision
load line. Equivalent arrangements may be approved.

F. Materials for Closures of Openings

Appropriate materials are to be used only. Materials with
at least 10 % breaking elongation are to be used for the
closures of openings in the shell plating, in watertight
bulkheads, in boundary bulkheads of tanks, and in watertight
decks. Lead and other heat sensitive materials are not to
be used for structural parts whose destruction would impair
the watertightness of the ship and/or the bulkheads.
G. Cross-Flooding Arrangements
For cross-flooding arrangements refer to Section 36, F.
H. Pipe Lines
1. Where pipes are carried through watertight bulkheads,
Chapter II-1 Reg. 12 and 13 of SOLAS as amended is to
be observed.
2. Where the ends of pipes are open to spaces below
the bulkhead deck or to tanks, the arrangements are to be
such as to prevent other spaces or tanks from being flooded
in any damage condition. Arrangements will be considered
to provide safety against flooding if pipes which are led
through two or more watertight compartments are fitted
inboard of a line parallel to the subdivision load line drawn
at 0,2 B from the ship's side (B is the greatest breadth of
the ship at the subdivision load line level).
3. Where the pipe lines cannot be placed inboard of
the line 0,2 B from the ship's side, the bulkhead is to be kept
intact by the means stated in 4. - 6.
4. Bilge lines have to be fitted with a non-return valve
at the watertight bulkhead through which the pipe is led
to the section or at the section itself.
5. Ballast water and fuel lines for the purpose of
emptying and filling tanks have to be fitted with a shutt-off
valve at the watertight bulkhead through which the pipe
leads to the open end in the tank. These shut-off valves shall
be capable of being operated from a position above the
bulkhead deck which is accessible at all times and are to
be equipped with indicators.
6. Where overflow pipes from tanks which are situated
in various watertight compartments are connected to a
common overflow system, they shall either be led well above
the bulkhead deck before they are connected to the common
line, or means of closing are to be fitted in the individual
overflow lines. The means of closing shall be capable of
being operated from a position above the bulkhead deck
which is accessible at all times. These means of closing are
to be fitted at the watertight bulkhead of the compartment

in which the tank is fitted and are to be sealed in the open

position.
These means of closing may be omitted, if pipe lines pass
through bulkheads at such a height above base line and so
near the centre line that neither in any damaged condition
nor in case of maximum heeling occurring in intermediate
conditions, they will be below the water line.
7. The means of closing described in 4. and 5. should
be avoided where possible by the use of suitably installed
piping. Their fitting may only be approved by BKI in
exceptional circumstances.
II. Special Purpose Ships
A. General
1. Application
1.1 Special-purpose ships are subject to the requirements
of Sections 1 21 and Section 29.I unless otherwise
mentioned in this Section.
1.2 A special-purpose ship as defined in this Section
means a ship which by reason of its function carries on board
more than 12 special personnel including passengers, e.g.
ships engaged in research, training and drilling as well as
fish factory ships.
2. Structural Fire Protection
2.1 A special-purpose ship carrying more than 200 special
personnel has to comply with the requirements of
Section 22, B.
2.2 A special-purpose ship carrying more than 50 special
personnel has to comply with the requirements of
Section 22, C.
2.3 A special-purpose ships carrying not more than
50 special personnel has to comply with the requirements
of Section 22, D.
3. Character of Classification
3.1 Special purpose ship will be assigned the symbol
for characterizing proof of damage stability according to
IMO Res. A.534. The following data will be entered into
an appendix to the Certificate :
S code for the specification of the proof of damage
stability according to Rules for Classification and
Surveys, Volume I, Section 2. C.3.1.2.
S Description of the code.

3.2 Notation
Special purpose ships, built in accordance with the
requirements of this section will have the Notation SPECIAL
PURPOSE SHIP affixed to their Character of Classification.
B. Documents for Approval
The following documents are to be submitted in addition
to those specified in Section 1, G.:
.1 Proof of floatability in damaged condition according
to Chapter II of the Code of Safety for Special-
Purpose Ships (IMO-Resolution A.534 (13) in
1-fold).
.2 Drawings showing the arrangement of openings in
watertight bulkheads, the shell plating and in the
bulkhead and weather decks and drawings showing
the closing appliances for such openings (Drawings
to be submitted in triplicate1).
.3 A damage control plan containing all data essential
for maintaining the survival capability (to be
submitted in triplicate2)).

C. Watertight Subdivision
The subdivision of the ship is governed by the requirements
of the flooding calculation. The smallest spacing a of
the watertight transverse bulkheads (damage length) is not
to be less than 1/3 Lc
2/3 or 14,5 m whichever is less, see
Fig. 29.II.1.
Fig. 29. II. 1 Spacing between two watertight
transverse bulkheads