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The International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-flashpoint Fuels, often referred and abbreviated as the IGF Code, is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard for the use of gases as a fuel in maritime transport. [1] [2] The Code was adopted in June 2015. [3] It entered into force on 1 January 2017. [4] [5] [2]
Updates were adopted to the Code at MSC 93 in May 2014. [7] The Code was extensively updated on 1 January 2016 under IMO Resolution MSC.370(93). [8] Other recent amendments include: New ship and fire integrity arrangements, adopted in November 2016 and entered into force on 1 January 2020. These relate to window fire-rating requirements on gas ...
Fire safety provisions for all ships with detailed measures for passenger ships, cargo ships and tankers under the FSS Code [2] and requirements for the carriage of gas as a fuel under the IGF Code Chapter III – Life-saving appliances and arrangements
Polar Code [35] IGF Code [36] IGC Code [37] TDC Code [38] International Code on Intact Stability; International Grain Code [39] IMSBC Code [40] STCW Convention [41] International Code of Signals, mandatory for carriage on ships and used for communications between all ships, including merchant vessels and naval vessels [42]
The International Code of Signals (INTERCO) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist , signal lamp ("blinker"), flag semaphore , radiotelegraphy, and radiotelephony.
Title 46 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs shipping within the United States for the United States Coast Guard, the United States Maritime Administration, and the United States Maritime Commission. It is available in digital or printed form.
The ISM Code is a chapter in SOLAS. If SOLAS does not apply then ISM is not mandatory. Compliance with ISM Code is sometimes required by vessel client regardless of Gross Tonnage ( GT). The ISM Code was created by the IMO and Ferriby Marine's Capt. Graham Botterill, Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords in the UK on ship safety, among others.
The IX (unclassified–miscellaneous) hull classification symbol is used for ships of the United States Navy that do not fit into one of the standard categories. [1] [2] Similar lists of 'miscellaneous' ships can found at List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § Miscellaneous ships (AG, T-AG) and