This booklet is prepared in accordance with SOLAS II-1 Reg. 19 requirements and IMO MSC/Circ.1245 (Guidelines for Damage Control Plans and Information to the Master) and intends to provide the ship's officers with clear information on the ship's watertight compartmentation and equipment related to maintaining the effectiveness of ship’s boundaries
Applicability:
passenger ships, regardless of size, since 1974
dry cargo ships over 100m in length, constructed on or after 1 February 1992
dry cargo ships over 80m in length, constructed on or after 1 July 1998
all ships, regardless size, constructed on or after 1 January 2009
Approval requirements: Approval by the Administration is mandatory
