PREAMBLE
CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Application
1.3 Definitions
CHAPTER 2 – GENERAL PROVISIONS AGAINST CAPSIZING AND INFORMATION FOR THE MASTER
2.1 Stability booklet
2.2 Operating booklets for certain ships
2.3 General precautions against capsizing
2.4 Fixed ballast
2.5 Operational procedures related to weather conditions
CHAPTER 3 – DESIGN CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS
3.1 General intact stability criteria for all ships
3.2 Severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion)
3.3 Effect of free surfaces of liquids in tanks
3.4 Assessment of compliance with stability criteria
3.5 Standard loading conditions to be examined
3.6 Calculation of stability curves
CHAPTER 4 – SPECIAL CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS
4.1 Cargo ships carrying timber deck cargoes
4.2 Fishing vessels
4.3 Special purpose ships
4.4 Cargo ships carrying grain in bulk
4.5 Offshore supply vessels
4.6 Mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs)
4.7 Pontoons
4.8 Dynamically supported craft (DSC)
4.9 Containerships greater than 100 m
CHAPTER 5 – ICING CONSIDERATIONS
5.1 General
5.2 Cargo ships carrying timber deck cargoes
5.3 Fishing vessels
5.4 Offshore supply vessels 24 m to 100 m in length
5.5 Dynamically supported craft
CHAPTER 6 – CONSIDERATIONS FOR WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY
6.1 Hatchways
6.2 Machinery space openings
6.3 Doors
6.4 Cargo ports and other similar openings
6.5 Sidescuttles, window scuppers, inlets and discharges
6.6 Other deck openings
6.7 Ventilators, air pipes and sounding devices
6.8 Freeing ports
6.9 Miscellaneous
CHAPTER 7 – DETERMINATION OF LIGHT-SHIP DISPLACEMENT AND CENTRES OF GRAVITY
7.1 Application
7.2 Definitions
7.3 Preparations for the inclining test
7.4 Plans required
7.5 Test procedure
7.6 Determination of ships’ stability by means of rolling period tests (for ships up to 70 m in length)
7.7 Inclining test for MODUs
7.8 Stability test for pontoon
Annex 1 – Detailed guidance for the conduct of an inclining test
