- A general description of the ship;
- Instructions on the use of the booklet;
- General arrangement plans showing watertight compartments, closures, vents, downflooding angles, permanent ballast, allowable deck loadings and freeboard diagrams;
- Hydrostatic curves or tables and cross curves of stability calculated on a free-trimming basis, for the ranges of displacement and trim anticipated in normal operating conditions;
- Capacity plan or tables showing capacities and centres of gravity for each cargo stowage space;
- Tank sounding tables showing capacities, centres of gravity, and free surface data for each tank;
- Information on loading restrictions, such as maximum KG or minimum GM curve or table that can be used to determine compliance with the applicable stability criteria;
- Standard operating conditions and examples for developing other acceptable loading conditions using the information contained in the stability booklet;
- A brief description of the stability calculations done, including assumptions;
- General precautions for preventing unintentional flooding;
- Information concerning the use of any special cross-flooding fittings with descriptions of damage conditions which may require cross-flooding;
- Any other necessary guidance for the safe operation of the ship under normal and emergency conditions;
- A table of contents and index for each booklet;
- Inclining test report for the ship, or:
- where the stability data are based on a sister ship, the inclining test report of that sister ship along with the light-ship measurement report for the ship in question; or
- where light-ship particulars are determined by other methods than from inclining of the ship or its sister, a summary of the method used to determine those particulars;
Recommendation for determination of ship’s stability by means of an in-service inclining test.
