Existing bulk carriers are to comply with the requirements of SOLAS regulation XII/12 for Water Level Detection & Alarm System by the first periodical survey (Annual Survey / Intermediate Survey / Special Survey) after 1 July 2004, as previously informed by ClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-0537 and No. TEC-0538.

Also, existing bulk carriers are to comply with the requirements of SOLAS regulation XII/13 for Dewatering Arrangement for dry spaces and ballast tanks by the first Intermediate or Special Survey after 1 July 2004, but in no case later than 1 July 2007, as previously informed by ClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-0538.

You are kindly requested to arrange necessary preparations to comply with these requirements by the specified due date.

Please be advised that even if Annual or Intermediate Survey with a due window after 1 July 2004 is completed before 1 July 2004, these requirements are to be complied with at the completion of the survey. Also, even if Special Survey with a due date after 1 July 2004 is completed before 1 July 2004, these requirements are to be complied with at the completion of the survey.

In case the confirmation surveys for Water Level Detection & Alarm System and/or Dewatering Arrangement for dry spaces and ballast tanks are carried out after 1 July 2004, please take care of the followings.

Water Level Detection & Alarm System
The performance standards adopted on the seventy-seventh Maritime Safety Committee are to be applied. Accordingly, the system is to be a type being approved and to be supplied with electrical power from two independent electrical supplies. The survey procedures informed by ClassNK Technical Information TEC-0537, which is going to be superseded on 1 July 2004, will be amended as shown in the attached. As to the list of type-approved Water Level Detection & Alarm System, please refer to our web site.

Http://www.classnk.or.jp/hp/appr_list/mcd/Table4_7.pdf
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