The Hong Kong Government has notified of revised instruction for Crew accommodation which requires to apply the ILO Convention No.133 in addition to previous requirement of ILO Convention No.92.

For ships newly registered to the Hong Kong, please submit relevant plans to the nearest ClassNK exclusive service site for the inspection of crew accommodation as follows;

1. Application
(1) For new buildings:
ILO Convention No.92 and No.133 should be complied with.
Further information, for new buildings which have been submitted an application for classification and statutory services during construction, ILO Convention No.92 should be complied with as a basic standard, and ILO Convention No.133 should be complied with as far as possible.

(2) For existing ships transferring from other flags:
ILO Convention No.92 and No.133 should be complied with as far as possible.

(3) Only Marine Department (MD) may grant exemption from any requirement of the ILO Convention No.92 and No.133.
2. Plans
(1) Each two copies of drawings (Accommodation plan, Ventilation & air conditioning systems, Accommodation piping diagrams, Lighting, Sanitary system, etc.) for assessment of conformity to the ILO Convention No.92 and No.133.
‐ (one copy for return to the Owner or the Shipyard, the other one for ClassNK service site)

(2) Two copies of the finished plan of "Accommodation plan".
‐ (one copy for MD, the other one for ClassNK record)

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Material and Equipment Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2020
Fax: +81-3-5226-2057
E-mail: eqd@classnk.or.jp