This document outlines the 12 chapters of the Philippine Merchant Marine Rules and Regulations (PMMRR) which provide regulations for vessels operating in the Philippines. The chapters cover general provisions, surveys and certification, construction and equipment requirements, stability, machinery installations, electrical installations, fire protection and extinction, fire safety measures, life-saving appliances, radio communications, safety of navigation, and safety requirements for special purpose ships. The document provides a brief high-level overview of the key areas and requirements covered in each chapter.
This document outlines the 12 chapters of the Philippine Merchant Marine Rules and Regulations (PMMRR) which provide regulations for vessels operating in the Philippines. The chapters cover general provisions, surveys and certification, construction and equipment requirements, stability, machinery installations, electrical installations, fire protection and extinction, fire safety measures, life-saving appliances, radio communications, safety of navigation, and safety requirements for special purpose ships. The document provides a brief high-level overview of the key areas and requirements covered in each chapter.
This document outlines the 12 chapters of the Philippine Merchant Marine Rules and Regulations (PMMRR) which provide regulations for vessels operating in the Philippines. The chapters cover general provisions, surveys and certification, construction and equipment requirements, stability, machinery installations, electrical installations, fire protection and extinction, fire safety measures, life-saving appliances, radio communications, safety of navigation, and safety requirements for special purpose ships. The document provides a brief high-level overview of the key areas and requirements covered in each chapter.
This document outlines the 12 chapters of the Philippine Merchant Marine Rules and Regulations (PMMRR) which provide regulations for vessels operating in the Philippines. The chapters cover general provisions, surveys and certification, construction and equipment requirements, stability, machinery installations, electrical installations, fire protection and extinction, fire safety measures, life-saving appliances, radio communications, safety of navigation, and safety requirements for special purpose ships. The document provides a brief high-level overview of the key areas and requirements covered in each chapter.
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Chapter I – General Provisions Deals with general provisions, definitions, scope,
exemptions, equivalents, and matters of general nature, categories and classes of vessels, repair alterations and modifications, and statement of adherence to international convention. 2. Chapter II – Survey and Certificate Contains the requirements for surveys and certificates. It requires initial, renewal, periodic, intermediate, annual, additional surveys; inspection of hulls; drydocking; maintenance of condition after surveys, issuance of certificate, duration of validity of said certificates. 3. Chapter III – Construction and Deals with construction and equipment collision Equipment bulkheads, weather tightness, application to existing ship or new ship, the latter to comply with the PMMRR 1997 and the former with existing requirements, and where no such requirements, such ship shall comply with the PMMRR 1997 to the extent the Administration considers reasonable and practicable. 4. Chapter IV – Stability Contains requirements for intact stability, subdivision and damage stability, inclining tests and stability information, bilge pumping arrangements. Ships of 24 meters and above in length, shall comply with the applicable intact stability requirements for ships, specified in the Stability Code or comply with the equivalent stability standards adopted by the Administration, unless compliance therewith renders it impracticable due to ship’s characteristics. 5. Chapter V – Machinery Installations Chapter V deals with the machinery installations for ships propelled by mechanical means and manned barges (but not to unmanned barges). It contains general requirements on all boilers and other pressure vessels, parts of machinery; all steam, hydraulics, pneumatic and other systems and their associated fittings, to be subjected to appropriate tests including a pressure test before being put into service. 6. Chapter VI – Electrical Installations Chapter VI deals with electrical installation. Safety precautions for exposed metal parts of electrical machines and equipment, which are not intended to be live but which are liable under fault conditions to become live etc., construction of electrical apparatus arrangement of main emergency switchboard, distribution system, electrical cables and wiring external to equipment, main source of electrical power, emergency source of electrical power, special considerations. 7. Chapter VII – Fire Protection and Fire Each ship shall be provided with at least one Extinction independent power operated fire pump, capable of delivering a jet of water as required in the chapter. In ships of 150 gt and above propelled by mechanical means, such pump shall be operated by means other than the propulsion machinery of the ship. Different fire pumps are described, and requirement for fire mains, water service pipes and fire hydrants, fire hoses and nozzles. 8. Chapter VIII – Fire Safety Measures Chapter VIII contains fire safety measures applicable to ships and manned barges which are provided with machinery spaces of Category A, as defined in Chapter I, and for ships and manned barges with machinery spaces other than machinery spaces of Category A, shall comply with the provisions of this chapter to the satisfaction of the Administration. Requirements for structural fire protection, means of escape, ventilation of tanks and cofferdams, pipes and fittings, carriage of oxygen, acetylene, and other flammable gases in cylinders. 9. Chapter IX – Life-Saving Appliances Chapter IX deals with life-saving appliances. Ships shall have life jackets; life bouys; thermal protection aids, if applicable; radar transponders, liferafts and hydrostatic release units; muster and abandon ships drill training; locating equipment specified under GMDSS. In general, life-saving appliances shall comply with the technical specifications of Chapter II SOLAS 1974, as amended; otherwise, to the satisfaction of the Administration. 10. Chapter X – Radio Communications Chapter X deals with Radio Communications. By 01 February 1999, ships and manned barges above 300gt shall comply with the requirements of this Chapter. Existing and new sips below 300 gt are exempted and may otherwise use other installations as prescribed by the telecommunications authority. 11. Chapter XI – Safety of Navigation Chapter XI deals with safety of navigation and applies to ships including those towed or pushed by a tug or other such ships, and they shall comply with regulations relating to the prevention of collisions (COLREG) and the routeing measuresadopted by the IMO. The subject covered include danger messages, routeing, misuse of distress signals, obligations and procedures for sending distress messages, signaling lamps, shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications, international code of signals, and life- saving signals. 12. Chapter XII – Safety of Special Purpose Chapter XII applies to special purpose ships. Ships Special purpose ships are defined in Chapter I and, in the Code for Special Purpose Ships adopted by the IMO. Special Purpose Ships include: ships engaged in research, expedition survey; training ships; fish factory ships; ship engaged in processing of fish or other living resources at sea, not being engaged in catching fish itself. (IMO Model Code). 13. Chapter XIII – Assignment of Loadlines Chapter XIII adopts the International Convention on Load Lines, 1996, for ships more than 24 meters in length in the assignment of load lines. 14. Chapter XIV – Freeboard This Chapter adopts the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, relative to freeboard. The words freeboard assigned and freeboard deck are defined in Chapter I. This also provides for the formula in arriving at the basic freeboard for ships between 15 meters and 24 meters in length, and correction of freeboard. (Basically, from the IMO Model Code). 15. Chapter XV – Registration, This chapter deals with the registration, Documentation and Licensing of Ships documentation and licensing of ships, which applies to all types of motorized ships of domestic ownership of more than 3 gt; and all ships of domestic ownership engage in towing/pushing or carrying of goods and/or passenger for hire regardless of tonnage. 16. Chapter XVI – Prevention of Marine This is one paragraph chapter making reference to Pollution MARPOL 73/78. Where the Administration considers the provision relating to construction and equipment unreasonable and impracticable, it may exempt ships from such provisions, and accept equivalent protection against pollution of the marine environment, (IMO Model Code). 17. Chapter XVII – High Speed Craft This Chapter adopts the High Speed craft Code (HSC) under IMO MSC Res. No. 36 (63) dated 20 May 1994, and shall apply to passenger high speed craft 500 GT or below or cargo high speed craft of 500 gt above. (Committee Origination). 18. Chapter XVIII – Minimum Safe Manning This Chapter sets forth the minimum safe manning requirements and defines the duties and responsibilities of officers and ratings in consonance with the provisions of STCW Convention, 1978/1995; IMO Resolution A, 481 (XII), the Code of commerce, Tariff and Customs Code, E. O. No. 125/125-A (Committee Origination). 19. Chapter XIX – Maritime Investigation This Chapter deals with maritime investigation and Disciplinary Proceedings and disciplinary proceedings; report or marine casualty, procedure of investigation, against shipowners/company or suspension or revocation.
Non-issuance, preventive suspension,
reinstatement of MARINA issued endorsement of STCW related certificates or Seafarers Identification and Record Books (SIRB). (Committee Origination).
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