The applicable rules & regulations for large yachts

01 Large Commercial Yacht Codes 04 COLREGS Convention

CHARTER YACHTS
Contains requirements for: Contains requirements for:
Less than 3,000GT
Weathertight integrity, stability, life-saving appliances, fire-fighting Steering & sailing, navigation lights, shapes & sound signals
Less than or equal to 12 passengers
appliances, navigation equipment, radio installation, manning, Requirements apply to:
safety management, etc. All vessels (including private yachts)
Requirements apply to: 01 Large Commercial
Certificate(s) issued:
Yacht Codes
Yachts of 24 metres load line length & over, and under 3,000GT, None 10 SOLAS Convention (General)
chartering with up to 12 passengers registered in countries that Comments: OR Contains requirements for:
have adopted the Codes (Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman The single masthead light required on motoryachts less than 50 Surveys, certificates, casualties, navigational equipment, bridge
Islands, Isle of Man, Italy, Marshall Islands, UK, etc.) metres length overall must be forward of the sidelights & amidships. 11 SOLAS Convention visibility, charts & publications, etc.
Certificate(s) issued: All yachts 50 metres length overall & above must have two masthead (Cargo Ships) Requirements apply to:
Certificate of Compliance lights, one in the forward quarter. Not all flag States enforce these All vessels (including private yachts)
International Load Lines Certificate requirements for private yachts but most do for charter yachts
Certificate(s) issued:
Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate (yachts of 300GT & over)
02 MARPOL 05 Load Lines None
Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate (yachts of 500GT 05 International Load Lines Convention Comments:
& over) Convention
Contains requirements for: Chapters I (General Provisions) & V (Safety of Navigation) of this
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate (yachts of 500GT & over) Weathertight integrity, water-freeing arrangements, loading 03 International 06 Classification Society
Safety Management Certificate (yachts of 500GT & over) convention apply to all vessels, although their requirements are not
limitations/freeboard Tonnage rules & regulations CHARTER YACHTS
International Ship Security Certificate (yachts of 500GT & over) generally enforced by flag States for private yachts. Despite this
Requirements apply to: Convention
More than or equal lack of enforcement, the crew of private yachts should at least be
Minimum Safe Manning Document (yachts of 500GT & over) Commercial vessels (including charter & commercially registered
PRIVATE
04 COLREGS 07 STCW Convention & Code to 3,000GT
YACHTS *
familiar with the operational requirements of Chapter V
Comments: yachts over 24 metres) Convention Less than or equal
The codes contain yacht-focused requirements equivalent to those to 12 passengers
of Load Lines, SOLAS & STCW. These include reduced coaming
Certificate(s) issued:
10 SOLAS Convention 08 ISM Code 11 SOLAS Convention (Cargo Ships)
International Load Line Certificate Contains requirements for:
heights & reduced requirements for use of non-combustible (General)
Comments: Stability, structure, bilge pumping, steering gear, fire fighting &
materials, but these are offset against enhanced damage stability
Yachts do not easily comply with various requirements of this 09 ISPS Code protection, life-saving appliances, radio, navigation equipment, etc.
& fire prevention/protection requirements respectively. The Red
convention, such as those for hatch & door coamings/sills. The Requirements apply to:
Ensign Group’s LY2 also contains requirements specifically for
minimum heights are lower in the Large Yacht Codes but single Commercial vessels of 500GT & over carrying up to 12 passengers
short range yachts under 300GT operating within 60 miles of land in
compartment damage stability criteria must be met. Freeboard & (including charter & commercially registered yachts). See below for
winds of Beaufort Force 4 & less
draft marks must be permanently marked more details
02 MARPOL Convention (Annexes I, IV, V & VI) 06 Classification Society rules & regulations
Certificate(s) issued:
Contains requirements for: Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate
Contains requirements for: Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
Minimising pollution of the marine environment 12 SOLAS Convention
Hull (including materials & welding), machinery, electrical & control Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate
Requirements apply to: systems. Some also have rules for stability & fire-fighting (Passenger Ships)
All vessels (including private yachts) Minimum Safe Manning Document
Requirements apply to:
Certificate(s) issued: Comments:

*These
Commercial vessels (including all charter yachts of 500GT & over, CHARTER YACHTS Charter & commercially registered yachts carrying 12 or less
International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (yachts of 400GT & all Red Ensign Group (MCA, BVI, CI, IoM, etc.) charter yachts requirements are for private Any GT
& over) passengers are treated as cargo ships by the SOLAS convention.
over 24m) yachts carrying 12 guests or fewer. The More than 12 passengers
International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate (yachts Yachts generally have too many combustible materials used in the
Certificate(s) issued: flag State of yachts carrying more than
of 400GT & over or carrying more than 15 persons) interior outfit to comply with the convention’s requirements for fire
Certificate of Class this number should be contacted to establish
International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate (yachts of 400GT protection, which is why compliance with the Large Commercial
their exact requirements. Alternatively, contact
Comments: Yacht Codes is the popular alternative. Chapter IV (Radio
& over) Manta Maritime for assistance
There is a significant choice between the rules of the American communications) applies to charter & commercially registered
Engine International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate
Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Bureau Veritas (BV), Det Norske yachts of 300GT & over. See also ISM & ISPS Codes
Comments:
Annex I (oil pollution): an approved oily water separator is required
Veritas (DNV), Germanischer Lloyd (GL), Lloyd’s Register (LR), 08 ISM Code 09 ISPS Code
on yachts of 400GT & over
Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) & numerous others. A compliant Contains requirements for: Contains requirements for: 12 SOLAS Convention (Passenger Ships)
yacht is said to be ‘classed’. Most new large private yachts are Safety management systems Ship & port security Contains requirements for:
Annex IV (sewage pollution): an approved sewage treatment plant
classed voluntarily Requirements apply to: Requirements apply to: Stability, structure, bilge pumping, steering gear, fire fighting &
is required for yachts of 400GT & over or those carrying more than
15 persons Commercial vessels (including charter & commercially registered Commercial vessels (including charter & commercially registered protection, life-saving appliances, radio, navigation equipment, etc.
Annex V (garbage pollution): a garbage management plan is
07 STCW Convention & Code yachts of 500GT & over & those of any size chartering with more yachts of 500GT & over & those of any size chartering with Requirements apply to:
required on all yachts of 400GT & over or those carrying more than Contains requirements for: than 12 passengers) more than 12 passengers) and port facilities serving vessels on Commercial vessels of any GT carrying more than 12 passengers
15 persons Crew training & qualifications Certificate(s) issued: international voyages (including charter & commercially registered yachts)
Annex VI (air pollution): all new engines (including generators) of 130 Requirements apply to: Safety Management Certificate Certificate(s) issued: Certificate(s) issued:
kW/175 bhp are to be certificated for compliance with SOx & NOx Crew of commercial vessels (including charter & commercially Document of Compliance (for the management company) International Ship Security Certificate Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
requirements. Only fuel of the correct chemical composition is to registered yachts) Comments: Comments: Minimum Safe Manning Document
be used, & bunker delivery notes are to be retained onboard for a Certificate(s) issued: This code need not be difficult to comply with as long as care is This code is perhaps not particularly well-suited to yachts due to Comments:
minimum of 3 years Certificate of Competency taken to ensure the documented procedures accurately reflect the the different capacities in which they operate (standing-by, private These requirements are significantly more difficult to meet than the
Comments: actual onboard procedures, providing they comply with the relevant use or chartering) & the varied port facilities used by yachts, but Large Commercial Yacht Codes & SOLAS (Cargo Ships) due to
03 International Tonnage Convention As the convention & code do not contain any qualifications requirements. Procedures need only be limited to operations compliance need not be prohibitively difficult. Care should be enhanced requirements for subdivision, fire-fighting & life-saving
Contains requirements for: specifically for yachts, the UK government (MCA) has developed related to safety & pollution prevention, but a safety management taken when performing the Ship Security Assessment, to ensure appliances. Full compliance with these requirements is currently
Establishing the Gross & Net Tonnages equivalent qualifications. However, these qualifications cannot be system may cover all aspects of the yacht’s operation if desired. the resulting Ship Security Plan is not overly impractical to follow. unavoidable as there are no formalised equivalent requirements
Requirements apply to: used on yachts of 3,000GT & over or those chartering with more Compliance with this Code is a requirement of SOLAS Chapter IX Compliance with this Code is a requirement of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 available yet for yachts wanting to charter with more than 12
All vessels of 24 metres in length & over (including private yachts) than 12 passengers (Management for the safe operation of ships) (Special measures to enhance maritime security) guests. See also ISM & ISPS Codes
Certificate(s) issued:
International Tonnage Certificate
Comments: About us
The deadweight or displacement/weight of a vessel is not reflected Manta Maritime was created in early 2006 in response to the luxury yachting industry’s Since successfully establishing ourselves in this field we have diversified into providing Mini • Regulatory compliance assistance
in the Gross (GT) or Net (NT) Tonnages. The calculation of the Gross demand for expert help with all aspects of safety and regulatory compliance. Our previous ISM, ISM and ISPS safety and security management systems, acting as owner’s representatives • New-build supervision and steelwork inspections
Tonnage is based on the moulded volume of all enclosed spaces experience as Class Society and Flag Administration surveyors has proven to be invaluable for new-build projects, performing plan reviews, steelwork inspections, acting as arbitrators for • Contract, specification and plan reviews
of the vessel. Due to the change in requirements in some of the to many designers, yards, managers, owners and crew, by helping them to comply with the dispute resolution, and performing pre-purchase condition assessments • Pre-purchase condition assessments
other conventions & codes at 500GT & 3,000GT, there is a natural mandatory rules and regulations in the most cost-effective and least invasive way • Stability books and inclining experiments
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tendency to design yachts as close as possible to these thresholds, • Safety management systems for Mini ISM, ISM and ISPS Codes
causing some regulators to pay special attention to them

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