Marine Order 16 (Load lines) 2025

A foreign vessel to which the Load Lines Convention applies must:

have load lines marked in accordance with any International Load Line Certificate in force for the vessel; and

have a record of the conditions of assignment of load lines in accordance with the Load Lines Convention; and

maintain in an effective condition its fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, guard rails, freeing ports and means of access to the crew’s quarters; and

not have its hull or superstructures materially altered without the assignment of freeboard being increased since the issue of any International Load Line Certificate in force for the vessel; and

comply with any conditions imposed by any Load Line Exemption Certificate in force for the vessel.

A foreign vessel to which the Load Lines Convention does not apply must:

be marked in accordance with the requirements of the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered; and

have certificates or documentation required by the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered.