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GUIDE FOR
COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILO MARITIME LABOUR
CONVENTION, 2006 TITLE 3 REQUIREMENTS
MAY 2009
NOTICE NO. 1 October 2010
The following Changes become EFFECTIVE AS OF 15 OCTOBER 2010.
(See http://www.eagle.org for the consolidated version of the Guide for Compliance with the ILO Maritime
Labour Convention, 2006 Title 3 Requirements, 2009, with all Notices and Corrigenda incorporated.)

Notes - The date in the parentheses means the date that the Rule becomes effective for new construction
based on the contract date for construction. (See 1-1-4/3.3 of the ABS Rules for Conditions of
Classification (Part 1).)



SECTION 1 GENERAL
(Revise Subsection 1/3, as follows.)
3 Scope (15 October 2010)
This Guide focuses on five (5) aspects of vessel design and layout that can be controlled, measured,
and assessed. These five (5) aspects are broken into two (2) major types in this Guide: accommodations
design and characteristics of the ambient environment.
Accommodations criteria pertain to dimensional or physical aspects of spaces/areas where seafarers work,
eat, sleep, recreate, and conduct routine activities.
The criteria associated with the MLC-ACCOM notation is applicable only to accommodation spaces
where seafarers sleep, rest, dine, and recreate.
This Guide, particularly in Section 3, Whole-body Vibration and Section 4, Noise, provides
additional guidance related to seafarer work spaces. This guidance can be used if any voluntary
ambient environmental testing is to be done in seafarer work spaces. This testing is recommended,
but not required.




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SECTION 3 WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION
3 Terminology (15 October 2010)
(Add new terms Stationkeeping, Thruster Conditions, and Transit Conditions, as follows.)
Reference Calibration: Calibration of a measuring instrument conducted by an accredited Testing and
Calibration Laboratory with traceability to a national or international standard.
Stationkeeping: Maintaining a vessel in a position relative to other vessels or a fixed point. This may
include the use of main engines and/or thrusters.
Thruster Conditions: Those conditions when thrusters are used to maintain the vessels position and
heading during stationkeeping.
Transit Conditions: Those conditions where the vessels primary form of propulsion is via main engine
and propeller. This does not include occurrences such as vessel entry or departure from port or dock.
Vibration: The variation with time of the magnitude of a quantity which is descriptive of the motion
or position of a mechanical system, when the magnitude is alternately greater and smaller than some
average value.


(Revise Section 3, Table 1, as follows.)
TABLE 1
Maximum Weighted Root-Mean-Square Vibration Level (15 October 2010)
Maximum RMS Level
Notation
Frequency
Range
Acceleration
Measurement Transit Conditions Thruster Conditions
MLC-ACCOM 1.0 - 80 Hz
a
w

214 mm/s
2
(6mm/s) 286 mm/s
2
(8mm/s)


7 Test Requirements
(Revise Paragraph 3/7.2, as follows:)
7.2 Data Acquisition and Instruments (15 October 2010)
For the MLC-ACCOM notation, a single sample of data shall be recorded for each whole-body
vibration measurement position during transit and, if applicable, stationkeeping/thruster conditions.
Each whole-body vibration measurement sample shall be at least sixty (60) seconds in duration.
Where significant frequency components exist in the range below two (2) Hz, measurement duration of
at least 120 seconds is required. In the case of high speed craft, each whole-body vibration measurement
sample shall be at least 227 seconds in duration.
The above measurement samples shall all be taken using the appropriate Type 1 or 2 instrumentation
(ISO 8041: 2007), then frequency weighted and analyzed in accordance with ISO 6954: 2000. It is
desirable to employ equipment that records and stores acceleration time histories.




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7.3 Test Conditions
(Revise Subparagraph 3/7.3.1, as follows:)
7.3.1 Power Output (15 October 2010)
i) Transit: The propulsion machinery shall run at normal service speed and at no less
than eighty (80) percent of the maximum continuous rating (MCR).
ii) Stationkeeping: Stationkeeping devices (azimuth or tunnel thrusters automatic or
manual) shall be in operation and run at a service speed sufficient to maintain position
in sea conditions equal to or less than Sea State three.

(Revise Subparagraph 3/7.3.2, as follows:)
7.3.2 Equipment Operation (15 October 2010)
As appropriate for the mode of operation (transit or stationkeeping), all machinery essential
for vessel operation shall operate under normal conditions throughout the measurement period.
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are to be running as for normal
seagoing conditions during the whole-body vibration measurements.

(Revise Subparagraph 3/7.3.4, as follows:)
7.3.4 Rudder Conditions (15 October 2010)
The rudder angle shall be restricted to a range of 0 2. Minimal rudder action is desirable.
During stationkeeping, measurements shall be taken while the vessel is maintaining a position
relative to another vessel or fixed point (e.g., offshore installation).

(Revise Subparagraph 3/7.3.6, as follows:)
7.3.6 Loading Conditions (15 October 2010)
The loading condition of a vessel shall be as close as possible to normal operating conditions.



SECTION 4 NOISE
7 Test Requirements
(Revise Paragraph 4/7.2, as follows:)
7.2 Data Acquisition and Instruments (15 October 2010)
The integrating-averaging sound level meter shall meet the requirements for a Type 1 or 2 instrument
specified in IEC 61672-1 (2002).
For the MLC-ACCOM notation, a single sample of data shall be recorded for each noise measurement
position during transit and, if applicable, stationkeeping/thruster conditions.




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APPENDIX 3 ACCOMMODATIONS CRITERIA
(Editorially correct typo in first line of Item A3.1.9(i), as follows:)
Accommodations Criteria Berthing
MLC
Requirement
Requirement
Meets
MLC-
ACCOM
Requirements
A3.1.9(i) On passenger ships and special purpose ships the floor area of sleeping rooms for seafarers not
performing the duties of ships officers shall not be less than:
7.5 square meters (80.73 square feet)

in rooms accommodating two persons;
11.5 square meters(123.78 square feet) in rooms accommodating three persons;
14.5 square meters (156.08 square feet) in rooms accommodating four persons
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