1969年国际船舶吨位丈量公约英Word格式文档下载.docx

1、HAVE AGREED as follows: Article 1 General Obligation under the Convention The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention and the Annexes hereto which shall constitute an integral part of the present Convention. Every reference to the present Conventi

2、on constitutes at the same time a reference to the Annexes. Article 2 Definitions For the purpose of the present Convention, unless expressly provided otherwise:（1） Regulations means the Regulations annexed to the present （2） Administration means the Government of the State whose flag the ship is fl

3、ying;（3） international voyage means a sea voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely. For this purpose, every territory for the international relations of which a Contracting Government is responsible or for which the United Nations ar

4、e the administering authority is regarded as a separate country;（4） gross tonnage means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention;（5） net tonnage means the measure of the useful capacity of a ship （6） new ship means a ship the ke

5、el of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date of coming into force of the present Convention;（7） existing ship means a ship which is not a new ship;（8） length means 96 per cent of the total length on a waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth me

6、asured from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline;（9） Organization means

7、 the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. Article 3 Application （1） The present Convention shall apply to the following ships engaged on international voyages;（a） ships registered in countries the Governments of which are Contracting Governments;（b） ships registered in territories

8、to which the present Convention is extended under Article 20; and （c） unregistered ships flying the flag of a State, the Government of which is a Contracting Government. （2） The present Convention shall apply to:（a） new ships;（b） existing ships which undergo alterations or modifications which the Ad

9、ministration deems to be a substantial variation in their existing gross tonnage;（c） existing ships if the owner so requests;（d） all existing ships, twelve years after the date on which the Convention comes into force, except that such ships, apart from those mentioned in （b） and （c） of this paragra

10、ph, shall retain their then existing tonnages for the purpose of the application to them of relevant requirements under other existing International Conventions. （3） Existing ships to which the present Convention has been applied in accordance with sub-paragraph （2） （c） of this Article shall not sub

11、sequently have their tonnages determined in accordance with the requirements which the Administration applied to ships on international voyages prior to the coming into force of the present Convention. Article 4 Exceptions （1） The present Convention shall not apply to:（a） ships of war;（b） ships of l

12、ess than 24 metres （79 feet） in length. （2） Nothing herein shall apply to ships solely navigating:（a） the Great Lakes of North America and the River St. Lawrence as far east as a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the me

13、ridian of longitude 63W;（b） the Caspian Sea; or （c） the Plate, Parana and Uruguay Rivers as far east as a rhumb line drawn between Punta Rasa （Cabo San Antonio）, Argentina, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. Article 5 Force Majeure （1） A ship which is not subject to the provisions of the present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage shall not become subject to such provisions on account of any devi