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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the length of time taken by the Maritime Coastguard Agency in approving stability information on the ferry P&OSL Canterbury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the length of time taken by the Maritime Coastguard Agency in approving stability information on the ferry P&OSL Canterbury.
Asked by
Alistair Carmichael
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
David Jamieson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the length of time taken by the Maritime
Coastguard Agency in approving stability information on the ferry P&OSL Canterbury. [60164]
Mr. Jamieson: P&OSL Canterbury joined the UK shipping register in the summer of 1998. Her stability information booklet (SIB) had
been approved in 1992 by the French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) on behalf of her previous flag administration, the
Bahamas. As BV are a classification society authorised by the UK, and the Bahamas is a reputable flag, the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA) followed established procedures and accepted the stability information on the basis of the previous approvals, and
without any further detail checks, by marking the document "provisionally approved".
At no time has the vessel not had approved stability information complying with international standards.
The vessel was preparing for a programme of model testing to demonstrate compliance with the "Stockholm Agreement" standards for
stability with the car deck flooded, and a routine displacement check was carried out in November 2000. A number of amendments to
the SIB were eventually required and the owner's consultant submitted a "SIB Addendum" on 8 November 2001 which was approved on 16
November, within the MCA's charter standard time for document approval.
Subjects
Ferries; Standards; Safety; Shipping; Roll-on roll-off ships; P&O Ferries; Stena Line; MV Canterbury
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
60164; 386 c762-3W
House
House of Commons