Vejledning om den internationale lasteliniekonvention (1966) (* 1)

Vejledning om den internationale lasteliniekonvention (1966) (* 1)

Ved tiltrædelse af den internationale lasteliniekonvention (1966) tog Kina følgende forbehold

»With respect to its off-coast areas, the People's Republic of China will not be bound by the defining of zones and seasonal areas in the relevant provision of Regulations 49 and 50 of Annex II to the Convention.«

Søfartsstyrelsen har i denne anledning ved en officiel henvendelse gennem IMO til den kinesiske ambassade i London søgt oplyst, hvorledes forbeholdet skulle forstås, og hvorledes det evt. kunne påvirke danske skibe, der anløber kinesiske havne, og har modtaget følgende oplysning

»On 25. November 1975 the Chinese Embassy informed the Secretary-General that in the light of its reservation, the Register of Shipping of the People's Rebublic of China had defined in its Rules for the Loadlines of Sea-going Ships, 1975, the Seasonal tropical areas off the Chinese coast as follows

Off the Chinese coast

(A) An area lies north of the parallel of latitude 10 oN and adjacent to the coast of China.

Seasonal periods

Tropical: 21 January to 30 September.

Summer: 1 October to 20 January.

(B) An area bunded -

On the west and north by the coast of China from Hongkong to the Yalu Estuary; On the east by the rhumb line from the coast of China at the Yalu Estuary to the point latitude 26 oN, longitude 124 o 40'E, thence the rhumb line to the point latitude 22 oN, longitude 122oE, thence the rhumb line to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 19 oN with the rhumb line from Hongkong to Port Sual;

On the south by the rhumb line from Hongkong to Port Sual.

Seasonal periods

Tropical: 16 April to 30 September.

Summer: 1 October to 15 April.

Hongkong and Sual are to be considered as being on the boundary of the areas.

A foreign vessel flying the flag of a Party to the Convention may comply with the provisions of the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, when entering the off-coast areas of China.

Søfartsstyrelsen, den 1. september 1988