Small craft definition

Small craft means a vessel, other than a tank ship or tank barge, that is less than 20 meters in length.

Small craft means vessels of less than 12 meters in length of any kind or type used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, vessels of any length used exclusively for private, non-commercial recreation and pleasure, and traditional canoes of any length, but not including:

Small craft means a vessel of less than 70 metres length overall registered in terms of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951);

Examples of Small craft in a sentence

• Small craft – Fire protection (o) All equipment/fittings shall be designed and manufactured to at least the standards as specified in these Technical Specifications.

• The harmonised standard, EN ISO 10087:1996/A1:2000 Hull identification - Coding system has been amended accordingly (EN ISO 10087:2006: Small craft – Craft identification – Coding system) This requirement for a craft identification number applies to recreational craft as well as to personal watercraft.

• Small craft may still enter and leave provided they do not interfere with the passage and manoeuvring of the larger vessel.

• Note however that EN ISO 8666:2002 Small craft – principal data remains the harmonized standard to be referenced for hull length measurement, and EN ISO 10087:2006 for the craft identification.

• Small craft employed by a State or by the officially recognized lifeboat institutions for coastal rescue operations are to be respected and protected, so far as operational requirements permit.

More Definitions of Small craft

Small craft means a vessel whose length overall is less than 20 metres.

Small craft means any ship or boat not used for hire or reward (for example privately owned and operated yachts and launches).

Small craft means a vessel of less than 10 meters in length.

Small craft means a vessel that is not registered in Papua New Guinea or any other country and that is ―

Small craft means a vessel less than fifty tons burden;

Small craft means a vessel of less than 24 metres of length, whether non self propelled, power-driven, manoeuvred by oars or poles or under sail, but does not include a vessel registered under the Fisheries Act, No. 22 of 2006.

Small craft means a vessel of under 1524 centimetres in length overall, a dug-out canoe or a dhow;