SPS CODE: Special Purpose Ships Code (特种用途船舶规则)
这里特种用途船舶是指 不考虑安放龙骨日期,凡500总吨以上营运于国际航线,乘员超过12人的(这里的乘员不包括驾驶,维护船舶的人员)
原文定义如下:
For the purposes of this code a special ship is a ship of not less than 500 gross tonnage which carries more than 12 special personnel, i.e. persons who are specially needed for the particular operational duties of the ship and are in addition to those persons required for the normal navigation, engineering & maintenance of the ship or engaged to provide services for the person carried on board.