TTM03695 - Qualifying companies and ships: examples of qualifying and non-qualifying ships
In the following table it is assumed that the ships are seagoing and of 100 tons or more gross tonnage. The examples are grouped according to the four types of use specified in paragraph 19(1).
| Qualifying | Non-qualifying | |
| Carriage of passengers | Passenger linersSeagoing ferries | Harbour, estuary & river ferriesPleasure craftVessels operating in MCA Category A, B, C or D waters. |
| Carriage of cargo | TankersContainer shipsBulk carriersReefersTweendeckersSupply vesselsRO-RO | Dedicated shuttle tankersVessels operating in MCA Category A, B, C or D waters. |
| Towage, salvage, or other marine assistance | Qualifying TugsAnchor handlers Ice breakersSafety standby**Oil spill recoveryvessels** | Non qualifying tugsFixed & floating oil rigs and platformsFloating production, storage & offtake vesselsFlotels |
| Transport in connection with other services of a kind necessarily provided at sea | Qualifying dredgersDiving support** Seismic survey** Hydrographic survey Research vessel Cable layers** Pipe layers** Heavy lift** Remote operated vessel** Trenching vessel** Well stimulation** | Non qualifying dredgers Fishing boats Factory ships |
NB
For starred (**) vessels see TTM11001 onwards for special rules applying to vessels engaged in ‘offshore activities’, e.g. in the North Sea oil and gas industries.
References
| FA00/SCH22/PARA19 (qualifying ships) | TTM17101 |
| FA00/SCH22/PARA20 (excluded vessels) | TTM17106 |
| Qualifying ships | TTM03500 |
| Excluded vessels | TTM03620 |
