Marking of IMO number

IMO Number is to be permanently marked in two places.

Covered by SOLAS CH-XI-1, regulation - 3.4.

Place-1 is any of the following places:

	On the stern of the ship
	On either side of the hull
	Amidships port and starboard
	On either side of the superstructure, port and starboard
	On the front of the superstructure
	In the case of passenger ships, on a horizontal surface visible from the air.

Place-2 is any of the following places:

	Either on one of the end transverse bulkheads of the machinery spaces
	On one of the hatchways
	In the case of tankers, in the pump-room
	In the case of ships with ro-ro spaces, on one of the end transverse bulkheads of the ro-ro spaces.

Updated: September 21, 2007