| 释义 |
Solas, n.|ˈsəʊlæs|
Also SOLAS.
[Acronym f. the initial letters of Safety of Life at Sea.]
Used attrib. to designate (any of the provisions of) an international convention governing maritime safety adopted in 1960, or that of 1974 by which it was superseded.
The 1974 convention was adopted in 1980.
1965Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 13/6 Let me reassure him: they do carry them [sc. life-rafts] now. The International 1960 Solas..Regulations were ratified last year and came into force in May this year. 1971Engineering Apr. 19/2 Today many merchant ships in international trade operating under SOLAS safety requirements maintain liferafts which can carry from six to 25 people. 1980Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts July 518/1 The two conventions having the major impact on the tanker industry at the present time are: the 1974 SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention, and, the 1973 MARPOL (Marine Pollution) Convention. 1988Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 7/6 The rules, known as the 1974 Solas (safety of life at sea) regulations, set standards for sub-dividing a ship so that if water gets into one section it does not spread to the rest. |