PART 3Special requirements for bulk carriers

Structural strength of bulk carriers constructed on or after 1st July 199913.

(1)

This regulation applies to bulk carriers of 150 metres in length or more.

(2)

A bulk carrier of single-side skin construction to which this regulation applies—

(a)

constructed on or after 1st July 1999; and

(b)

designed to carry solid bulk cargo having a density of 1,000 kg/m3 and above,

must comply with each requirement applicable to that bulk carrier in regulation 5 of Chapter XII (structural strength of bulk carriers).

(3)

A bulk carrier of double-side skin construction to which this regulation applies—

(a)

constructed on or after 1st July 2006;

(b)

in which any part of a longitudinal bulkhead is located within one-fifth of the vessel breadth or 11.5 metres, whichever is less, inboard from the ship’s side at a right angle to the centreline at the assigned summer load line; and

(c)

designed to carry solid bulk cargo having a density of 1,000 kg/m3 and above,

must comply with each requirement applicable to that bulk carrier in regulation 5 of Chapter XII.