5.1 General
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5.1 General

  5.1.1 Unless expressly provided in these Interim Guidelines, the requirements for "cargo tanks" in the IGC Code should apply to "cargo holds" on NGHP carriers.

  5.1.2 Unless expressly provided in these Interim Guidelines, the requirements for "cargo pump-rooms and cargo compressor rooms" in the IGC Code should apply to "gas machinery room".

  5.1.3 For the purpose of these Interim Guidelines:

  • .1 "Boil-off vapours" and "cargo vapour" should be read as "dissociated gases"; and

  • .2 "Boiling point of the cargo" should be read as "the envisaged lowest cargo temperature".

Parent topic: 5 Detailed Application of Requirements of the IGC Code
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