Background
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.488 – Containers and Cargoes – (Adopted on 6 June 1988) - Carriage of GrainGuidance on interpretations and equivalences - 16 Length measured to a corrugated bulkhead - Background

Background

 Since a corrugated bulkhead has more than one transverse, plane surface a question arises as to where to measure length when a corrugated bulkhead is a boundary of a compartment loaded with bulk grain. The following guideline is intended to define the interpretation that, most generally, has been used.

Parent topic: 16 Length measured to a corrugated bulkhead
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