6 Information regarding ship's stability and grain loading
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6 Information regarding ship's stability and grain loading

  6.1 Information in printed booklet form shall be provided to enable the master to ensure that the ship complies with this Code when carrying grain in bulk on an international voyage. This information shall include that which is listed in A 6.2 and A 6.3.

  6.2 Information which shall be acceptable to the Administration or to a Contracting Government on behalf of the Administration shall include:

  • .1 ship's particulars;

  • .2 lightship displacement and the vertical distance from the intersection of the moulded base line and midship section to the centre of gravity (KG);

  • .3 table of liquid free surface corrections;

  • .4 capacities and centres of gravity;

  • .5 curve or table of angle of flooding, where less than 40°, at all permissible displacements;

  • .6 curves or tables of hydrostatic properties suitable for the range of operating drafts; and

  • .7 cross curves of stability which are sufficient for the purpose of the requirements in A 7 and which include curves at 12° and 40°.

  6.3 Information which shall be approved by the Administration or by a Contracting Government on behalf of the Administration shall include:

  • .1 curves or tables of volumes, vertical centres of volumes, and assumed volumetric heeling moments for every compartment, filled or partly filled, or combination thereof, including the effects of temporary fittings;

  • .2 tables or curves of maximum permissible heeling moments for varying displacements and varying vertical centres of gravity to allow the master to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of A 7.1; this requirement shall apply only to ships the keels of which are laid on or after the entry into force of this Code;

  • .3 details of the scantlings of any temporary fittings and, where applicable, the provisions necessary to meet the requirements of A 7, A 8 and A 9;

  • .4 loading instructions in the form of notes summarizing the requirements of this Code;

  • .5 a worked example for the guidance of the master; and

  • .6 typical loaded service departure and arrival conditions and where necessary intermediate worst service conditions.footnote

Parent topic: Part A - Specific requirements
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