8 Stability requirements for existing ships
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8 Stability requirements for existing ships

  8.1 For the purposes of this section the term existing ship means a ship, the keel of which is laid before 25 May 1980.

  8.2 An existing ship loaded in accordance with documents previously approved under regulation 12 of chapter VI of SOLAS 1960, IMO resolutions A.184(VI) or A.264(VIII) shall be considered to have intact stability characteristics at least equivalent to the requirements of A 7 of this Code. Documents of authorization permitting such loadings shall be accepted for the purposes of A 7.2.

  8.3 Existing ships not having on board a document of authorization issued in accordance with A 3 of this Code may apply the provisions of A 9 without limitation on the deadweight which may be used for the carriage of bulk grain.

Parent topic: Part A - Specific requirements
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