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 - 11 Required stability information - Background

Background

 Regulation II-1/22 requires that stability information be furnished to the master but it is non-specific. With respect to ships loading bulk grain, regulation 11(b) provides a specific listing of stability information but it is incomplete in that it does not include all the information needed to perform the stability calculations required by this chapter. Accordingly, the following guideline is provided to complete the list.

Parent topic: 11 Required stability information
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