1 Introduction
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Conferences - SOLAS/CONF.4 - Resolutions of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 – (November 1997) - Resolution 4 - Standards for the evaluation of scantlings and for the evaluation of allowable hold loading of the foremost cargo hold – (Adopted on 27 November 1997) - Annex 2 - Standards for the evaluation of allowable hold loading of the foremost cargo hold - 1 Introduction

1 Introduction

 The loading in the foremost cargo hold is not to exceed the allowable hold loading in the flooded condition, calculated as per section 4, using the loads given in section 2 and the shear capacity of the double bottom given in section 3.

In no case is the allowable hold loading in the flooding condition to be taken greater than the design hold loading in the intact condition.


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