Chapter II Cargo Containment
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Chapter II Cargo Containment

  Part A Physical protection (Siting of cargo tanks; ship stability)

  1 Existing subparagraph 2.2.1 is replaced by the following:

  • "2.2.1 General: Ships subject to this Code may be assigned the minimum freeboard permitted by the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966. The additional requirements in paragraph 2.2.4, taking into account any empty or partially filled tank as well as the specific gravities of cargoes to be carried, however, should govern the allowed operating draught for any actual condition of loading.

  • 2.2.1.1 All ships engaged in the transport of chemicals in bulk should be supplied with loading and stability manuals for the information and guidance of the master. These manuals should contain details concerning the loaded conditions of full and empty or partially empty tanks, the position of these tanks in the ship, the specific gravities of the various parcels of cargoes carried, and any ballast arrangements in critical conditions of loading. Provisions for evaluating other conditions of loading should be contained in the manuals.

  • 2.2.1.2 All ships subject to the Code, shall be fitted with a stability instrument, capable of verifying compliance with intact and damage stability requirements approved by the Administration, at the first scheduled renewal survey of the ship on or after 1 January 2016, but not later than 1 January 2021, having regard to the performance standards recommended by the Organizationfootnote:

    • .1 notwithstanding the above, a stability instrument fitted on a ship before 1 January 2016 need not be replaced provided it is capable of verifying compliance with intact and damage stability, to the satisfaction of the Administration; and

    • .2 for the purposes of control under regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex II, the Administration shall issue a document of approval for the stability instrument.

  • 2.2.1.3 The Administration may waive the requirements of paragraph 2.2.1.2 for the following ships provided the procedures employed for intact and damage stability verification maintain the same degree of safety as being loaded in accordance with the approved conditions**. Any such waiver shall be duly noted on the Certificate of Fitness referred to in paragraph 1.6.3:

    • .1 ships which are on a dedicated service, with a limited number of permutations of loading such that all anticipated conditions have been approved in the stability information provided to the master in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 2.2.1.1;

    • .2 ships where stability verification is made remotely by a means approved by the Administration;

    • .3 ships which are loaded within an approved range of loading conditions; or

    • .4 ships provided with approved limiting KG/GM curves covering all applicable intact and damage stability requirements.

  Certificate of Fitness

  2 Paragraph 6 is replaced with the following:

  • "6 That the ship must be loaded:

  • .1*** only in accordance with loading conditions verified compliant with intact and damage stability requirements using the approved stability instrument fitted in accordance with paragraph 2.2.1.2 of the Code;

  • .2*** where a waiver permitted by paragraph 2.2.1.3 of the Code is granted and the approved stability instrument required by paragraph 2.2.1.2 of the Code is not fitted, loading shall be made in accordance with one or more of the following approved methods:

    • (i) in accordance with the loading conditions provided in the approved loading manual, stamped and dated ................. and signed by a responsible officer of the Administration, or of an organization recognized by the Administration; or

    • (ii) in accordance with loading conditions verified remotely using an approved means ………..………………; or

    • (iii) in accordance with a loading condition which lies within an approved range of conditions defined in the approved loading manual referred to in (i) above; or

    • (iv) in accordance with a loading condition verified using approved critical KG/GM data defined in the approved loading manual referred to in (i) above;

  • .3*** in accordance with the loading limitations appended to this Certificate. Where it is required to load the ship other than in accordance with the above instruction, then the necessary calculations to justify the proposed loading conditions shall be communicated to the certifying Administration who may authorize in writing the adoption of the proposed loading condition.

Parent topic: Annex - Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code)
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