Section 6 Decks loaded by wheeled vehicles
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Section 6 Decks loaded by wheeled vehicles

Parent topic: Chapter 6 Local Strength

6.1 General

6.1.1 Where it is proposed to use wheeled vehicles such as fork lift trucks and mobile cranes on deck structures, the deck plating and the supporting structure are to be designed on the basis of the maximum loading to which they may be subjected in service and the minimum gross scantlings are to comply with the requirements of Pt 3, Ch 9, 3 Decks loaded by wheeled vehicles of the Rules for Ships. In no case, however, are the scantlings to be less than would be required by the remaining requirements of this Chapter when the deck is considered as a weather deck or storage deck, as appropriate.

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