2.19 Table 2 – Means of Access for Bulk Carriers, Paragraph 1.1
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2.19 Table 2 – Means of Access for Bulk Carriers, Paragraph 1.1

Parent topic: 2 Technical Provisions for Means of Access for Inspections (Resolution MSC.158(78))

Interpretation

  1 Means of access should be provided to the cross-deck structures of the foremost and aftermost part of each cargo hold.

  2 Interconnected means of access under the cross deck for access to three locations at both sides and in the vicinity of the centreline should be acceptable as the three means of access.

  3 Permanent means of access fitted at three separate locations accessible independently, one at each side and one in the vicinity of the centreline, should be acceptable.

  4 Special attention should be paid to the structural strength where any access opening is provided in the main deck or cross deck.

  5 The requirements for a bulk carrier cross-deck structure should also be considered applicable to ore carriers.

Technical background

 Pragmatic arrangements of the MA are provided.

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