Clasification Society Rulefinder 2020 - Version 9.33 - Fix
Common Structural Rules - Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, January 2019 - Part 1 General Hull Requirements - Chapter 6 Hull Local Scantling - Section 3 Minimum Thicknesses - 1 Plating

1 Plating

1.1 Minimum thickness requirements

1.1.1 The net thickness of plating in mm, is to comply with the appropriate minimum thickness requirements given in Table 1.

Table 1 : Minimum net thickness for plating

Element Location Area Net thickness
Shell Keel - 7.5 + 0.03 L2

Bottom

Side shell

Bilge

 Fore Part 6.5 + 0.03 L2

Machinery space

Aft part

 7.0 + 0.03 L2
Elsewhere 5.5 + 0.03 L2
Breasthook Forepart 6.5

Deck

 Weatherdeck, strength deck, internal tank boundary

-

 4.5 + 0.02 L2

Platform deck

 Machinery space 2.8 + 0.0067 s
Elsewhere 6.5

Inner bottom (1)

-

 Machinery space 6.6 + 0.024 L2
Elsewhere 5.5 + 0.03 L2
Longitudinal bulkheads of bulk carriers

Inner side, hopper tank top, top wing tank longitudinal bulkhead

Cargo hold region

 0.7 L21/2

Bulkheads

Internal tank boundary,

Transverse/longitudinal watertight bulkhead

-

 4.5 + 0.02 L2

Non-tight bulkhead,

Wash bulkhead,

Bulkheadsbetween dry spaces.

-

 4.5 + 0.01 L2
Pillar bulkheads in fore and aft peaks - 7.5

Other members

 Diaphragms in lower/upper stool - 5.0 + 0.015 L2
Engine casing (in the cargo hold region) Cargo hold region 5.5
Engine casing (in way of accommodation) Accommodation 4.0
Otherplates in general - 4.5 + 0.01 L2
(1) Applicable for both tight and non tight members
Parent topic: Section 3 Minimum Thicknesses
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