Chapter 17 Summary of minimum requirements
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Chapter 17 Summary of minimum requirements

 These amendments have been consolidated into IBC Code, Chapter 17 and Appendix

12 The explanatory notes for "Tank environment control (column h)" are replaced by the following:

  • "Tank environmental Inert: inerting (9.1.2.1)
    control Pad: liquid or gas padding (9.1.2.2)
    (column h) Dry: drying (9.1.2.3)
      Vent: natural or forced ventilation (9.1.2.4)
      No: no special requirements under this Code
        (inerting may be required under SOLAS)"

  Certificate of Fitness

  13 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 2.2.6 of the Code;

  • .2* where a waiver permitted by paragraph 2.2.7 of the Code is granted and the approved stability instrument required by paragraph 2.2.6 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 International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)
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