2.5 Pitting and grooving
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.168(79) - Standards and Criteria for Side Structures of Bulk Carriers of Single-Side Skin Construction - (Adopted on 9 December 2004) - Annex 2 - Renewal Criteria for Side Shell Frames and Brackets in Single-Side Skin Bulk Carriers not Built in Accordance with the Standards for Side Structures in Single-Side Skin Bulk Carriers - 2 Renewal or other measures - 2.5 Pitting and grooving

2.5 Pitting and grooving

 If pitting intensity is higher than 15% in area (see figure 5), thickness measurement shall be taken to check pitting corrosion.

The minimum acceptable remaining thickness in pits or grooves is equal to:

  • .1 75% of the as-built thickness, for pitting or grooving in the frame and brackets webs and flanges; and

  • .2 70% of the as-built thickness, for pitting or grooving in the side shell, hopper tank and topside tank plating attached to the side frame, over a width up to 30 mm from each side of it.

Parent topic: 2 Renewal or other measures
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