Bulk carriers of 150 m in length and upwards of single-side
skin construction, carrying cargoes having a density of 1,780 kg/m3 and
above, if not meeting the requirements for withstanding flooding of
any one cargo hold as specified in regulation 5.1 and the Standards
and criteria for side structures of bulk carriers of single-side skin
construction, adopted by the Organization by resolution
MSC.168(79), as may be amended by the Organization, provided
that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect
in accordance with the provisions of article
VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures
applicable to the Annex other than chapter I, shall not sail with
any hold loaded to less than 10% of the hold's maximum allowable cargo
weight when in the full load condition, after reaching 10 years of
age. The applicable full load condition for this regulation is a load
equal to or greater than 90% of the ship's deadweight at the relevant
assigned freeboard.