1 Bulk carriers of 150 m in length and upwards
of single-side skin construction, designed to carry solid bulk cargoes
having a density of 1,000 kg/m3 and above constructed on
or after 1 July 1999, shall have sufficient strength to withstand
flooding of any one cargo hold to the water level outside the ship
in that flooded condition in all loading and ballast conditions, taking
also into account dynamic effects resulting from the presence of water
in the hold, and taking into account the recommendations adopted by
the Organization.footnote
2 Bulk carriers of 150 m in length and upwards
of double-side skin construction, in which any part of longitudinal
bulkhead is located within B/5 or 11.5 m, whichever is less, inboard
from the ship's side at right angle to the centreline at the assigned
summer load line, designed to carry bulk cargoes having a density
of 1,000 kg/m3 and above constructed on or after 1 July
2006, shall comply with the structural strength provisions of paragraph
1.