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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Schedules

Second Schedule

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

Annex

Chapter VI : Carriage of Grain

Part A — General Provisions

Regulation 11 : Grain loading information

 

This information shall be sufficient to allow the master to determine in all reasonable loading conditions the heeling moments due to grain shift calculated in accordance with Part B of this Chapter. It shall include the following:

(a) Information which shall be approved by the Administration or by a Contracting Government on behalf of the Administration:
(i) Curves or tables of grain heeling moments for every compartment, filled or partly filled, or combination thereof, including the effects of temporary fittings;
(ii) tables of maximum permissible heeling moments or other information sufficient to allow the master to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of paragraph (c) of Regulation 4 of this Chapter;
(iii) details of the scantlings of any temporary fittings and where applicable the provisions necessary to meet the requirements of Section I(E) of Part C of this Chapter;
(iv) typical loaded service departure and arrival conditions and where necessary, intermediate worst service conditions;
(v) a worked example for the guidance of the master;
(vi) loading instructions in the form of notes summarizing the requirements of this Chapter.
(b) Information which shall be acceptable to the Administration or to a Contracting Government on behalf of the Administration:
(i) Ship’s particulars;
(ii) lightship displacement and the vertical distance from the intersection of the moulded base line and midship section to the centre of gravity (KG);
(iii) table of free surface corrections;
(iv) capacities and centres of gravity.