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Bulk Carriers Alternate Hold Loading
Bulk Carriers Alternate Hold Loading
Bulk Carriers Alternate Hold Loading
the flooding of any cargo hold in all loading and ballast conditions.
This regulation was adopted at the SOLAS Conference of November 1997
and was initially
applicable to bulk carriers constructed on or after 1 July 1999. Bulk carriers
constructed
before 1 July 1999 have normally not been designed to comply and do not
normally comply
with the requirements of SOLAS Reg.XII/5.1. Our experience shows that a
significant increase
in hull scantling and consequently a significant additional amount of steel is
necessary to
meet the requirements of reg.XII/5.1 for such ships.
It is not likely that Owners/Managers will proceed in such a way.
3.3. Compliance with the requirements of SOLAS Reg.XII/14 may however be
met by revised
loading conditions such as reducing the deadweight when sailing with
alternate loading.
Compliance with the requirements of reg.XII/5.1 (and MSC.168(79)) are to be
reviewed by
the Local Plan Office in due course.
The revised loading conditions should also be approved by the Local Plan
Office and a new
freeboard corresponding to the revised full load conditions originating from
the revised
loading conditions could subsequently be assigned.
3.4. Alternatively, Owners/Managers may request that the prohibited loading
conditions are
either crossed out or deleted from the loading booklet.
WHAT IS BV EXPECTED TO DO ?
4. BULK CARRIERS SUBJECTED TO SOLAS REG.XII/14 : CLASSIFICATION
NOTATIONS
4.1. The provisions of SOLAS Reg.XII/14 apply to bulk carriers :
- of single side skin construction, and
- of 150 m in length and above and,
- carrying cargoes having a density of 1,780 kg/m3 and above in alternate
hold loading
conditions and,
- contracted for construction before 1 July 1998 or constructed (i.e., keel laid)
before
1 July 1999 and,
- when they reach 10 years of age (i.e., 10 years after the delivery date).
4.2. Such bulk carriers in class with BV are normally assigned :
- The service notation Bulk carrier ESP (or combination carrier/OBO ESP), and
- The additional service feature nonhomload, and, possibly,
- The additional service feature/memoranda "holds (a, b, ...) may be empty".
5. BV SURVEY AND MARINE CENTRES
At the opportunity of the first occasional, periodical, annual, intermediate,
renewal
classification/statutory survey completed after 1 July 2006 or at owners
request, any Survey
Centre will get in touch with the ship's Marine Centre to know the status of the
bulk carrier
against SOLAS Reg.XII/14.
5.1. The loading booklet need not be endorsed and the ships sides need not
be permanently
marked with a triangle when:
5.1.1. the loading booklet does not show any reference to loading conditions
addressing the
carriage of any bulk cargoes having a density of 1,780 Kg/m 3 and above,
5.1.2. the loading booklet does not show any alternate hold loading
conditions of cargoes
having a density of 1,780 Kg/m3 and above,
5.1.3. compliance with the requirements of SOLAS Reg.XII/14 is met by revised
loading
conditions as described in paragraph 3.3 above (Decrease of deadweight
leading to
increase of freeboard),
5.1.4. where the Owners/Managers have requested that the prohibited
loading conditions
are either crossed out or deleted from the loading booklet (See above 3.4)an
a revised
loading booklet has therefore been submitted.
5.2. The loading booklet will be endorsed with a statement specifying the
relevant operating
restriction(s) and the ships sides are to be permanently marked with a
triangle when:
5.2.1. the loading booklet shows alternate hold loading conditions and when
compliance
with the requirements of SOLAS Reg.XII/14 has not been ascertained (This will
normally be
the majority of cases) or when a study has shown that compliance is not met.
5.2.2. compliance with the requirements of SOLAS Reg.XII/14 is met by
operational conditions
prescribing arrangements such as reducing the deadweight when sailing in
alternate
loading hold conditions, without modification to the summer freeboard.
These operational conditions are to be validated by the Local Plan Office
and endorsed
accordingly on the loading booklet.