Reg XII/6: Structural and Other Requirements

Existing single side skin bulk carriers (of 150 m length or above, carrying solid bulk cargoes having a density >1.78 tons/cubic meter, constructed before 1 July 1999) must comply with the IACS criteria contained in UR’s S19 and S20 for assessing the vertically corrugated transverse watertight bulkhead between the first two cargo holds and the double bottom in way of the first cargo hold with the first cargo hold assumed flooded in accordance with the compliance schedule in regulation 3.