C162 SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



(a) the bulk grain or other cargo shall be stowed so as to ensure maximum i 

 stability: in all cases either a metacentric height (after correction] 

 for the free surface effects of liquids in tanks) shall be maintained! 

 throughout the voyage of not less than 12 inches (or 31 metres) in] 

 the case of one or two deck ships and 14 inches (or 36 metres) in 

 the case of other ships or, alternatively, the aggregate quantity of 

 bulk grain or other cargo carried above deck, in the 'tween deck 

 spaces of a two deck ship or in the uppermost 'tween deck spaces 

 of a ship having more than two decks shall not exceed 28 per cent, 

 by weight of the total cargo below the 'tween deck v,'here the 

 master is satisfied that the ship will have adequate stability through- 

 cut the voyage; the limitation of 28 per cent, specified above shall 

 not apply when the grain carried above deck or in the uppermost 

 'tween deck spaces is oats, barley or cotton seed; 



(b) the deck area of any portion of the spaces referred to in this Regulation 



which contains bulk grain and which is only partly filled shall not 

 exceed 1,000 square feet (or 93 square metres); and 



(c) all spaces referred to in this Regulation in which bulk grain is stowed 



shall be subdivided by transverse bulkheads at intervals of not more 

 than 100 feet (or 30 50 metres); when this distance is exceeded the 

 excess space shall be entirely filled with bagged grain or other 

 suitable cargo. 



Regulation 11 



Limitation on number of partly filled holds and co:npuiunents 



Except in the case of ships in which a metacentric height (after correction 

 for the free surface effects of liquids in tanks) is maintained throughout the 

 voyage of not less than 12 inches (or 031 metres) in the case of one or two 

 deck ships and not less than 14 inches (or 36 metres) in the case of other 

 ships, not more than two holds or compartments shall be partly filled with 

 bulk grain, except that other holds or compartments may be partly filled with 

 bulk grain if they are filled up to the deckhead with bagged or other suitable 

 cargo. For the purpose of this Regulation : — 



{a) superimposed 'tween decks shall be regarded as separate compartments 



and separate from any lower hold below them; 

 {b) feeders and the partly filled spaces referred to in paragraph {b) of 

 Regulation 10 of this Chapter shall not be regarded as 

 compartments; and 

 (r) holds or compartments provided with one or more grain-tight 

 longitudinal divisions shall be regarded as one hold or compartment. 



Ch. 6 



Kx. Doc. K. 87-1 O i:! 



