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Regulation 13 



Water ballast tanks 



Double bottom tanks which are used to meet a stability requirement^ 

 in ships loading bulk grain shall have adequate watertight longitudinal sub- 

 division except where the width of the tank measured at half length does not 

 exceed 60 per cent, of the ship's moulded breadth. 



Regulation 14 



Ba(>ged grain 



Bagged grain shall be carried in sound bags which shall be well filled and I 

 securely closed. 



Regulation 15 



Grain loading plans 



(a) A grain loading plan approved for a ship whether by the Administration 

 or by a Contracting Government on behalf of the Administration shall be 

 accepted by other Contracting Governments as evidence that the ship when 

 loaded in accordance with such plans meets the requirements of this Chapter 

 or equivalent arrangements which have been accepted under Regulation 5 

 of Chapter I. 



(b) Such plan shall be approved after taking into account the requirements 

 of this Chapter, the various circumstances of loading on departure and arrival, 

 and the stability of the ship. It shall indicate the main characteristics of the 

 fittings used to prevent the shifting of cargo. 



(c) Such plan shall be annotated in one or more languages of which one 

 shall be one of the Convention languages. 



(d) A copy of such plan shall be supplied to the master of the ship, who 

 if so required shall produce it for the inspection of the appropriate authority 

 of the port in which loading takes place. 



(e) Pending the adoption of international regulations concerning the 

 strength of grain fittings and the provision of feeding holes in hatch coamings, 

 a ship loading grain which does not produce a grain loading plan approved by 

 the Administration, or by a Contracting Government on behalf of the 

 Administration, shall load in accordance with detailed rules issued to 

 supplement the provisions of this Chapter by the Contracting Government of 

 the country in which the loading port is situated. 



Regulation 16 



Exemptions for certain voyages 



The Administration, or a Contracting Government on behalf of the 

 Administration, may. if it considers that the sheltered nature and conditions 

 of the voyage are such as to render the application of any of the requirements 

 of Regulations 3 to 15 of this Chapter unreasonable or unnecessary, exempt 

 from those particular requirements individual ships or classes of ships. 



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