Section 268
For the purpose of this Chapter
of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations, 2003
"bulk carrier" means a ship which is constructed generally with single deck, top-side tanks and hopper side tanks in cargo spaces, and is intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk, and includes such types as ore carriers and combination carriers; _.·
"bulk carrier bulkhead and double bottom strength standards" means the standards for the evaluation of scantlings of the transverse watertight vertically corrugated bulkhead between the 2 foremost cargo holds and for the evaluation of allowable hold loading of the foremost cargo hold, adopted by resolution 4 of the Conference of Contracting States to the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, on 27th.
November, 19971 as may be amended by the Organisation, provided that such amendments are adopted 1 brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the Annex other than
t Refer to the procedures for Port State control adopted by the Organisation by resolution A.787(19}, as amended by resolution A.882(21).
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"bulk carrier of single side skin construction" means a bulk carrier in which a cargo hold is bounded by the side shell;
"length", of a bulk carrier, means the length as defined in the International
Convention on Load Lines in force;
"ships constructed" means ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction;
"solid bulk cargo" means any material, other than liquid or gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules or any larger pieces of material, generally uniform in composition, which is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment.