Regulation 10 Surveys and maintenance of bulk carriers
A bulk carrier must be subjected to the enhanced programme of inspections required by the ESP Code during a survey required by the Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2015.
A bulk carrier must comply with—
the maintenance requirements contained in regulation 3-1 of Chapter II-1 (structural, mechanical and electrical requirements for ships); and
the standards for owners, inspection and maintenance of bulk carrier hatch covers specified in regulation 7 of Chapter XIIf1 (and contained in IMO Resolution MSC.169(79)).
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Regulation 7 of Chapter XII requires compliance with the standards for owners, inspection and maintenance of bulk carrier hatch covers, set out in IMO Resolution MSC.169(79). MSC.169(79) was adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO on 9th December 2004 for the purposes of the application of regulation 7 of Chapter XII. As such, its requirements are made mandatory by reference to it in regulation 7 of Chapter XII.