{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348236569",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Solid bulk cargo density declaration",
  "text": "(1) Prior to loading solid bulk cargo on bulk carriers of 150 metres in length or more, the shipper must—\n(a) declare the density of the cargo in writing; and\n(b) provide that information to the master or to the master’s representative.\n(2) A bulk carrier to which regulation 14 (structural and other requirements for bulk carriers) applies and which is carrying cargo with a declared cargo density within the range of 1,250 kg/m3 to 1,780 kg/m3 inclusive, must either—\n(a) have the density of the cargo verified by an accredited testing organisation; or\n(b) comply with all the requirements of these Regulations applicable to the carriage of solid bulk cargo having a density of 1,780 kg/m3 and above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "IMO Circular MSC/Circ.908 provides guidelines for the verification of the density of solid bulk cargo and may be obtained from the International Maritime Organization of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email infoline@mcga.gov.uk). It is government policy to recommend the use of testing organisations accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) – see https://www.ukas.com/about-us/about-ukas/."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236569/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:45:19.685273+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}