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Division 4 Regulation III/8 (Ice accretion)

United Kingdom

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The specific requirements of Regulation III/8 and the specific guidance given in Recommendation 2 by the Torremolinos conference shall be applied within the region concerned, i.e. also outside the boundaries shown in the chart accompanying the said Recommendation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation III/8(1)(a) and (b) the following icing allowance shall be made in the stability calculations for vessels operating in the area north of latitude 63° N, between longitude 28° W and longitude 11° W:

  1. (a)

    40 kilograms per square metre on exposed weather decks and gangways;

  2. (b)

    10 kilograms per square metre for projected lateral area of each side of the vessel above the water plane.