Freeboard for lighters and barges ( Regulation 27(11) ) (IACS interpretation LL.34)
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Freeboard for lighters and barges ( Regulation 27(11) ) (IACS interpretation LL.34)

 In applying regulation 27(11) to deck cargo barges only a Type 'B' freeboard should be assigned, even if the barges possess the same integrity of exposed decks and equivalent safety against flooding as normal tank barges. A Type 'A' freeboard can be assigned only to liquid cargo barges. Furthermore deck cargo should be carried only on barges to which Type 'B' freeboard is assigned.

Parent topic: Unified Interpretations of the Provisions of the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
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