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reserve buoyancy

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 719521 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain inland waterway traffic
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  • FR: capacité de sustentation [T50056]; réserve de flottabilité [T60988] DE: Restauftrieb [T50056] FI: varakantavuus [T50056]
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reserve buoyancy preferred
Usage examples
  • The ship's boats required in 7.04.1 and 7.04.2 must meet the following requirements: ... (f) with nobody aboard but entirely full of water, the boat's reserve buoyancy (in kg) must be at least 30 x length x bean x depth ...
  • Where a main transverse watertight compartment contains local subdivision ... a proportionate allowance may be made in the permissible length otherwise required for such compartment. In such a case the volume of the effective buoyancy assumed on the undamaged side shall not be greater than that assumed on the damaged side.
effective buoyancy

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