Marine Orders - Part 33: Cargo and cargo handling—grain, Issue 4
1Voyages between ports in Spencer Gulf[13]
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1 Voyages between ports in Spencer Gulf[13]
1.1 Metacentric height
1.1.1 The ship's metacentric height (GM) corrected for the effects of free surface of fluids must not be less than a value equal to:[14]
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where:
H = the total volumetric heeling moment for the proposed loading in accordance with 1.2 of this Appendix;
SF = the stowage factor of the grain;
= the ship's displacement as proposed for the loading; and
R = the lesser of 0.325 or the value given by twice the freeboard on passage divided by the moulded breadth.
1.1.2 In no case may the ship's metacentric height as corrected for the effects of the free surface of liquids be less than 0.3 metres.