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Requirement

De nition

Documentation & Testing

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Loadicator Requirements as per SOLAS:

SOLAS Chapter XII, Regulation 11 states that:

Bulk carriers of 150 m in length and upwards shall be tted with a loading instrument capable of providing informa
hull girder shear forces and bending moments, taking under consideration the advice adopted by the Organisation.

Bulk carriers of 150 m long and upwards constructed before 1 July 1999 shall suits the wants of paragraph 1 not l
the date of the rst intermediate or periodical survey of the ship to be administered after 1 July 1999. 

De nition of Loadicator
A Loadicator is a loading instrument on board ship, which is either analog or digital, by means of which it can be easily an
ascertained that, at speci ed read-out points, the still water bending moments, shear forces, and therefore the still water t

moments and lateral loads, where applicable, in any load or ballast condition won’t exceed the speci ed permissible value
loading instrument comprises hardware and software. An operational manual is usually to be provided for the loading ins

The requirement of loading instrument for bulk carriers is governed by Chapter XII, Regulation 11 of SOLAS.

New requirements for onboard stability instruments applicable to all tankers has become effective from 1st January
MARPOL Annex I Ch.4, the IBC Code and also the IGC Code have all been amended, requiring tankers to be tted wi

stability instrument capable of handling both intact and damage stability. The new requirement is retroactive and ap
both new and existing ships as follows:

Ships constructed on or after January 1st 2016 – at delivery,

Ships constructed before January 1st, 2016 – at the rst renewal survey on or after January 1st, 2016, but no la
January 1st, 2021.

Ships carrying onboard stability instruments already approved and certi ed by a Recognised Organisation, and
of verifying both intact and damage stability to a standard acceptable to the administration, may continue to u
an instrument.

For Port State Control purposes, a Document of Approval issued by the respective Flag State, or a Recognised Organisatio
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test conditions. The important point to note is that the data need to be manually entered and not opened from
saved le.

Annual testing in presence of Class: During annual class surveys, the Software needs to be tested for its accu
presence of a class surveyor. The procedure of testing is the same as the quarterly testing but in here the class
would ask for the print out of the test condition, stamp it and give it to the ship for retention.

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It should be noted that the steadiness instrument isn’t a substitute for the approved stability documentation, but is

supplement to facilitate stability calculations. Revised IOPP-B certi cates for oil tankers and IBC and IGC certi cate
tness for chemical tankers and gas carriers re ecting the new requirements are issued from January 1st, 2016 onwa

existing ships, the old certi cate doesn’t have to be compelled to be reissued until the primary renewal survey on or
January 2016 when the new requirement becomes applicable and compliance is veri ed.

Provision of approved Loading Instrument also applies to ships with large deck openings (such as container vessels)

according to Class Rules, combined stresses due to vertical and horizontal hull girder bending and torsional and late
need to be considered.

Documentation & Testing of Loadicator:

Intermarine Ship Survey
Bunker Quantity - On/Off Hire - Hold Condition - Cargo Damage - Tank
Passivation Surveys

Ad Intermarine Ship Survey

There are two parts one must consider. The rst relates to the Documents and Certi cates a ship is required to have

with respect to the instrument and second is respected to the Testing Requirement of the Instrument

Documents Required:
There are three main documents ship should have for it to be actually complying with loading instrument’s requirem
These are:

Class certi cate for the Loadicator: This certi cate is issued by the class and gives the details of the loading
as well as the hardware on which it is installed, including the details of the make, model and serial number of t
computer. The Master and Chief Of cer must ensure that the approved loading computer’s details match with
details in this certi cate.

Class approved Instrument Manual: This is the User Manual of the software which is from the maker of the
software. A class approved copy of the user manual should be onboard. If there is a class change associated wit
ship, it is important to ensure that approval stamp of the current classi cation society is endorsed on the man

Class approved Loadicator test conditions These are usually in the form of a booklet speci cally titled “test
conditions for loadicator” with class stamp. These are usually provided during yard delivery of the vessel or aft
software is installed for the rst time and approved by the class.

Testing requirements for the Loadicator

Testing by ship staff: The software is required to be tested periodically (interval to be as per SMS of the vesse
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