The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022

These Regulations implement amendments to Chapter XII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”) relating to additional safety measures for bulk carriers and apply to all bulk carriers of 500 gross tons or more; that is, United Kingdom bulk carriers wherever they are in the world and foreign flagged bulk carriers while they are in United Kingdom waters. They also make provision in respect of bulk carriers to which the Convention does not apply. The Regulations contain particular requirements for bulk carriers that are additional to the requirements in other merchant shipping legislation implementing the Convention, and with which bulk carriers must also comply.