The amendments take into account a study into bulk carrier survivability carried out by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) at the request of IMO.

该修正案考虑了国际船级社协会（IACS）应国际海事组织（IMO）的要求对散货船生存能力进行的研究。

IACS concluded that the most vulnerable areas are the bulkhead between numbers one and two holds at the forward end of the vessel and the double bottom of the ship at this location.

IACS 得出的结论是，最脆弱的区域是船舶前端一号货舱和二号货舱之间的舱壁以及该位置船舶的双层底。