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Ore Carrier / VLOC CII

CII for Very Large Ore Carriers and combination carriers. MEPC.337 combination-carrier reference (a=40853, c=0.812). Narrow d-boundaries reflect the tight size and trade-pattern cluster of iron-ore trades.

Ship typeOreVLOC
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Formula, assumptions, and limits

CIIrequired=40853DWT0.812(1Z)\text{CII}_\text{required} = 40853 \cdot \text{DWT}^{-0.812} \cdot (1 - Z)
SymbolMeaningUnit
DWTDWTDeadweightt
ZZAnnual reductionfraction

Source: IMO MEPC.337/338/339(76) - combination carrier reference; BIMCO - dry-bulk CII impact analysis

In short

CII rating for Very Large Ore Carriers and combination carriers using the MEPC.337 combination-carrier reference.

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