When a passenger ship carries cargoes concurrently, the stability of the ship shall be in compliance with the provisions set forth in Chapter 3 and the access to escape routes and ship equipment shall not be compromised.

When a passenger ship carries concurrently a large volume of bulk cargoes, the ship shall have a loading plan approved by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute.
The loading plan shall comprise stowage arrangements and stability computations.

Except where there is special equipment and safe, reliable measures, which are approved by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute, no passenger ship shall in any case be allowed to carry dangerous cargoes concurrently.

Except as otherwise approved by shipping administration authority or ship register institute, any passenger ship shall in no case be allowed to carry deck cargoes concurrently.
When granting the approval mentioned in the previous paragraph, the shipping administration authority or ship register institute shall re-compute the certified number of passengers by deducting the spaces where the concurrent deck cargoes are stowed.

When livestock and live poultry are carried on a passenger ship, there shall be proper spacing and appropriate facilities for feeding and cleaning.