This document specifies requirements for two types, seven classes and three grades of wire- or textile-reinforced dredging hoses with nominal sizes ranging from 100 to 1 300. Such hoses are suitable for the delivery or suction of seawater or freshwater mixed with silt, sand, coral and small stones with a specific gravity in the range from 1,0 to 2,3 at ambient temperature ranging from -10 °C to +40 °C or for low-temperature hoses (designated -LT) ranging from -20 °C to +40 °C.
This document covers two types of hose, as follows:

type 1: floating type, for delivery only, which includes flotation material to give the hose buoyancy;
type 2: submarine type for delivery and suction.