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[接上页] (7) The venting system shall be provided with devices to prevent the passage of flame into the cargo tanks. The design, construction, location and testing of these devices shall be in accordance with Schedule 1. The devices for cargo tanks in which the atmosphere is flammable shall be flame arresters or high velocity vents. The devices for cargo tanks in which the atmosphere is rendered non-flammable by a fixed inert gas system provided in accordance with regulations 49, 55 or 58 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.) may be flame screens. (8) The vents shall be connected to the top of each cargo tank and be self-draining to the cargo tanks when the ship is upright, trimmed up to 10 degrees by the stern and when inclined at any angle of list up to and including 15 degrees either way. Other permanently installed drainage arrangements may be permitted where it is not possible to provide self-draining vent lines. (9) High level alarms or overflow control systems or other equivalent means together with cargo tank content gauges and filling procedures shall be provided to protect the tanks from excess pressure due to overfilling. (10) Isolation of the slop tanks containing oil or oil residue in combination carriers from other cargo tanks shall be by blank flanges which shall remain in position at all times when cargoes other than oil cargoes are carried. (11) The master shall be provided with information regarding the maximum permissible loading rate for each cargo tank and, in the case of combined venting systems, for each group of cargo tanks. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369S reg 13 Ventilation of pump rooms and other enclosed spaces (1) Cargo pump rooms and pump rooms having a similar hazard shall be mechanically ventilated and discharges from the exhaust fans shall be led to a safe place on the open deck. The ventilation of these rooms shall have sufficient capacity to minimize the possibility of accumulation of flammable vapours. The number of changes of air shall be at least 20 per hour, based upon the gross volume of the space. The air ducts shall be arranged so that all of the space is effectively ventilated. The ventilation system shall be of the exhaust type. (2) Ventilation inlets and outlets and other deckhouse and superstructure boundary space openings shall be located clear of the cargo pump room openings. Openings for machinery space ventilation shall be located as far aft as practicable taking into consideration the location of any stern loading and discharging facilities provided. (3) The cargo spaces and their adjacent enclosed spaces in combination carriers shall be capable of being ventilated by permanently installed or portable fans. A fixed gas detection system shall be provided in cargo pump rooms, pipe ducts and the cofferdams adjacent to slop tanks. Arrangements shall be provided to detect the presence of flammable vapours in all other spaces within the cargo tank area from the open deck or other easily accessible positions. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369S reg 13A Seawater ballast tank corrosion prevention system (1) This regulation applies to oil tankers and bulk carriers constructed on or after 1 July 1998. (2) All dedicated seawater ballast tanks shall have an efficient corrosion prevention system, such as hard protective coatings or equivalent. The coatings should preferably be of a light colour. The scheme for the selection, application and maintenance of the system shall be approved by the Director, based on the guidelines adopted by the International Maritime Organization. Where appropriate, sacrificial anodes shall also be used. (L.N. 107 of 2001) Cap 369S reg 14 General PART III MACHINERY INSTALLATION SECTION I (1) In every ship the machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels, and associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended and shall be so installed and protected as to reduce to a minimum any danger to persons on board, due regard being paid to moving parts, hot surfaces and other hazards. The design shall have regard to the materials used in construction, the purpose for which the equipment is intended, the working conditions to which it will be subjected and the environmental conditions on board. (2) Where the arrangements of the main propulsion machinery are unconventional the Director may require a separate source of propulsion power shall be provided sufficient to give the ship a navigable speed. (3) Means shall be provided whereby the normal operation of propulsion machinery can be sustained or restored when there is a breakdown of- (a) a generating set which serves as a main source of electrical power, (b) the source of steam supply, (c) the boiler feed water system, (d) the fuel oil supply systems for boilers or engines, (e) the sources of lubricating oil pressure, (f) the sources of water pressure, |