C36 



SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



(c) (i) No doors, manholes, or access openings are permitted : — 

 (1) in the collision bulkhead below the margin line; 





(2) in watertight transverse bulkheads dividing a cargo space from 

 an adjoining cargo space or from a permanent or reserve 

 bunker, except as provided in paragraph (/) of this 

 Regulation. 



,(ii) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (iii) of this paragraph, the 

 collision bulkhead may be pierced below the margin line by not more than 

 one pipe for dealing with fluid in the forepeak tank, provided that the pipe 

 is fitted with a screwdown valve capable of being operated from above the 

 bulkhead deck, the valve chest being secured inside the forepeak to the 

 collision bulkhead. 



(iii) If the forepeak is divided to hold two different kinds of liquids 

 the Administration may allow the collision bulkhead to be pierced below the 

 margin line by two pipes, each of which is fitted as required by sub- 

 paragraph (ii) of this paragraph, provided the Administration is satisfied that 

 there is no practical alternative to the fitting of such a second pipe and that, 

 having regard to the , additional subdivision provided in the forepeak, the 

 safety of the ship is maintained. 



(d) (i) Watertight doors fitted in bulkheads between permanent and 

 reserve bunkers shall be always accessible, except as provided in sub- 

 paragraph (ii) of paragraph (k) of this Regulation for between deck bunker 

 doors. 



(ii) Satisfactory arrangements shall be made by means of screens or 

 otherwise to prevent the coal from interfering with the closing of watertight 

 bunker doors. 



(e) Within spaces containing the main and auxiliary propelling machinery 

 including boilers serving the needs of propulsion and all permanent bunkers, 

 not more than one door apart from the doors to bunkers and shaft tunnels 

 may be fitted in each main transverse bulkhead. Where two or more shafts 

 are fitted the tunnels shall be connected by an inter-communicating passage. 

 There shall be only one door between the machinery space and the tunnel 

 spaces where two shafts are fitted and only two doors where there are more 

 than two shafts. All these doors shall be of the sliding type and shall be 

 located so as to have their sills as high as practicable. The hand gear for 

 operating these doors from above the bulkhead deck shall be situated outside 

 the spaces containing the machinery if this is consistent with a satisfactory 

 arrangement of the necessary gearing. 



(/) (i) Watertight doors shall be sliding doors or hinged doors or doors 

 of an equivalent type. Plate doors secured only by bolts and doors required to 

 be closed by dropping or by the action of a dropping weight are not permitted. 



Ch. 2 



