The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, and revocation

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Exemptions

   4. 4. Application

   5. 5. Approved standards

3. PART II Construction—All Ships

   1. 6. Structural strength

   2. 7. Peak and machinery space bulkheads and stern tubes

   3. 8. Construction and testing of watertight bulkheads, decks and inner bottoms

   4. 9. Construction and testing of watertight decks, trunks, tunnels, duct keels and ventilators

   5. 10. Watertight doors

   6. 11. Tests of watertight doors

   7. 12. Ballast and bilge pumping and drainage arrangements

4. PART III Stability of Ships of 100 Metres or Over

   1. 13. Interpretation

   2. 14. Application

   3. 15. Subdivision indices

   4. 16. Stability information

   5. 17. Openings in watertight bulkheads and internal decks

   6. 18. External openings

5. PART IV Double Bottoms in Ships other than Tankers

   1. 19. Requirements for ships (other than tankers) constructed on or after 1st February 1992

6. PART V Damage Control in Dry Cargo Ships

   1. 20. Requirements for dry cargo ships constructed on or after 1st February 1992

7. PART VI Construction—Tankers

   1. 21. General

   2. 22. Location of spaces

   3. 23. Cargo tank ventilation

   4. 24. Ventilation of pump rooms and other enclosed spaces

   5. 25. Inerting, ventilation and gas measurement

   6. 26. Access to spaces in the cargo tank area of oil tankers

8. PART VII Machinery Installation

   1. 27. General

   2. 28. Machinery

   3. 29. Means of manoeuvring and going astern

   4. 30. Boilers and other pressure vessels

   5. 31. Boiler feed systems

   6. 32. Steam pipe systems

   7. 33. Air pressure systems

   8. 34. Cooling water systems

   9. 35. Oil and gaseous fuel installations

   10. 36. Lubricating and other oil systems

   11. 37. Remote control of propulsion machinery from the navigation bridge

   12. 38. Steering gear

   13. 39. Ventilating systems in machinery spaces

   14. 40. Protection against noise

   15. 41. Communication between navigating bridge and machinery space

   16. 42. Engineers’ alarm

   17. 43. Spare gear

   18. 44. Periodically unattended machinery spaces

   19. 45. Closing of openings

9. PART VIII Electrical Installations

   1. 46. General

   2. 47. Main source of electrical power and main switchboard

   3. 48. Lighting systems

   4. 49. Emergency and transitional sources of electrical power and emergency switchboards

   5. 50. Location and construction of cables

   6. 51. General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards

   7. 52. Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces

10. PART IX Miscellaneous

    1. 53. Anchors, anchor handling equipment and chain cables

    2. 54. Emergency towing arrangements

    3. 55. Materials used in construction

    4. 56. Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic gaseous fuel installations

11. PART X Equivalents, Penalties and Detention

    1. 57. Alternative construction, equipment and machinery

    2. 58. Penalties

    3. 59. Power to detain

12. Signature

13. Explanatory Note