10.3 Vessels Carrying 15 or Less Persons and Operating in Area Category 2 to 6
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10.3 Vessels Carrying 15 or Less Persons and Operating in Area Category 2 to 6

  10.3.1 Unless otherwise specified in Section 10.4, a vessel should be provided with at least two bilge pumps, one of which may be power driven situated in two separate spaces. All pumped spaces should be capable of being drained after the failure of one pump.

  10.3.2 For vessels carrying cargo exceeding 1000kg or towing or carrying out lifting operations (excluding own anchors) in addition to the above the bilge pumps should have a combined capacity of not less than 140 litres per minute. One pump may be power driven and the other(s) should be hand pump(s) suitable for the suction lift head and of capacity not less than 70 litres per minute.

Parent topic: 10 Bilge Pumping
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