6. Crew's and Owner's Duties with Respect to Machinery Space Installations
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6. Crew's and Owner's Duties with Respect to Machinery Space Installations

  6.1 Attention should be directed at the condition of flexible pipes used in oil systems, e.g. in connection with hydraulic power arrangements, flexible pipes are used to prevent harmful vibrations and noise. High pressures in combination with pulsations may cause breakage of the flexible pipes, particularly in way of end attachments.

  6.2 Also, flexible pipes for connecting fuel oil supply to oil burners are extensively used. Any signs of deteriorating conditions being revealed, should be replaced or at least temporarily repaired.

  6.3 Broken or loose fastenings of oil pipes should be repaired because they may result in future damage.

  6.4 It is Owner's responsibility to ensure that the machinery space is maintained in a clean condition.

A cleanliness level is not acceptable in cases where floor plates are slippery from extensive oil spills, or oil is seeping from machinery, or if painted surfaces have an oil layer, or when a fire hazard exists due, for instance, to accumulation of rags or other similar materials or presence of oil on bilge water surface.

Parent topic: Annex 2 - No. 18 (1987) - Fire Prevention in Machinery Spaces of Ships in Service - Guidance to Owners
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