"Regulation 48 Protection against flooding
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1424 – Unified Interpretation of SOLAS Regulation II-1/48.3 – (13 June 2012) - Annex – Unified Interpretation Concerning the Controls of the Emergency Bilge Suction Valve in Periodically Unattended Machinery Spaces (SOLAS Regulation II-1/48.3) - SOLAS regulation II-1/48.3 reads: - "Regulation 48 Protection against flooding

"Regulation 48 Protection against flooding

  3 The location of the controls of any valve serving a sea inlet, a discharge below the waterline or a bilge injection system shall be so sited as to allow adequate time for operation in case of influx of water to the space, having regard to the time likely to be required in order to reach and operate such controls. If the level to which the space could become flooded with the ship in the fully loaded condition so requires, arrangements shall be made to operate the controls from a position above such level."

Parent topic: SOLAS regulation II-1/48.3 reads:
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