Regulation 16 - Construction and Initial Tests of Watertight Doors, Sidescuttles, etc.
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.265(VIII) – Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as an Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 – (Adopted on 20 November 1973) - Annex - Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as An Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 - Regulation 16 - Construction and Initial Tests of Watertight Doors, Sidescuttles, etc.

Regulation 16 - Construction and Initial Tests of Watertight Doors, Sidescuttles, etc.

  (a)

  • (i) The design, materials and construction of all watertight doors, sidescuttles, gangway, cargo and other ports, valves, pipes, and rubbish-shoots referred to in these Regulations shall be to the satisfaction of the Administration.

  • (ii) The frames of vertical watertight doors shall have no groove at the bottom in which dirt might lodge and prevent the door closing properly.

  • (iii) All cocks and valves for sea inlets and discharges below the immersion limit line and all fittings outboard of such cocks and valves shall be made of steel, bronze or other approved ductile material. Ordinary cast iron or similar materials shall not be used.

  (b) Each watertight door shall be tested by water pressure to a head up to the immersion limit line. The test shall be made before the ship is put in service, either before or after the door is fitted.

Parent topic: Annex - Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as An Equivalent to Part B of Chapter II of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960
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