Solas Consolidated Edition 2009.pdf

Chapter Il-l: Construction - structure, stability, installations
Regulation 22-1
9 Where a door cannot be opened or closed while the ship is at the berth, such a door may be opened or
left open while the ship approaches or draws away from the berth, but only so far as may be necessary to
enable the door to be immediately operated. In any case, the inner bow door must be kept closed.
10 Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraphs 8.1 and 8.4, the Administration may authorize that
particular doors can be opened at the discretion of the master, if necessary for the operation of the ship or
the embarking and disembarking of passengers when the ship is at safe anchorage and provided that the
safety of the ship is not impaired.
11 The master shall ensure that an effective system of supervision and reporting of the closing and
opening of the doors referred to in paragraph 8 is implemented.
12 The master shall ensure, before the ship proceeds on any voyage, that an entry in the log-book is made
of the time of the last closing of the doors specified in paragraph 13 and the time of any opening of
particular doors in accordance with paragraph 14.
13 Hinged doors, portable plates, sidescuttles, gangway, cargo and bunkering ports and other openings,
which are required by these regulations to be kept closed during navigation, shall be closed before the ship
leaves port. The time of closing and the time of opening (if permissible under these regulations) shall be
recorded in such log-book as may be prescribed by the Administration.
14 Where in a between-deck, the sills of any of the sidescuttles referred to in regulation 15.3.2 are below
a line drawn parallel to the bulkhead deck at side and having its lowest point 1.4 m plus 2.5% of the breadth
of the ship above the water when the ship departs from any port, all the sidescuttles in that between-decks
shall be closed watertight and locked before the ship leaves port, and they shall not be opened before the
ship arrives at the next port. In the application of this paragraph the appropriate allowance for fresh water
may be made when applicable.
.1 The time of opening such sidescuttles in port and of closing and locking them before the ship
leaves port shall be entered in such log-book as may be prescribed by the Administration.
.2 For any ship that has one or more sidescuttles so placed that the requirements of paragraph 14
would apply when it was floating at its deepest subdivision draught, the Administration may
indicate the limiting mean draught at which these sidescuttles will have their sills above the line
drawn parallel to the bulkhead deck at side, and having its lowest point 1.4 m plus 2.5% of the
breadth of the ship above the waterline corresponding to the limiting mean draught, and at
which it will therefore be permissible to depart from port without previously closing and locking
them and to open them at sea on the responsibility of the master during the voyage to the next
port. In tropical zones, as defined in the International Convention on Load Lines in force, this
limiting draught may be increased by 0.3 m.
15 Sidescuttles and their deadlights which will not be accessible during navigation shall be closed and
secured before the ship leaves port.
16 If cargo is carried in spaces referred to in regulation 15.5.2, the sidescuttles and their deadlights shall be
closed watertight and locked before the cargo is shipped and such closing and locking shall be recorded in
such log-book as may be prescribed by the Administration.
17 When a rubbish-chute, etc., is not in use, both the cover and the valve required by regulation 15.10.2
shall be kept closed and secured.
Regulation 22-1
Flooding detection systems for passenger ships carrying 36 or more persons constructed
on or after 1 fuly 2010
A flooding detection system for watertight spaces below the bulkhead deck shall be provided based on the
guidelines developed by the Organization.*
* Refer to the Guidelines for flooding detection systems on passenger ships (MSC.1/Circ.1291).
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