SOLAS Chapter II-2 (SOLAS Chapter 2-2): Construction – Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinguishing

Part B – Prevention of fire and Explosion:

Regulation 5.10: Protection of Cargo pump rooms

.cargo pump room    .cprr   .prr

In tankers: 

.1 cargo pumps, ballast pumps and stripping pumps, installed in cargo pump- rooms and driven by shafts passing through pump-room bulkheads shall be fitted with temperature sensing devices for bulkhead shaft glands, bearings and pump casings. A continuous audible and visual alarm signal shall be automatically effected in the cargo control room or the pump control station;

.2 lighting in cargo pump-rooms, except emergency lighting, shall be interlocked with ventilation such that the ventilation shall be in operation when switching on the lighting. Failure of the ventilation system shall not cause the lighting to go out;

.3 a system for continuous monitoring of the concentration of hydrocarbon gases shall be fitted. Sampling points or detector heads shall be located in suitable positions in order that potentially dangerous leakages are readily detected. When the hydrocarbon gas concentration reaches a pre-set level which shall not be higher  than 10 % of the lower flammable limit, a continuous audible and visual alarm signal shall be automatically effected in the pump- room, engine control room, cargo control room and navigation bridge to alert personnel to the potential hazard; and

all pump-rooms shall be provided with bilge level monitoring devices together with appropriately located alarms.