2 General Requirements
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.5(XIII) - Specifications for Oil/Water Interface Detectors - (adopted on 13 June 1980) - 2 General Requirements

2 General Requirements

  2.1 Interface detectors may be permanently installed or portable.

  2.2 Interface detectors carried on board should be capable of detecting the vertical position of the interface at any level in the tank.

  2.3 Interface detectors need not indicate the interface position continuously.

  2.4 If permanently installed equipment based on stationary sensors only is provided, the information obtained about the interface should be at least equivalent to that obtainable from portable equipment when used in a normal operating pattern.

  2.5 The position of permanently installed equipment or the position of the access openings for portable equipment should be selected with due regard to the internal structure of the tank and reasonable ship movement.

  2.6 The control and display unit of a permanently installed system should be located in the cargo control room or similar space.

  2.7 Permanently installed equipment inside the tank should be able to withstand the impact from the jets of tank cleaning equipment.

  2.8 Permanently installed and portable equipment should be arranged and used with due regard to relevant operational safety precautions.


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