1.3 Rate of air change
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1.3 Rate of air change

  Regulations II-2/37, 38 and 53 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, provides requirements for rate of air changes which are intended to limit maximum concentration of pollutants during loading and unloading and also to prevent a build-up of hazardous gases in the ro-ro cargo spaces when the ship is at sea with a cargo of motor vehicles. These regulations provide the minimum acceptable standards for ventilation.

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