Regulation II-2/4.2.2.3.2 – Oil fuel tanks

Where oil fuel tanks are necessarily located adjacent to or within machinery spaces of category A, at least one of their vertical sides should be contiguous to the machinery space boundaries and the area of the tank boundary common with the machinery spaces should be kept to a minimum. The arrangements in the diagrams below are acceptable provided that the requirements of MARPOL I/12A are met.

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