(This regulation applies to bulk carriers regardless of
their date of construction)
1 On bulk carriers, the means for draining and
pumping ballast tanks forward of the collision bulkhead and bilges
of dry spaces any part of which extends forward of the foremost cargo
hold shall be capable of being brought into operation from a readily
accessible enclosed space, the location of which is accessible from
the navigation bridge or propulsion machinery control position without
traversing exposed freeboard or superstructure decks. Where pipes
serving such tanks or bilges pierce the collision bulkhead, valve
operation by means of remotely operated actuators may be accepted,
as an alternative to the valve control specified in regulation II-1/12, provided that
the location of such valve controls complies with this regulation.
2 Bulk carriers constructed before 1 July 2004
shall comply with the requirements of this regulation not later than
the date of the first intermediate or renewal survey of the ship to
be carried out after 1 July 2004, but, in no case, later than 1 July
2007.