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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.647 – Guidelines to Minimize Leakages from Flammable Liquid Systems – (Adopted on 6 June 1994) - Annex - Guidelines to Minimize Leakages from Flammable Liquid Systems - 1 Overview

1 Overview

  1.1 Purpose

  • .1 The International Maritime Organization recognizes that oil fuel, lubricating oil and other flammable oil system failures are a major source of shipboard fires.

  • .2 These guidelines, including appendices, are developed to assist designers, shipyard personnel, engine-room personnel, owners, operators and maintenance personnel to be aware of measures that should be taken to reduce fires originating from machinery space flammable oil systems.

  1.2 Scope

  • .1 The status of the guidelines is that of a recommendation. Attention is drawn to the importance of the design, construction, testing, installation, maintenance and inspection of systems containing flammable oils in order to reduce the risk of fire.

  • .2 The guidelines supplement the regulation II-2/15, “Arrangements for oil fuel, lubricating oil and other flammable oils", of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS 74), as amended, and are applicable to new and existing ships, including non-convention ships and ships covered by instruments other than SOLAS Convention.

  • .3 The guidelines have been developed without prejudice to the requirements of existing SOLAS regulations, MSC circulars, or other IMO safety instruments.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines to Minimize Leakages from Flammable Liquid Systems
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