(This regulation applies to bulk carriers regardless of
their date of construction)
1 Bulk carriers shall be fitted with water level
detectors:
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.1 in each cargo hold, giving audible and visual
alarms, one when the water level above the inner bottom in any hold
reaches a height of 0.5 m and another at a height not less than 15%
of the depth of the cargo hold but not more than 2 m. On bulk carriers
to which regulation 9.2 applies,
detectors with only the latter alarm need be installed. The water
level detectors shall be fitted in the aft end of the cargo holds.
For cargo holds which are used for water ballast, an alarm overriding
device may be installed. The visual alarms shall clearly discriminate
between the two different water levels detected in each hold;
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.2 in any ballast tank forward of the collision
bulkhead required by regulation II-1/12 (now II-1/9), giving an audible and visual
alarm when the liquid in the tank reaches a level not exceeding 10%
of the tank capacity. An alarm overriding device may be installed
to be activated when the tank is in use; and
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.3 in any dry or void space other than a chain
cable locker, any part of which extends forward of the foremost cargo
hold, giving an audible and visual alarm at a water level of 0.1 m
above the deck. Such alarms need not be provided in enclosed spaces
the volume of which does not exceed 0.1% of the ship's maximum displacement
volume.
2 The audible and visual alarms specified in paragraph
1 shall be located on the navigation bridge.
3 Bulk carriers constructed before 1 July 2004
shall comply with the requirements of this regulation not later than
the date of the annual, intermediate or renewal survey of the ship
to be carried out after 1 July 2004, whichever comes first.