PUMP ROOM VENTING REGULATIONS:

The mechanical ventilation system required by regulation must:

1. Permit the extraction of air from the cargo pump room bilges immediately above the
transverse floor plates or bottom longitudinals,
2. Have an emergency intake that is:
Situated in the ventilation ducts at a height of at least 2 m above the lower platform of
the cargo pump room,
Fitted with a fire damper that is capable of being opened and closed from the weather
deck or the lower platform of the cargo pump-room.
3. Provide a means of ensuring a free flow of gases through the lower platform of the cargo
pump-room to the ventilation duct intakes.

Cargo pump rooms shall be mechanically ventilated and discharges from the exhaust fans shall be led
to a safe place on the open deck. The ventilation of these rooms shall have sufficient capacity to
minimize the possibility of accumulation of flammable vapours. The number of changes of air shall
be at least 20 times per hour, based upon the gross volume of the space. The air ducts shall be
arranged so that all of the space is effectively, ventilated. The ventilation shall be of the suction type
using fans of the non-sparking type.