Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) Rules 2020

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 640/2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th December, 2020.

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Application 4. Safety requirements – passenger ships 5. Stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships 6. Safety requirements for persons with reduced mobility 7. Surveys – passenger ships 8. Certificates – passenger ships PART 2 CONSTRUCTION RULES Structure of Ships 9. Prohibition on the new installation of materials containing asbestos 10. Construction drawings maintained on board and ashore Intact stability, subdivision and damage stability 11. Intact stability 12. Watertight subdivision 13. Floodable length 14. Permissible length of compartments and factor of subdivision 15. Special requirements concerning ship subdivision 16. Stability in damaged conditions – general 17. Stability in damaged conditions for a new passenger ship 18. Calculation of damage stability 19. Peak and machinery space bulkheads 20. Double bottoms 21. Assigning, marking and recording of subdivision load lines 22. Construction and initial testing of watertight bulkheads 23. Openings in watertight bulkheads 24. Ships carrying goods vehicles and accompanying personnel 25. Openings in the shell plating below the margin line 26. Watertight integrity of passenger ships above the margin line 27. Closure of cargo loading doors 28. Watertight integrity from the ro-ro deck (bulkhead deck) to spaces below 29. Access to ro-ro decks 30. Closure of bulkheads on the ro-ro deck 31. Stability information 32. Damage control plans 33. Integrity of the hull and superstructure, damage prevention and control 34. Marking, periodical operation and inspection of watertight doors, etc. 35. Entries in log 36. Railings Machinery 37. General requirements for machinery installations 38. Internal combustion engines 39. Bilge pumping arrangement 40. Number and type of bilge pumps 41. Means of going astern 42. Steering gear 43. Additional requirements for electric and electro-hydraulic steering gear 44. Ventilating systems in machinery spaces 45. Communication between the navigating bridge and machinery space 46. Engineers’ alarm 47. Location of emergency installations 48. Machinery controls 49. Steam pipe systems 50. Air pressure systems 51. Protection against noise 52. Lifts Electrical Installations 53. General requirements for electrical installations 54. Main source of electrical power and lighting 55. Emergency source of electrical power 56. Supplementary emergency lighting for ro-ro ships 57. Precautions against shock, fire and other hazards of electrical origin Additional requirements for passenger ships constructed with periodically unattended machinery spaces 58. Special consideration 59. General requirements for periodically unattended machinery spaces 60. Fire precautions 61. Protection against flooding 62. Control of propulsion machinery from the navigating bridge 63. Alarm system 64. Safety systems 65. Special requirements for machinery, boiler and electrical installations 66. Automatic control and alarm system PART 3 FIRE PROTECTION RULES Part A – General 67. Interpretation (Part 3) 68. Objectives of Fire Protection Rules 69. Obligation on ships undergoing repairs, alterations, modifications, etc. 70. Fire pumps, fire mains, hydrants, hoses and nozzles 71. Application of Rules 72 to 78 72. Capacity of fire pumps 73. Arrangements of fire pumps, fire mains and ready availability of water supply 74. Diameter of and pressure in the fire mains 75. Number and position of hydrants 76. Pipes and hydrants 77. Fire hoses 78. Nozzles 79. Fire pumps, fire mains, hydrants, hoses, nozzles and ready availability of water supply in a new Class C or D passenger ship 80. Fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems 81. Fixed fire-extinguishing systems – carbon dioxide systems 82. Fixed low-expansion foam fire-extinguishing systems fitted in machinery spaces in addition to the requirements of Rule 86 83. Fixed high-expansion foam fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces 84. Fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces 85. Portable fire extinguishers 86. Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces 87. Special arrangements in machinery spaces 88. Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems – general 89. Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems – installation requirements 90. Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems – design requirements 91. Arrangements for oil fuel, lubricating oil and other flammable oils 92. Miscellaneous items 93. Fire control plans 94. Operational readiness and maintenance 95. Instructions, on-board training and drills Part B – Fire Safety Measures 96. Structure 97. Main vertical zones and horizontal zones 98. Bulkheads within a main vertical zone 99. Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks in new ships carrying more than 36 passengers 100. Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks in new ships carrying not more than 36 passengers 101. Means of escape 102. Escape routes on ro-ro passenger ships 103. Penetrations and openings in “A” and “B” class divisions 104. Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces 105. Ventilation systems for passenger ships built before 1 January 2018 carrying more than 36 passengers 106. Ventilation systems for passenger ships built before 1 January 2018 carrying not more than 36 passengers 107. Ventilation systems in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2003 and before 1 January 2018 108. Ventilation systems in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2018 109. Ventilation systems – arrangement of ducts in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2018 110. Ventilation systems – details of fire dampers and duct penetrations in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2018 111. Ventilation systems for passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers constructed on or after 1 January 2018 112. Ventilation systems – exhaust ducts from galley ranges in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2018 113. Ventilation systems – ventilation rooms serving machinery spaces of category A containing internal combustion machinery in passenger ships constructed on or after 1 January 2018 114. Ventilation systems – ventilation systems for laundries in a passenger ship carrying more than 36 passengers constructed on or after 1 January 2018 115. Windows and sidescuttles 116. Restricted use of combustible material 117. Details of construction 118. Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems 119. Protection of special category spaces 120. Fire patrols, detection, alarms and public address systems 121. Special requirements for ships carrying dangerous goods PART 4 RULES FOR LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES 122. Interpretation (Part 4) 123. Life-saving appliances on a new Class A passenger ship 124. Communication, survival craft and rescue boats, personal life-saving appliances 125. Emergency alarm system, public address system, muster list and emergency instructions, radiocommunications personnel, operating instructions, training manual and instructions for maintenance 126. Manning of survival craft and supervision 127. Survival craft muster and embarkation arrangements 128. Requirements for ro-ro passenger ships 129. Decision support system for masters 130. Launching stations 131. Stowage of survival craft 132. Stowage of rescue boats 133. Stowage of marine evacuation systems 134. Survival craft launching and recovering arrangements 135. Rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements 136. Recovery of persons from the water 137. Emergency instructions 138. Operational readiness, maintenance and inspections 139. Abandon ship training and drills 140. Records PART 5 RADIO RULES 141. Radiocommunications – application 142. Radiocommunications equipment on Class D passenger ships 143. Sources of energy on Class D passenger ships SCHEDULE 1 SEA AREAS SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSENGER SHIPS FOR PERSONS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY SCHEDULE 4 STABILITY INFORMATION

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10 (inserted by section 7 of the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (No. 14 of 2010)) and 15 (inserted by section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 ) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 373 of 2020 )) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952 (No. 29 of 1952), sections 82 and 84 of the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 351 of 2020 )), and after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to Part 5 of the following rules, hereby make the following rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) Rules 2020.

Interpretation

2. (1) In these Rules—

“accommodation spaces” means those spaces used for public spaces, corridors, lavatories, cabins, offices, hospitals, cinemas, games and hobbies rooms, barber shops, pantries containing no cooking appliances, and similar...