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  1. Marine Machinery Regulations - SOR/90-264 (SCHEDULE XIV : Lubricating)

    SCHEDULE XIVLubricating Oil and Hydraulic Power Oil Systems

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    Item Requirements
    1 Where the ship is to operate in low ambient temperatures, measures shall be taken to maintain essential deck machinery lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil at a viscosity suitable for reliable operation of the machinery.
    2 No lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil tank shall be located where spillage or leakage from the tanks creates a hazard by falling on heated surfaces.
    3 No lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil shall be carried in the fore-peak.
    4 Means shall be provided to prevent over-pressure in

    • (a) any lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil tank by way of flame screened vent pipes terminating in a safe location; and

    • (b) any lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil system by relief valve discharges leading back to suction sides of pumps or to suitable tanks.
    5 Quantities of lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil in tanks shall be determined by

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    6 Subject to item 7, for ships certificated to carry more than 12 passengers and other ships in excess of 500 tons gross tonnage, every pressurized lubricating oil system pipe which when damaged allows oil to escape from a storage or service tank situated above the double bottom, shall be fitted with a cock or valve on the tank capable of being closed from a safe position outside the space.
    9 As far as practicable, all parts of a lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil system containing heated oil under pressure exceeding 180 kPa shall be located so that defects and leakage can readily be observed.
    10 Machinery space lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil piping and components shall be adequately illuminated.
    11 Means shall be taken to prevent oil that may escape under pressure from any component from coming into contact with heated surfaces.
    12 Drip trays with drains leading to a sludge oil tank shall be fitted under all components where leakage may occur.
    13 Lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil pipes shall be of steel or similar fire and pressure resistant material, except that flexible hoses are permissible in accordance with Schedule IX.

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    Item Required Information
    1 General arrangement and location of permanently installed oil systems, including connections to all applicable machinery, heat exchangers, pumps, purifiers, filters, valves, piping, filling stations, tanks, tank sounding devices, flame screened venting and overflow arrangements, drip-trays and sludge facilities and oil pollution prevention components.
    3 Installation details indicating assigned working pressures, temperatures, flow rates, oil flash-point (closed cup test) and oil viscosity at highest and lowest operating temperatures.
    5 Details of

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    • (c) piping hazard protection, particularly against heated oil; and
    6 Information set out in items 1 and 3 to 5 is not required to be submitted for

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    • (b) a lubricating oil system in which the oil storage tank capacity is not in excess of 250 L; and

    • (c) a hydraulic power oil system for

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    Item Requirements
    5 Inspection of securing arrangements of the lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil system and verification of correct adjustment and operational condition of safety, control and monitoring devices.

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    Item Requirements
    1 For essential lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil systems and, in locations where oil leakage is hazardous, non-essential systems,

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    • (b) verification that the lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil system, control, monitoring and alarm systems are in correct adjustment and operational condition.

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    Item Requirements
    1 For essential lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil systems,

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  2. Marine Machinery Regulations - SOR/90-264 (SCHEDULE XII : Fuel)

    SCHEDULE XIIFuel Oil Systems

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    Item Requirements
    1 Subject to items 2 and 3, fuel oil for all fixed installations shall have a flash-point of not less than 60°C (closed cup test).
    2 Fuel oil for fixed installations may have a flash-point of not less than 43°C (closed cup test) where

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    • (b) the fuel oil in the storage tank is not heated to more than 38°C; and
    3 Fuel oil for emergency generator service may have a flash-point of not less than 43°C (closed cup test).
    4 Fixed fuel oil systems for helicopters and for non-fixed equipment shall have additional safety features taking into account the quantity of fuel carried and the hazardous properties of the fuel.
    5 Small approved portable containers holding fuel oil with a flash-point of lower than 43°C shall

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    6 For ships operating in extremely cold conditions with exposed fuel oil piping to the emergency generator from an external deck-mounted fuel tank, means shall be taken so that the fuel oil viscosity will not adversely affect oil flow and where warming systems are used, the system shall incorporate a heat-limiting device to ensure that the oil is not heated to a temperature exceeding 20°C.
    7 The ventilation of spaces in which fuel oil is used shall be sufficient to prevent accumulation of oil vapour.
    8 Fuel oil shall not be stored in the forepeak and the tanks shall, as far as practicable, form part of the ship structure.
    9 Where fuel oil tanks, except double bottom tanks, are located adjacent to machinery spaces of category A out of necessity, they shall have a common boundary, where practicable, with the double bottom tanks, and the area of the tank boundary common with the machinery spaces of category A shall be kept to a minimum.
    10 Where practicable, the use of non-structural fuel oil tanks shall be avoided, but where used such tanks shall

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    11 No fuel oil tank shall be located where spillage or leakage from the tank creates a hazard by falling on heated surfaces.
    12 Fuel oil tanks for cooking and cabin hot-air heating appliances shall not be installed in the same spaces as the appliances and the supply of oil to appliance burners shall be capable of being shut off from positions outside the spaces in which the appliances are fitted.
    13 Quantities of fuel oil in tanks may be determined by

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    • (b) other safe and efficient means that on failure or over-filling of the tanks will not permit the release of fuel oil, where a supplementary means of manual sounding is provided.
    14 Where fuel oil quantities in a tank are determined by means other than sounding pipes, the installation of the system shall be in accordance with the following requirements:

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    • (b) for ships certificated to carry 12 passengers or less, the system may include the use of oil-level gauges with flat glasses and self-closing valves between the gauges and the oil tank, but may not include the use of cylindrical gauge glasses.
    16 Subject to item 17, every fuel oil pipe that if damaged would allow fuel oil to escape either by gravity or siphon action from a storage, settling or daily service tank located in a space above the double bottom shall be fitted with a cock or valve on the tank that is capable of being closed from a safe location outside the space.
    19 As far as practicable, all parts of a fuel oil system containing heated oil under pressure exceeding 180 kPa shall be located so that defects and leakage can be readily observed.
    20 Machinery space fuel oil piping and components shall be adequately illuminated.
    21 Means shall be provided to prevent oil that may escape under pressure from a component from coming into contact with heated surfaces.
    22 Drip trays with drains leading to a sludge oil tank shall be fitted under all components where leakage may occur.
    23 Fuel oil pipes shall be of steel or similar fire and pressure-resistant material, except that short flexible hoses may be used in accordance with Schedule IX.
    25 Printed manufacturer’s instructions for the proper installation, maintenance and operation of each fuel oil burning appliance shall be permanently mounted in a visible location adjacent to the appliance.
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    In addition to the instructions referred to in item 25, the following safety instructions shall be prominently posted in spaces, other than machinery spaces, where fuel oil burning appliances are located:

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    If leakage of fuel oil is suspected or detected, the following actions must be taken immediately:

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    Item Required Information
    1 General arrangement and location of permanently installed fuel oil systems including connections to boilers, engines, heat exchangers, incinerators, cooking ranges, cabin hot-air heaters, pumps, purifiers, filters, valves, pressure gauges, piping, filling stations, tanks, tank sounding devices, flame-screened venting and overflow arrangements, drip trays and sludge facilities and oil pollution prevention components.
    2 Structural details of fuel oil tanks not forming part of the hull structure and of not more than 4 500 L capacity.
    3 Installation details indicating assigned working pressures, temperatures, flow rates and the oil flash-point (closed cup test).
    5 Details of

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    • (c) piping insulation and hazard protection particularly against heated oil;

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    Item Requirements
    1 Identification from component inspection certificates, before installation is commenced, of pumps, appliances, piping, tank sounding and venting devices, flexible hoses, materials, including weld metal, oil pollution prevention equipment and other components to be used.

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    Item Requirements
    1 Where applicable and, in the opinion of the inspector, practicable,

    • (a) inspection of securing arrangements and of locations where fluid leakage or excessive vibration may occur, particularly from any heated oil piping and flexible hoses;

    • (b) verification that pumps, heat exchangers, appliances, control, monitoring and alarm systems, tank sounding and venting devices and all oil pollution control devices are in correct adjustment and operational condition;

    • (c) verification that documentation is held aboard the ship indicating the closed cup test flash point of the ship’s fuel oil; and

    • (d) verification that a 0.25 L minimum sample of the fuel oil that is carried and used on board the ship is held aboard ships of 500 tons gross tonnage and over until the fuel oil is completely used.

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  3. Marine Machinery Regulations - SOR/90-264 (SCHEDULE VIII : Remote Control and Monitoring Systems in Periodically Unattended Machinery Spaces)

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    Item Requirements
    14 Remote-controlled machinery systems and periodically unattended machinery spaces shall be equipped as follows:

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    • (f) guards shall be provided to prevent leakage of oil from fuel oil systems from dripping or spraying onto hot surfaces; and

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    Item Requirements
    1 Internal combustion engines of 2250 kW or more or having cylinders of more than 300 mm bore shall be provided with crankcase oil mist detectors, engine-bearing temperature monitors or equivalent devices.
    22 Where automatic bilge pumps are fitted,

    • (a) an audible and visual alarm and shut-down arrangement shall be fitted in the system to operate in the event of oil being detected and the shut-down arrangement shall have an emergency manual override capability; and

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    Item Requirements
    14 Automatic operation shall include, as applicable, controls and monitors for fuel flow and temperature, combustion air flow, burner flame, feed-water flow, feed-water contamination by salt or oil, boiler pressure and hot-air heating unit circulating air flow.
    17 A master fuel oil shut-off valve shall be fitted in the fuel supply line and shall close automatically in the event of

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    18 A fuel oil shut-off valve shall be fitted to each burner in the fuel supply line and the valve shall close automatically in the case of flame failure or whenever the automatic program requires that the master fuel oil shut-off valve be closed.
    22 Fuel oil may be ignited by an electrical spark generated by a transformer having an output of not less than 10,000 volts, a glow plug or a light-oil pilot flame that has been electrically ignited.
    24 The electrical ignition system shall be energized before or simultaneously with the introduction of fuel or light oil and shall remain energized during the trial-for-ignition period referred to in item 25.
    25 Where fuel or light oil is electrically ignited, the flame safeguard control system shall provide a trial-for-ignition period of not more than 15 seconds, during which fuel or light oil may be introduced to the ignition source and, if a flame is not established within 15 seconds, the oil supply valve shall close automatically.
    26 Where fuel oil is ignited by a light-oil pilot flame, the flame safeguard control shall provide a trial-for-ignition period of not more than 15 seconds, during which fuel oil may be introduced to the pilot flame and if a fuel oil flame is not established within 15 seconds the fuel oil supply valve to the pilot flame shall close automatically.
    27 Fuel oil shall not be supplied to a burner before the light-oil pilot flame has been confirmed.
    29 A flame safeguard control shall be provided to each burner so that the fuel oil supply valve can be closed in not more than four seconds in the event of flame failure and the master fuel oil shut-off valve can be closed in the event of flame failure at all burners.
    36 The low water-level limit control shall close the master fuel oil shut-off valve when the water level falls to a minimum safe level visible in the gauge glass and the system may include a five-second time delay to avoid shut-down due to the rolling and pitching of the ship.
    48 Where automatic bilge pumps are fitted

    • (a) an audible and visual alarm and shut-down arrangements shall be fitted in the system to operate in the event of oil being detected and the shut-down arrangement shall have an emergency manual override capability; and
    54 Fuel oil service tanks shall be capable of holding sufficient fuel for the total period of the normal ship operational route or for 24 hours normal operation, whichever is the lesser, at full power, except that where provision is made for automatic filling, the period may be reduced to eight hours.
    55 If fuel tanks are required to be heated, fuel oil temperature shall be monitored and thermostatically controlled or the fuel tanks shall be fitted with a high-temperature audible and visual alarm in accordance with subitem 65(f)(iii).
    65 Where applicable and subject to item 66, the following monitors and audible and visual alarms shall be fitted at the central control location:
    SERVICE MONITOR ALARM

    • (vi) Lubricating Oil Pressure

    		 Low

    • (vii) Lubricating Oil Temperature

    		 High

    • (iv) Lubricating Oil Pressure

    		 Low

    • (v) Lubricating Oil Temperature

    		 High

    • (vi) Feed-Water Oil Contamination

    		 Detection

    • (viii) Fuel Oil Pressure

    		 Low

    • (ix) Fuel Oil Temperature

    		 High/Low

    • (ii) Fuel Service Tank Oil Level

    		 High/Low

    • (iii) Fuel Service Tank Oil Temperature, where required

    		 High

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    		 Oil Detection
    66 For ships of 150 tons gross tonnage and less, only the following monitors and alarms shall be fitted at the bridge control location:
    SERVICE MONITOR ALARM

    • (v) Lubricating Oil Pressure

    		 Low

    • (vi) Lubricating Oil Temperature, monitor only

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  4. Marine Machinery Regulations - SOR/90-264 (SCHEDULE XIV : Lubricating)

    SCHEDULE XIVLubricating Oil and Hydraulic Power Oil Systems

    [...]

    Item Requirements
    1 Where the ship is to operate in low ambient temperatures, measures shall be taken to maintain essential deck machinery lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil at a viscosity suitable for reliable operation of the machinery.
    2 No lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil tank shall be located where spillage or leakage from the tanks creates a hazard by falling on heated surfaces.
    3 No lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil shall be carried in the fore-peak.
    4 Means shall be provided to prevent over-pressure in

    • (a) any lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil tank by way of flame screened vent pipes terminating in a safe location; and

    • (b) any lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil system by relief valve discharges leading back to suction sides of pumps or to suitable tanks.
    5 Quantities of lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil in tanks shall be determined by

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    6 Subject to item 7, for ships certificated to carry more than 12 passengers and other ships in excess of 500 tons gross tonnage, every pressurized lubricating oil system pipe which when damaged allows oil to escape from a storage or service tank situated above the double bottom, shall be fitted with a cock or valve on the tank capable of being closed from a safe position outside the space.
    9 As far as practicable, all parts of a lubricating oil or hydraulic power oil system containing heated oil under pressure exceeding 180 kPa shall be located so that defects and leakage can readily be observed.
    10 Machinery space lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil piping and components shall be adequately illuminated.
    11 Means shall be taken to prevent oil that may escape under pressure from any component from coming into contact with heated surfaces.
    12 Drip trays with drains leading to a sludge oil tank shall be fitted under all components where leakage may occur.
    13 Lubricating oil and hydraulic power oil pipes shall be of steel or similar fire and pressure resistant material, except that flexible hoses are permissible in accordance with Schedule IX.

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  5. Marine Machinery Regulations - SOR/90-264 (SCHEDULE XII : Fuel)

    SCHEDULE XIIFuel Oil Systems

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    Item Requirements
    1 Subject to items 2 and 3, fuel oil for all fixed installations shall have a flash-point of not less than 60°C (closed cup test).
    2 Fuel oil for fixed installations may have a flash-point of not less than 43°C (closed cup test) where

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    • (b) the fuel oil in the storage tank is not heated to more than 38°C; and
    3 Fuel oil for emergency generator service may have a flash-point of not less than 43°C (closed cup test).
    4 Fixed fuel oil systems for helicopters and for non-fixed equipment shall have additional safety features taking into account the quantity of fuel carried and the hazardous properties of the fuel.
    5 Small approved portable containers holding fuel oil with a flash-point of lower than 43°C shall

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    6 For ships operating in extremely cold conditions with exposed fuel oil piping to the emergency generator from an external deck-mounted fuel tank, means shall be taken so that the fuel oil viscosity will not adversely affect oil flow and where warming systems are used, the system shall incorporate a heat-limiting device to ensure that the oil is not heated to a temperature exceeding 20°C.
    7 The ventilation of spaces in which fuel oil is used shall be sufficient to prevent accumulation of oil vapour.
    8 Fuel oil shall not be stored in the forepeak and the tanks shall, as far as practicable, form part of the ship structure.
    9 Where fuel oil tanks, except double bottom tanks, are located adjacent to machinery spaces of category A out of necessity, they shall have a common boundary, where practicable, with the double bottom tanks, and the area of the tank boundary common with the machinery spaces of category A shall be kept to a minimum.
    10 Where practicable, the use of non-structural fuel oil tanks shall be avoided, but where used such tanks shall

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    11 No fuel oil tank shall be located where spillage or leakage from the tank creates a hazard by falling on heated surfaces.
    12 Fuel oil tanks for cooking and cabin hot-air heating appliances shall not be installed in the same spaces as the appliances and the supply of oil to appliance burners shall be capable of being shut off from positions outside the spaces in which the appliances are fitted.
    13 Quantities of fuel oil in tanks may be determined by

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    • (b) other safe and efficient means that on failure or over-filling of the tanks will not permit the release of fuel oil, where a supplementary means of manual sounding is provided.
    14 Where fuel oil quantities in a tank are determined by means other than sounding pipes, the installation of the system shall be in accordance with the following requirements:

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    • (b) for ships certificated to carry 12 passengers or less, the system may include the use of oil-level gauges with flat glasses and self-closing valves between the gauges and the oil tank, but may not include the use of cylindrical gauge glasses.
    16 Subject to item 17, every fuel oil pipe that if damaged would allow fuel oil to escape either by gravity or siphon action from a storage, settling or daily service tank located in a space above the double bottom shall be fitted with a cock or valve on the tank that is capable of being closed from a safe location outside the space.
    19 As far as practicable, all parts of a fuel oil system containing heated oil under pressure exceeding 180 kPa shall be located so that defects and leakage can be readily observed.
    20 Machinery space fuel oil piping and components shall be adequately illuminated.
    21 Means shall be provided to prevent oil that may escape under pressure from a component from coming into contact with heated surfaces.
    22 Drip trays with drains leading to a sludge oil tank shall be fitted under all components where leakage may occur.
    23 Fuel oil pipes shall be of steel or similar fire and pressure-resistant material, except that short flexible hoses may be used in accordance with Schedule IX.
    25 Printed manufacturer’s instructions for the proper installation, maintenance and operation of each fuel oil burning appliance shall be permanently mounted in a visible location adjacent to the appliance.
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    In addition to the instructions referred to in item 25, the following safety instructions shall be prominently posted in spaces, other than machinery spaces, where fuel oil burning appliances are located:

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    If leakage of fuel oil is suspected or detected, the following actions must be taken immediately:

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