Guide for Fire-Fighting Systems for Cargo Areas of Container Carriers
Year: 2022 Language: english Author: ABS Genre: Guide Edition: May, 2022 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 61 Description: This Guide provides requirements for enhancement of the fire-fighting and fire protection capabilities for cargo areas of Container Carriers beyond that required by SOLAS. This Guide is for the use of designers, builders, owners and operators in the marine industry and specifies the ABS requirements and criteria for obtaining the following optional notations: ● FOC (Fire-fighting On-deck Container), ● FOC-R (Fire-fighting On-deck Container – Restricted), ● FOC+ (Fire-fighting On-deck Container Plus), ● FOC-R+ (Fire-fighting On-deck Container – Restricted Plus), ● CCH (Container Carrier House/Structures), ● FBC (Fire-protection Below-deck Container), ● CHF (Container Hold Flooding). Container Carriers have grown much larger in recent years and the volume of cargo carried has expanded significantly. Fires involving containers, especially with the volume of cargo now being carried, can present a substantial risk to the safety of the crew and the vessel.
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Guide for Fire-Fighting Systems for Cargo Areas of Container Carriers
Language: english
Author: ABS
Genre: Guide
Edition: May, 2022
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 61
Description: This Guide provides requirements for enhancement of the fire-fighting and fire protection capabilities for cargo areas of Container Carriers beyond that required by SOLAS.
This Guide is for the use of designers, builders, owners and operators in the marine industry and specifies
the ABS requirements and criteria for obtaining the following optional notations:
● FOC (Fire-fighting On-deck Container),
● FOC-R (Fire-fighting On-deck Container – Restricted),
● FOC+ (Fire-fighting On-deck Container Plus),
● FOC-R+ (Fire-fighting On-deck Container – Restricted Plus),
● CCH (Container Carrier House/Structures),
● FBC (Fire-protection Below-deck Container),
● CHF (Container Hold Flooding).
Container Carriers have grown much larger in recent years and the volume of cargo carried has expanded
significantly. Fires involving containers, especially with the volume of cargo now being carried, can
present a substantial risk to the safety of the crew and the vessel.
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