The ship’s openings

Machinery space openings

• Openings for lighting and airing the machinery

spaces are called skylights.
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 Openings in decks: 1) Hatchway or hatch cover
• A hatchway is a large covered rectangular opening in a cargo ship's deck that
enables the cargo to be placed or removed from under the deck of the ship.

 After each load/discharge and before

hatch closure, all coamings must be
cleared of any cargo residue to avoid
damage to the hatch seals.
 Damage at this point could easily
compromise the weathertight integrity of
the hatch lid, resulting in damage to
cargo.
 Drainage pipes and non return values at
the coaming corners will need to be
cleared.
 2) Companionway

• Companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship's deck,

with a ladder leading below to the hatch or to the main cabins.
 3) Vent heads

• Vent heads are used for cargo hold ventilation or different compartments
located under different decks.

• Air pipes are provided for all tanks to prevent air being trapped under
pressure in the tank when they are filled, or a vacuum being created when
they are emptied.
 4) Air pipes

• Air pipes are provided for all tanks to prevent air being trapped under
pressure in the tank when they are filled, or a vacuum being created when
they are emptied.
 5) Manholes

• Manholes are holes, usually with a cover, through which a person may
enter a sewer, boiler, drain, or a similar structure.
 Openings in freeboard: 1) Scuppers

• Scuppers are openings in a ship's hull above the water line that allows water to
drain off the deck.
 2) Cargo ports

• Cargo ports are openings in the sides of the ships below the freeboard deck
 3) Discharge led

• Discharges led through the shell either from the spaces below the
freeboard deck or from the superstructures and deckhouses on the
freeboard deck. These doors shall be fitted with efficient and accessible
means for preventing water from passing inboard.
The bilge water filters prevents oils and hydrocarbons from being discharged
overboard when boats and ships pump out bilge water. Bilge water is often
contaminated with emulsified fuels, lubricating oils and greases which cannot be
separated.
 4) Portholes or side light

• Portholes or side light are openings for lighting and airing the
accomodation spaces.
 5) Doors

• Doors. All access openings in enclosed superstructures shall be fitted with

doors of steel or other equivalent material, permanently and strongly
attached to the bulkhead, framed and fitted so that the whole structure is
weathertight when the doors are closed.
 6) Chocks / Panama chocks

• Chocks are openings in the bulwark for passing the mooring lines
through.
 Openings in the quick works: 1) Inlet pipes

• Water inlet pipes are used when it is necessary to draw water from the sea, for
filling the ballast tanks, for fire-fighting, deck washing, or for the machinery cooling
system.
• sea chest
Sea chest
 2) Rudder trunk

• Rudder trunk is a round opening through which the rudder stock pass
and it is provided with a sealing device called rudder bearing.