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- Ship Safety Division - Appendix 8

Emergency Sources of Electrical Power and Emergency Consumers on Cargo Ships *)

These requirements relate to the rules on emergency sources of electrical power and
emergency consumers on cargo ships in accordance with SOLAS 1974/88,
Schiffssicherheitsverordnung vom 18.09.1998 (Artikel 2 der Ersten Schiffssicherheits-
anpassungsverordnung vom - BGBl. I S. 3013) [the Ordinance for the Safety of Seagoing
Ships] and the UVV See [Accident Prevention Regulations for Enterprises engaged in Ocean
Navigation]. They apply to cargo ships whose keel was laid on or after 1.4.1989 and which
are engaged in international and national trade, unless expressly stated otherwise below.

1. Emergency Source of Electrical Power

An emergency source of electrical power must be provided on cargo ships with a gross
tonnage of 500 GT and over (SOLAS 1974/88, chapter II-1, regulation 43; Accident
Prevention Regulations § 140, no. 2).

Emergency sources of electrical power and emergency switchboards must be placed in

spaces which meet the following requirements:

- above the uppermost continuous deck

- outside the main engine room and the associated trunks
- not adjacent to the main engine room or the associated trunks (exceptions only with
the consent of See-Berufsgenossenschaft)
- located aft of the collision bulkhead (exceptions only with the consent of See-
Berufsgenossenschaft)

The emergency source of electrical power may be

either a generator with a suitable diesel engine as the prime mover (an emergency
generating set),
or an accumulator battery.

The diesel engine/generator of the emergency generating set must

- have an independent fuel supply,

- have a cooling system independent of the rest of the machinery installation, and
- start up automatically on failure of the main power supply, connect automatically to
the emergency switchboard and automatically assume the supply to the emergency
consumers. The aforementioned automatic operations must be collectively effected
within 45 seconds.

Provision shall be made for the automatic start-up of the emergency generating set,
even in cases where a transitional source of emergency electrical power is installed.
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For emergency sources of electrical power and emergency consumers on passenger ships engaged in
international trade, cf. SOLAS 1974/88 and the Schiffssicherheitsverordnung von 1998 [Ordinance for the
Safety of Seagoing Ships]. See also "Emergency Sources of Electrical Power and Emergency Consumers on
Passenger Ships in National Trade and Restricted International Trade" (Notstromquellen und Notverbraucher
auf Fahrgastschiffen in der nationalen Fahrt und in der beschränkten Auslandsfahrt), effective 1.6.1986,
available from See-Berufsgenossenschaft.

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An accumulator battery used as the emergency source of electrical power shall be such
that
- it is able to supply the consumers without recharging, at a battery voltage which
must remain within ±12 % of its rated voltage throughout the period of supply,
- it connects automatically to the emergency switchboard if the main power supply
fails, and
- the emergency consumers mentioned in Section II, items 1, 3, 4 and 7 herein are
immediately supplied and all the emergency consumers named and specified in
Section II can be supplied for the prescribed periods.

The emergency switchboard shall be located as close as possible to the emergency

source of electrical power.

The transitional source of emergency electrical power must consist of an

accumulator battery and must meet the requirements of SOLAS 74/88, chapter II-1,
regulation 43, No. 4. It must be able to supply the following emergency consumers
mentioned in Section II herein for half an hour: items 1, 3, 4 and 7. An emergency
generating set may be used as a harbour generating set for feeding non-emergency
circuits. This set can be located below the forecastle or in the deckhouse. If it is placed
in the deckhouse, the noise protection regulations for the accommodation spaces and
the open deck must be complied with.

The starting arrangement for the emergency generating set must have been approved
by See-Berufsgenossenschaft in accordance with SOLAS 74/88, regulation 44, No. 2.
This requirement is satisfied if the form "Emergency Sources of Electrical Power and
Emergency Consumers on Cargo Ships" is endorsed without any comments for point 1
(Form Nt).

2. Emergency Consumers

A Ships with a gross tonnage of 500 GT and over

On ships with a gross tonnage of 500 GT and over, the following emergency
consumers must be connected to the emergency source of electrical power:

1. Emergency lighting

a) At all boat stations on deck and at the life-raft storage locations, as well as
along the outside of the ship in the launching area

b) In all passageways, on stairways and at exits and emergency exits; in the

cages/cars and shafts of passenger lifts; in the spaces in which the main and
auxiliary propulsion engines are installed, in the engine control rooms or
watch rooms, in the main generator space and at the main and emergency
switchboard; in the steering gear compartment; on the navigating bridge, in
the chart room and in the radio room; for the magnetic compass; in the
storage rooms for the fire extinguishing agents, fire extinguishing appliances
and fire fighting equipment; in the installation spaces of the emergency
source of electrical power (emergency generating set or accumulator battery),
the fire pumps and emergency fire pumps, the emergency bilge pump (if any)
and the starting positions of their drive motors; in the storage spaces for the
CO2 bottles (central system) of the fire extinguishing systems; at the release

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stations of the CO2 fire extinguishing systems and of the remote-controlled

shutoffs for the fuel tank discharge lines (remote fuel shutoffs); at the levers
controlling shutoff devices in ventilation trunks in the superstructure area; at
the emergency disconnecting switches for electrically driven ventilator
motors, fuel pumps, boiler blowers, separators, thermal oil pumps and cargo
pumps; at boiler level indicators.

2. Steering gear

a) On ships with a gross tonnage of 10,000 GT and over, it must be possible to

operate the steering gear from the emergency source of electrical power for at
least 30 minutes without interruption.

b) On ships with a rudder stock diameter of more than 230 mm (at the height of
the tiller, without ice strengthening) and with a gross tonnage of less than
10,000 GT, it must be possible to operate the steering gear from the
emergency source of electrical power for at least 10 minutes without
interruption.

c) The supply to the steering gear from the emergency source of electrical power
must ensure that the conditions for auxiliary steering gears under SOLAS
1974/88, chapter II-1, regulation 29, No. 4.2 are complied with (chapter II-1,
regulation 29, No. 14). The steering gear includes the control systems and the
rudder angle indicators.

The supply of power by the emergency power supply can be dispensed with if
the steering gear compartment is equipped with an independent power source
for the steering gear which switches on automatically within 45 seconds.

3. Alarms, such as general alarm, CO2 alarm, automatic fire-detection system alarm.

4. Navigation lights in accordance with the Ordinance on the International

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea or Seeschiffahrtsstraßenordnung
(German Collision Regulations); whistle (sound signalling equipment under the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972); daylight
signalling lamp, if this does not have its own independent power source.

5. The fire extinguishing equipment outside the engine room, if it does not have its
own source of power (emergency fire pump).

6. Main and standby radio installations.

The main unit of the radio telegraphy installation in accordance with regulation 10
a) (ii) and, if present, the automatic radio telegraphic alarm in accordance with
regulation 11 of chapter IV of SOLAS 1974/88 shall be connected to the
emergency source of electrical power.

Note:
The standby unit of the radio telegraphy installation in accordance with SOLAS
1974/88, chapter IV, regulation 10 a) (iii) shall be connected to the emergency
source of electrical power in accordance with SOLAS 1974/88, chapter IV,
regulation 10 k.

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The radiotelephone system in accordance with SOLAS 1974/88, chapter IV,

regulation 16a shall be connected to the emergency power supply (as well as to
the reserve source of energy in accordance with SOLAS 1974/88, chapter IV,
regulation 16j).

7. Fire detection and alarm system as well as the detection and alarm devices
necessary for the ship's safety (e.g. fire door indicators, bulkhead closure alarms),
the manual fire alarm and all internal signals required in an emergency.

8. On ships with a gross tonnage of 7000 GT and over, the navigational aids
prescribed in chapter V, regulation 12, such as radar unit, echo sounder, direction
finder and gyro-compass; on ships with a gross tonnage of 500 GT and over but
less than 7000 GT, a radar unit and an echo sounder if an accumulator battery of
sufficient capacity or a generator is available as emergency source of electrical
power.

9. Crew calling system in accordance with the Schiffssicherheitsverordnung von

1998 [Ordinance for the Safety of Seagoing Ships] and in the UVV See [Accident
Prevention Regulations].

10. Crane installations whose control platforms are situated 10 m or more above the
main deck.

11. Power driven actuating devices of fan port covers.

The power supply on cargo ships engaged in international trade must be sufficient for
a period of:
- 18 hours for the emergency consumers under items 1b and 3 - 9
- 3 hours for the emergency consumers under item 1a
- 30 minutes for the steering gear under item 2a
- 10 minutes for the steering gear under item 2b
For cargo ships engaged in national trade, the period of 18 hours may be reduced to 6
hours.

The ship's whistle, the daylight signalling lamp and the manual fire alarm as well as all
internal signals must be capable of being supplied by the emergency source of
electrical power under intermittent operating conditions.

B Ships with a gross tonnage of less than 500 GT

On ships with a gross tonnage of less than 500 GT, it is required that emergency
lighting shall be provided in the accommodation area, including the passageways,
stairs, exits and working spaces; for ships engaged in international trade, an additional
requirement is that the general alarm, the navigation lights, the daylight signalling
lamp and the calling system be supplied by the emergency source of electrical power.

3. General

The final decision as to whether the emergency lighting provides sufficient

illumination will be taken during the survey.
Details of the emergency source of electrical power and the emergency consumers are
requested (in triplicate) on Form Nt.