— Product certificate, for the accommodation ladder including its winch Initial function and load testing onboard. Small freeboard: Vessels with small freeboard may be exempted from carrying gangways or accommodation ladders. Exemptions will from case to case be based on decision made by the flag administration. Boarding ramp: ‘A boarding ramp Is a gangway with less than 2 meters length. 2.5 SOLAS Reg. II-1/8-1 System capabi casualty on passenger ships Watertight compartment means any space below the bulkhead deck within watertight boundaries. After a flooding casualty within the casualty threshold, it is not required that the ship is capable of returning to port under its own propulsion. Guidance note: ‘This apples tothe speed and performance of the vessel in the water, which may be negatively Impaired by a flooding casualty [Apart from this, the requirements forthe system capabilities including the dureton af operation ater 2 floeding casualty are the same ‘98 for the fire casualty, All pipes and vent ducts passing through (not serving) a compartment affected by a flooding casualty are considered to remain ‘operational provides they, including relevant iting, are capable of withstancing the head of water expected at ther location, Power and data cables are considered to continue to workin a space affected by a flooding casualty, provides they have no connections, ne Joints, no equlpment connected to them, et, within such space, or such connections, Joins and cevices shall have ‘suitable degree of protection according to the conditions and head of water expected at their location fora period not shorter than ‘Estimates forthe safe return to port. ties after a flooding nt sudan For general requirements to system capabilities after a flooding casualty, refer to the interpretations for SOLAS Reg. I1-2/21 and 22. 2.6 SOLAS II-1/12 Peak and macl tunnels, etc. SOLAS 11-1/12.5.1 requires screw-down valves fitted on the collision bulkhead piping penetrations. Butterfly valves may be fitted if this is accepted by the Flag State Administration. Regardless, the valves. shall be fitted to the bulkhead in such a way that the adjacent piping can be disconnected without interfering with the watertight integrity of the bulkhead ery space bulkheads, shaft 2.7 SOLAS Reg. II-1/22.1 Flooding detection system ‘The flooding detection system shall fulfil the general control and monitoring system requirements given in DNV rules Pt.4 Ch.9 / GL rules 1-Pt.1-Ch.3-Sec. 9. Statutory Interpretations, ONVGL-SI-0364 - Edition February 2016 Page 11 DNV GLAS