International Electrotechnical Commission

Electric Installations in Ships - Part 506: Special Features - Ships Carrying Specific Dangerous Goods and Materials Hazardous Only in Bulk - Edition 2.0
 N 60092-506

Annotation

This part of IEC 60092 is applicable to the electrical installations on the following types of ships and cargo spaces:

a)  ships and cargo spaces not specifically designed for the carriage of freight containers but intended for the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form including goods in freight containers and portable tanks;

b)  purpose-built container ships and cargo spaces intended for the carriage of dangerous goods in freight containers and portable tanks;

c)  ro/ro ships and ro/ro cargo spaces intended for the carriage of dangerous goods;

d)  ships and cargo spaces intended for the carriage of solid dangerous goods in bulk and materials hazardous only in bulk (MHB);

e)  ships and cargo spaces intended for the carriage of dangerous goods, other than liquids and gases in bulk, in shipborne barges.

Dangerous goods, for which safety measures may be required with respect to the electrical equipment, are specified in the IMO documents listed in the Foreword and grouped into the following classes.

a)  Dangerous goods in packaged form

Class 1  Explosives, except goods in division 1.4, compatibility group S of the IMDG Code

Class 2.1   All flammable gases, compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure