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21a.10 — Sleeping Accommodation Regeling veiligheid zeeschepen

Sleeping Accommodation

21A.10.1 Sleeping accommodation should be of adequate size and properly equipped so as to ensure reasonable comfort and to facilitate tidiness.

21A.10.2 There should be no direct access into sleeping rooms from spaces for machinery, galleys, storerooms, drying rooms, or communal sanitary areas.

21A.10.3 In seafarer accommodation, wherever possible, the maximum number of persons per sleeping room is to be two and there should be unobstructed access to at least one side of each bed. Any increase in the maximum number of persons per sleeping room should be agreed with the Administration.

21A.10.4 Sleeping accommodation should be situated or equipped, as practicable, so as to provide appropriate levels of privacy for men and for women.

21A.10.5 Berths for seafarers must have a minimum inside dimension of either:

.1 not less than 190 centimetres by 70 centimetres, with no tapering, where it is satisfied that that this is reasonable and will not result in discomfort to the seafarers; or

.2 not less than 198 centimetres in length and not less than 80 centimetres in width over half the length of the berth. A taper is permitted from half the length of the berth towards the foot of the berth but under no circumstances is the berth permitted to be narrower at any point than 50 centimetres.

21A.10.6 Where considered appropriate, means for preventing the occupants from falling out, should be provided.

21A.10.7 Sleeping rooms should be situated above the load line/freeboard mark amidships or aft (or the maximum loaded displacement where no load line/freeboard mark is provided), but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.

21A.10.8 Where it is not possible to provide sleeping accommodation above the load line/freeboard mark (or the maximum loaded displacement where no load line/freeboard mark is provided) as required by 21A.10.7, there should be an alarm fitted to provide early warning of flooding that alerts occupants of the sleeping accommodation and provides them with sufficient time to escape from the accommodation.

Regeling
Regeling veiligheid zeeschepen
Soort
Ministeriële regeling
Geldend vanaf
01-07-2026
BWB-id
BWBR0017728
Versie
2026-07-01_0

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