A tank barge equipped with an internal-combustion engine-driven cargo pump on the weather deck shall be provided with a minimum of one remote manual shutdown station. What is the correct location of the shutdown station?
• 46 CFR requirements for tank barge cargo pump emergency shutdowns • Safe location for operating an emergency control relative to a potential fire/explosion source • Why distance is measured from the engine rather than from the bow or stern
• Which part of the barge is generally considered safer and easier to access in an emergency if there is a fire near the cargo pump engine? • Look at the options that specify distance: are they measured from the engine or from the ends of the barge? Which of those is more consistent with safety and regulation language? • Think about why regulations often use a standard distance like 100 feet instead of a shorter distance like 75 feet when dealing with flammable cargo operations.
• Verify in 46 CFR (Barges carrying flammable/combustible cargo) how the remote shutdown station location is described. • Check whether the regulation refers to a point on the vessel (bow, stern, midpoint) or a minimum distance from the cargo pump engine. • Confirm the exact minimum distance in feet required in the regulation for the manual shutdown station.
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