BILGE WELL AND SUCTION ARRANGEMENTS

1. BILGE WELL IS A COMPARTMENT FITTED WITH SUCTION ARRANGEMENTS TO PUMP OUT ANY LIQUID THAT MAY FIND ITS WAY INTO THE CARGO COMPARTMENT.
2. BILGE WELL PROJECTS IN TUHEDOUBLE BOTTOM TANK, WITH ITS .0PENING FLUSHED TO THE TANK TOP, THE MARGIN PLATES MUST BE WATER TIGHT 
3. BILGE IS DIVIDED INTO TWDCOMPAARTMENTS, THE FILTER BAY AND THE SUCTION BAY.
4. SUCTION BAY FIATTED WITH A STRUM BOX, THE SIDE WALLS OF THE STRUM BOX MUST BE PERFORATED, ATLEAAST 0NE SIDE MUST HAVE SLIDING OR HINGE OPENING ACCESS FOR INTERNAL CLEANING OF THE STRUM BOX.
5. SUCTION LINE MUST BE FITTED WITH A NON – RETURN VALVE.
6. SUCTIOAN LINE MUST NOT BE. LESS THAN 50 mm. INTERNAL DIAMETER.
7. EACH PERFORATION MUST BE 1 Cm.