Regulation 13.6 – Means of escape from ro-ro spaces
1 A place where the crew are present to carry out their routine work duties,
e.g. during the loading and unloading of a ro-ro deck, or during their ro-ro deck
inspections whilst the ship is underway, is considered normally employed.
2 Ro-ro deck inspections could for instance include: fire patrols, inspection
of the cargo, check of bilge wells and their alarms, sounding of tanks, cargo deck
cleaning, different types of maintenance work (removing of rust, painting, greasing,
etc.).
3 Ro-ro spaces should be fitted with at least two means of escape, one
located at the fore end and the other at the aft end of the space, from which access is
provided to the lifeboat and liferaft embarkation decks. One of the means of escape
should be a stairway, the second escape may be a trunk or a stairway
4 The fore and aft ends of the ro-ro space are considered as the areas being
within the distance equal to the breadth of the ro-ro space, measured at its widest
point, from its forward most and aftmost point.
5 Suitable signs and markings should be provided to indicate the route to the
means of escape.