Marine Orders - Part 43: Cargo & Cargo Handling—Livestock, Issue 6
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Table 5
| Detail of design | Dimension |
|---|---|
| Maximum breadth | 4.5 metres |
| Minimum breadth | 2.1 metres |
| Minimum length | 2.3 metres |
| Maximum clear floor area within pen | 21.0 sq metres |
| Maximum height of top edge of lowest rail above pen floor between pens | 600 millimetres |
| Detail of design | Dimension |
| Minimum clear height within pen: | |
| (a) if a mechanical ventilation system is provided in accordance with Provision 12[33] | 1.8 metres |
| (b) in any other case | 2.3 metres |
| Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear between rails, when pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the pens | 1.0 metre |
| Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear of any fixed structure, fittings, receptacles or obstruction (eg pillars, feed chutes, fixed fodder or water troughs), when pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the pens | 0.7 metre |
| Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear of any fixed obstructions, when pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the passageway | 1.0 metre |
| Minimum width of adjacent passageway measured clear from rails, when pens are on one side only of the passageway[34] | 0.75 metre |
23.2 The height of the rails of a pen may be varied, with the approval of a surveyor, to the extent of 75 millimetres either way from those specified in Table 5.
23.3.1 Subject to 23.3.2, there must be a maximum clear space of 300 millimetres between the rails of a pen, or between the lowest rail and the pen floor, or between a rail and the overhead structure of the ship except that a rail need not be placed at a height of more than 1.40 metres.
23.3.2 If a water or food receptacle is fitted to the outside of a pen or if fodder is distributed on the floor outside a pen, a clear vertical space of not more than 500 millimetres, for the purpose of watering or feeding livestock in the pen, may be provided between adjacent pen rails on the side of the pen adjoining the passageway.