Section 6 in The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction And Survey) Rules, 1974
6. Electrical equipment and installations.
(1)In every ship the electrical equipment and installations, including any electrical means of propulsion shall be such that the ship and all persons on board are protected against electrical hazards and shall conform to the standards accepted by the Central Government.(2)Every ship in which electric power is the only power for maintaining auxiliary services essential for the propulsion or safety of the ship, shall be provided with two or more generating sets of such power so that the aforesaid services can be maintained when any one of the sets is out of service.(3)In every ship in which the electrical load includes services essential for the propulsion or safety of the ship and the normal sea load is such as to require simultaneous working of two or more generators, arrangements shall be made to trip automatically sufficient non-essential load when the total current exceeds the connected generator capacity.
