Section 8 in The Merchant shipping (Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil) Rules, 1974.
8. Engine room precautions.
(1)ship's oily bilgers, gutter ways or other arrangements provided to confine oil fuel leakage from tank sides and mountings, oil fuel pumps etc. shall be subjected to periodical inspection. Any accumulation of oil fuel in any of these shall be transferred to a bunker tank or a setting tank before risk of overflow to other ordinary bilges becomes imminent.(2)Trays beneath oil pumps, heaters, burners etc. shall be kept clean. Any leakage in oil pumps, heaters, burners etc shall be dealt with before it pollutes ordinary bilges in the engine room or, as the case may be, boiler room.(3)All oil fuel pipes within the engine room or, as the case may be, boiler room, particularly those in which the oil is under pressure, shall be inspected regularly for ensuring their oil, tightness.
