Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016

If bulk cargo is to be loaded into or unloaded from a cargo space, there must be means for a person to escape from the cargo space in an emergency.

In a bulk carrier, a cargo space requiring personnel access for loading or unloading must have:

a means of access that complies with:

clause 1, if the conditions mentioned in clause 1 apply; and

clauses 2, 3, 4 and 9; and

for a vessel built after 16 November 1986 - a second means of access that may be:

an inclined ladder; or

a series of staggered vertical ladders linking landing platforms.