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What is airlock in container ship?

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There is under deck passage on container ships named torsion box. Air lock is provided in that place only. As one of the entry to this torsion box is from Engine room and for dangerous goods there are some designated cargo holds on container ships (Usually located from extreme forward hold to hold no 3 or 4 - depends upon total number of holds on that ships) . Now these air locks are provided to prevent any flow of the dangerous gas from designated cargo holds to the Engine room via torsion box. there is a forced draft system in air lock space so that no gas should enter in that space.

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