What's new with SOLAS 2024
SOLAS 2024 amendments, that driven by MSC 105, and which will take into effect on 1st Jan. 2024, contains the changes that have been adopted for the 2024 update of SOLAS and its associated Codes. A set of amendments to SOLAS and the associated Codes has been brake down for earlier pre-notation within maritime sector.
LSA On-Board Maintenance Guidance
In accordance with ISM Code Section 10.1 the safety management system of the company must provide a maintenance plan which ensures maintenance and inspection of the ship and equipment according to the relevant rules and regulations, codes, guidelines and standards.
In this article, a comprehensive LSA maintenance plan for all SOLAS ships has been prepared for Marine Topics’ readers.
Stowage position of survival crafts
Survival craft is a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship. It includes any lifeboat, liferaft, free fall lifeboat, rescue boat or davit launched liferaft or other craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons.
In this article, we will discuss about survival crafts’ stowage requirement, on the basis of SOLAS & LSA code.
Ventilation Performance Test of Inflatable Liferafts – New Requirements
Recently, at the latest meeting of the IMO maritime safety committee (MSC 106), a new test called the “Ventilation Performance Test” was approved. The new test procedure will circulate after adoption at the next MSC meeting.
We at Marine Topics have collected a summary of what must perform to obtain type approval certificates for inflatable liferafts, besides the previous tests. Stay with us.
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