Recovery of persons from the water

Fire & Safety


Refer to the SOLAS 2012 Amend / Chapter III / Reg. 17-1, all ships shall have ship-specific plans and procedures for recovery of persons from the water, taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization. (MSC.1/Circ.1447)

Stowage position of survival crafts

Fire & Safety


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

Regulations


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.