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SOLAS: Lifeboat safety Update

IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1392 – SOLAS Regulation III/1.5 requires that for all ships, on-load release mechanisms not complying with paragraphs 4.4.7.6.4 to 4.4.7.6.6 of the Life Saving Appliances (LSA) Code must be replaced or modified not later than the next scheduled dry-docking after 1 July 2014, but not later than 1 July 2019. Administrations were required, before 1 July 2013, to carry out a design review and performance tests to determine if lifeboat release and retrieval systems (LRRS) are non-compliant, compliant or compliant after modification with the LSA requirements.

The IMO has collated all the evaluation results submitted within its Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS). An INTERTANKO summary of the administration, equipment type and result for all evaluations submitted is included in the attached document. Full details of the assessments and reports can be viewed directly in the GISIS database via the IMO website.