Rescue boat launching appliances not fitted with stored mechanical power
Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship masters and shipbuilders.
Amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code (LSA Code) on requirements for lifeboats, launching and embarkation appliances comes into force on 1 January 2024.
Amendments in Resolution MSC.459(101), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation, apply to rescue boats installed onboard ships on or after 1 January 2024. They give a potential waiver to the requirement for stored mechanical power used for slewing the rescue boat outboard (normally achieved by a hydraulic accumulator fitted to a single-arm radial davit).
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