Tag: life-saving equipment

The Shipowners' Club issued a guidance note, regarding the reactivation of a vessel following a period of lay-up, noting that whether it be an offshore support vessel, or any type of vessel, reactivation following a period of lay-up requires very careful management in fully assessing the risks involved.

After its accreditation for EU MRV services from EU-notified RvA, Indian Register of Shipping has been recommended authorisation as a ‘Recognised Organisation’ to undertake statutory surveys and certification on behalf of US Coast Guard. Another achievement is the authorisation from EU Marine Equipment Directive.

Norsafe informed that it has secured its largest ever offshore contract to supply lifesaving appliances to ENI’s Coral South floating LNG facility located in Area 4, approximately 50 km from the Mozambique coast.

ClassNK informs that monthly inspections of immersion suits / anti-exposure suits are now required to the vessels flagged with Singapore, Hong Kong, Greece and India and advises on the appropriate items that operators should check during inspections.

MPA Singapore has issued a circular providing guidance on the maintenance and inspection of the fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system and the engine room escape hatch door. The advisory was released after two safety failures were identified in a recent engine room fire incident involving a Singapore registered ship.

The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the foundering of the fishing vessel Louisa SY30, while it was anchored of the Isle of Mingulay, on April 2016, resulting in three fatalities. The report provides important safety recommendations to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future.

Recent reports by USCG officers have found immersion suits onboard ships to be of an inappropriate size for the crews wearing them. In cases where manufacturers have specified the size ranges for wearers of immersion suits, ClassNK urges operators to confirm once again whether the physical constitution of the crew meets the size ranges of the immersion suits.

Maritime New Zealand informs about techniques that everyone could do, in order to improve chances of survival in cold water. Wearing warm clothes and lifejackets, avoiding alcohol and keeping a conscious, not-panicked mind are some of the advice included.

For ships built according to the same plans and with identical installation of rescue boats and launching arrangements, the successful results from the launch test at 5 knots headway speed on the mothership are acceptable as documented evidence of the similar ability to launch the rescue boats from the sister ships in the series.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a safety alert, in order to inform on a sudden disengagement of a lifeboat, during ship inspection onboard a tanker. The alert contains a description of the accident and lessons learnt, in order to increase awareness, which may prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.