Joint CIC on lifeboat arrangements by Paris & Tokyo MOUs-(03.06.2009)
3.6.2009 | 11:12
Paris and the Tokyo Mous, will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with SOLAS Chapter III -Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements with regard to lifeboat launching arrangements.
This inspection campaign will be held for 3 months, from 01 September ending on 30 November 2009.
In practice the concentrated inspection campaign will mean that during every Port State control inspection within the Paris and Tokyo Mou regions, the lifeboat launching arrangements, maintenance records and other applicable documentation shall be verified in more detail for compliance with SOLAS Chapter III.
Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) shall use a list of 20 selected items to verify critical areas for the safety of lifeboat launching arrangements, some of which are related to documentation, equipment and familiarization.
For this purpose PSCOs will apply a questionnaire listing a number of items to cover this concentrated inspection. The questionnaire will be available on the websites of Paris and Tokyo Mous in the first week of August 2009.
When deficiencies are found, actions by the Port State may vary from recording a deficiency and instructing the master to rectify within a certain period to detention of the ship until deficiencies have been rectified.
To this effect, INSB Class society shall be issuing certain guidance and notices regarding the upcoming CIC for its survey stations and clientele base.
INSB-Head Office
03 June 2009
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