3 Fast rescue boats
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3 Fast rescue boats

  3.1 At least one of the rescue boats on a ro-ro passenger ship shall be a fast rescue boat complying with section 5.1.4 of the Code.footnote.

  3.2 Each fast rescue boat shall be served by a suitable launching appliance complying with section 6.1.7 of the Codefootnote.

  3.3 At least two crews of each fast rescue boat shall be trained and drilled regularly having regard to the Seafarers Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code and recommendations adopted by the Organization, footnote including all aspects of rescue, handling, manoeuvring, operating these craft in various conditions, and righting them after capsize.

  3.4 In the case where the arrangement or size of a ro-ro passenger ship, constructed before 1 July 1997, is such as to prevent the installation of the fast rescue boat required by paragraph 3.1, the fast rescue boat may be installed in place of an existing lifeboat which is accepted as a rescue boat or, in the case of ships constructed prior to 1 July 1986, boats for use in an emergency, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

  • .1 the fast rescue boat installed is served by a launching appliance complying with the provisions of paragraph 3.2;

  • .2 the capacity of the survival craft lost by the above substitution is compensated by the installation of liferafts capable of carrying at least an equal number of persons served by the lifeboat replaced; and

  • .3 such liferafts are served by the existing launching appliances or marine evacuation systems.

Parent topic: Regulation 26 - Additional requirements for ro-ro passenger ships
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