1.1 Cargo ships shall carry:
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.1 one or more totally enclosed lifeboats complying
with the requirements of section 4.6 of
the Code of such aggregate capacity on each side of the ship as will
accommodate the total number of persons on board; and
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.2 in addition, one or more inflatable or rigid
liferafts, complying with the requirements of section
4.2 or 4.3 of the Code, of a mass
of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side
transfer at a single open deck level, and of such aggregate capacity
as will accommodate the total number of persons on board. If the liferaft
or liferafts are not of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a
position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open
deck level, the total capacity available on each side shall be sufficient
to accommodate the total number of persons on board.
1.2 In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph
1.1, cargo ships may carry:
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.1 one or more free-fall lifeboats, complying
with the requirements of section 4.7 of
the Code, capable of being free-fall launched over the stern of the
ship of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number
of persons on board; and
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.2 in addition, one or more inflatable or rigid
liferafts complying with the requirements of section
4.2 or 4.3 of the Code, on each
side of the ship, of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the
total number of persons on board. The liferafts on at least one side
of the ship shall be served by launching appliances.
1.3 In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph
1.1 or 1.2, cargo ships of less than 85 m in length other than oil
tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers, may comply with the following:
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.1 they shall carry on each side of the ship,
one or more inflatable or rigid liferafts complying with the requirements
of section 4.2 or 4.3 of
the Code and of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total
number of persons on board;
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.2 unless the liferafts required by paragraph
1.3.1 are of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing
for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, additional
liferafts shall be provided so that the total capacity available on
each side will accommodate 150% of the total number of persons on
board;
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.3 if the rescue boat required by paragraph 2
is also a totally enclosed lifeboat complying with the requirements
of section 4.6 of the Code, it may be
included in the aggregate capacity required by paragraph 1.3.1, provided
that the total capacity available on either side of the ship is at
least 150% of the total number of persons on board; and
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.4 in the event of any one survival craft being
lost or rendered unserviceable, there shall be sufficient survival
craft available for use on each side, including any which are of a
mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy
side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, to accommodate
the total number of persons on board.
1.4 Cargo ships where the horizontal distance
from the extreme end of the stem or stern of the ship to the nearest
end of the closest survival craft is more than 100 m shall carry,
in addition to the liferafts required by paragraphs 1.1.2 and 1.2.2,
a liferaft stowed as far forward or aft, or one as far forward and
another as far aft, as is reasonable and practicable. Such liferaft
or liferafts may be securely fastened so as to permit manual release
and need not be of the type which can be launched from an approved
launching device.
1.5 With the exception of the survival craft referred
to in regulation 16.1.1, all
survival craft required to provide for abandonment by the total number
of persons on board shall be capable of being launched with their
full complement of persons and equipment within a period of 10 min
from the time the abandon ship signal is given.
1.6 Chemical tankers and gas carriers carrying
cargoes emitting toxic vapours or gases footnote shall
carry, in lieu of totally enclosed lifeboats complying with the requirements
of section 4.6 of the Code, lifeboats
with a self-contained air support system complying with the requirements
of section 4.8 of the Code.
1.7 Oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers
carrying cargoes having a flashpoint not exceeding 60°C (closed-cup
test) shall carry, in lieu of totally enclosed lifeboats complying
with the requirements of section 4.6 of
the Code, fire-protected lifeboats complying with the requirements
of section 4.9 of the Code.
1.8 Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph
1.1, bulk carriers as defined in regulation
IX/1.6 constructed on or after 1 July 2006 shall comply with
the requirements of paragraph 1.2.