Reporting of the results of evaluation of existing lifeboat release and retrieval system
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1392 – Guidelines for Evaluation and Replacement of Lifeboat Release and Retrieval Systems – (27 May 2011) - Annex – Guidelines for Evaluation and Replacement of Lifeboat Release and Retrieval Systems - Reporting of the results of evaluation of existing lifeboat release and retrieval system

Reporting of the results of evaluation of existing lifeboat release and retrieval system

  14 The Administration should report the results of each type of existing lifeboat release and retrieval system evaluation carried out in accordance with these Guidelines to the Organization, based on the reporting procedure, as set out in appendix 3.

  15 Depending on the outcome of the evaluation, every lifeboat release and retrieval system should be categorized as being either compliant, compliant after modification or non-compliant. Thereafter:

  • .1 systems categorized as being compliant, or compliant after modification, may remain in service; and

  • .2 every system categorized as being non-compliant should be replaced with a new system or modified to be made compliant.


Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.