- Solas came in to force on 25 may 1980
- 2016 solas 1974 has 162 contracting states flags about 99% of merchant ships
- First version was adopted in 1914 subsequent version 1929,1948,1960(keep pace with
technical development)
- Chapter 2 and 11 split into 2 chapter each in 1974 and 2 more chapters added
- Solas ch 13 mandatory from 1 jan 2016 the imo member state audit scheme ( under code 3)
- Chapter 14 introduction and part 1-A mandatory from 1 jan 2017
- Detection is the determination of the location of survivors or survival craft
- Lsa code adopted byy the maritime safety committee of the organisation by resolution msc
48(66)may be amended by the organisation provided that such amendments are adopted
brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provision of article 8 of the present
convention concerning the amendments procedure applicable to the annex other then
chapter 1
- Pic 1 length breadth recovery time
- Roro passenger ship means a passenger ship with roro cargo space or special category space
as defined in regulation 2-2/3
- While attempting to restart do not make main air bottle empty
- Not possible to restart the main engines until the ship main alternators are restarted and
taken onload
- Ship angle of heel more then 20 degree the lifeboat cannot be launched, lifeboats are
normally lowered into water when ship is fully stop, the operation should be possible when
the ship trim under 10 degree and list upto 20 degree
- Launching lifeboat should not take more then 30 min in passenger ship and 10 min on cargo
ship
- Boarding in lifeboat not more than 10 min ( passenger ship) 3 min (cargo ship) from the time
of instruction
- Lifeboat powered by compression ignition engine
- Engine starting system start the engine in -15 c (5 F) temp within 2 min of commencing the
start procedure
- Speed of lifeboat 6 knot and 2know when towing largest liferaft
- Fuel shall be provided for operating at 6 knots for not less then 24 hr
- Average person not able to swim 1.5 km in water of 10degree C
- It take 10-15 min to reduce the temperature of the heart and brain
- Survival time less the 3 hr in water temp of 10 degree c.
- air in lifeboat for a period of not less then 10 min
- fire protected lifeboat protect the persons when subject to a continuous oil fire that
envelopes the lifeboat for a period of not less than 8 min
- An average person in lifejacket cools 35% faster when swimming than when holding still
- Survival craft launch by 2 person les then 5 min
- Lifeboat lower into water when ship making headway at 5 knots, lateral impact on shipside
at 3.5m/s, 12ft/s and from drop of a height of 3m,10ft
- No lifeboat is approved to accommodate more then 150 person
- Seating should capable load of 100kg, 220lbs in any single seat location in lifeboat
- No of person which a lifeboat to be launched by falls shall be permitted to accommodate
shall be equal to lesser of the no of person having an average mass of 75 kg or 165 lbs
(passenger ship) or 82.5 kg or 181 lbs ( cargo ship)
- Partially closed lifeboat attached rigid cover extending over not less than 20% of length from
stem and aftermost part of lifeboat
- Liferaft should remain 30 days afloat in sea, drop from 18m(59 ft), withstand repeated jumps
from height of 4.5m(15 ft) above the floor, can be towed at a speed of 3 knots, minimum
carrying capacity 6 persons
- Davit launch liferaft drop from not less the 3m(10ft) without damage
- Rescue boat not less the 3.8 and more then 8.5
- Rescue boat 6 knot 4 hr 5 sitting and 1 on stretcher
- On a passenger boat more the 500 grt rescue boat on each side
- Rescue boat launching not more then 5 min
- On passenger ship each rescue boat marshal / carry 6 liferaft and passenger ship engaged in
short international voy not more then 9 liferaft
- Withstand the load of 4time the mass of full complement of persons and equipment
- Weak link break bw the fore of 1.8 – 2.6 kn, act 4mtr (13ft) below water
- Tpa required for at least 10% of the persons the survival craft is equipped to carry but not
less than 2
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- Black out during busy water ( it is moderate emergency situation)
- Biggest danger to life when your vessel has collided with another ship (possibility of
capsizing)
- After a hull damage what is the minimum heel to the nearest port in calm water ( 15d
degree)
- Under what condition could you still perish when on life raft at calm water except (there
might be a sudden swell)
- In case of grounding how would you know ( deviation of ships position from chart )
- Liferaft is to leeward of a fire on the water you should first 9 cut the line to the sea anchor )
Emergency situation
Survival craft and rescue boat
Launching liferaft
