The initiation or continuation of recovery operations should be at the discretion of the master of the recovering ships, in accordance with the provisions of SOLAS regulation III/17-1.
Life-saving and other equipment carried on board may be used to recover persons from the water, even though this may require using such equipment in unconventional ways.
Annex 1 (Risk Assessment Recovery of persons from Water) and
Annex 2 (Description of the procedures and recovering plan used on board) to this document to be referred for the information and procedures specifically used onboard this vessel.
While undergoing the recovery operations, ship’s crew have to refer the procedures stipulated in Annex 2 to this document.
Annex 2 anticipated conditions under which a recovery operation may be conducted without causing undue hazard to the ship and the ship’s crew, taking into account, but not limited to:
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