Checklist for owners or masters of lloyd’s register classed cargo vessels ?

  • Survival craft launching instructions using IMO symbols posted on or in the vicinity of the survival craft and their launching controls Yes/No
  • Lighting at muster and embarkation stations adequate and supplied by emergency power source
  • Area of water into which survival craft are launched provided with adequate lighting, including forward liferaft (if any)
  • Lighting at alleyways, stairways and exits giving access to muster and embarkation stations adequate Yes/No
  • Embarkation ladders in good condition (including one for forward liferaft)

Launching Appliances:

  • Lifeboat davits in good working condition
  • All pulleys greased and rotating freely
  • Limit switches on davits tested and found satisfactory
  • Lifeboat falls free from paint and greased
  • Davit winches tested, brakes working satisfactorily.
  • Free-fall lifeboat ramp and recovery arrangements, where fitted, in good working order, all moving parts correctly lubricated
  • Rescue boat launching appliance in good working order (if carried as separate boat from the ship’s lifeboats), including on-load, off-load release hook of approved type.
  • Launching davits for davit launched liferafts, where fitted, in good working order with off-load release hook of approved type.

Inflatable liferafts: