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

  • Serviced at intervals not exceeding 12 months at an approved service station – correct SOLAS pack (A & B)  provided
  • Painter permanently attached through weak link to the ship
  • Capable of manual release, e.g. fitted with senhouse slip
  • Correctly stowed in cradle and able to float free; i.e. no overhead awning or other obstruction. Each liferaft lashing other than the forward six man liferaft, fitted with a hydrostatic release unit (HRU)
  • If fitted with an HRU ,serviced at intervals not exceeding 12 months at a service station competent to service them

Rescue boat (if carried as separate boat from the ship’s lifeboats):