Tag: SOLAS

ClassNK has issued Technical Information regarding special requirements fire-fighter's outfit regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadi flagged vessels

Requirements to take effect July 1, 2016 At the end of 2014, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) that will require every packed export container to have a verified container weight as a condition for loading aboard a vessel. This requirement will become legally binding on July 1, 2016.All parties involved in the international transportation of maritime containers including shippers, freight forwarders, packers, NVOCCs, carriers, and marine terminal operators will need to take measures to ensure that they are prepared to fulfill the new SOLAS regulatory requirement before the implementation date arrives. There currently is more than a year to get ready. That time should not be wasted. All parties should use the time that is available to understand what will be required of them, and to prepare to be able to meet those requirements before July 1, 2016.In order to help promote an understanding of these SOLAS amendments, the World Shipping Council has released a three page synopsis of what the SOLAS requirement containers. That synopsis, along with the text of the SOLAS requirements, can be found by clicking here.Source:World Shipping Council

UKHO has announced that three more Flag States have approved the use of electronic-Nautical Publication

SOLAS Regulation III/19 requires drills to be conducted every two months The Skuld P&I Club has posted on its website an article regarding mandatory drills for entry into enclosed spaces. SOLAS RegulationIII/19 requires enclosed space entry drills as well as rescue drills to be conducted every two months.Over the years the Association has had to deal with a number of accidents resulting in fatalities which followed the entry in to an enclosed space starved of oxygen or containing harmful gasses, typically due to a failure to follow safety procedures, and this has affected both crew as well as people coming on board such as stevedores.Incidents have included oxygen starved holds resulting from the carriage of organic cargoes including wheat, timber and logs, but also of mineral cargoes such as DRI or coal. At other times, accidents happened while tanks and / or cargo holds were being inspected or maintenance was carried out.Tragically, these accidents have at times been compounded, because once it became clear that someone was in trouble, someone else rushed to help them - but without themselves first taking proper precautions and using appropriate safety equipment. On occasion a number of fatalities resulted from such an incident.The fatality ...

Videotel has launched the innovative and unique Enclosed Space Management System

Skuld loss prevention advice on container weight checks

New requirements for musters of newly embarked passengers New requirements for musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately upon departure come into force on 1 January 2015. Further SOLAS amendments entering into force address enclosed-space entry and rescue drills and the code for recognized organizations.Passenger musterThe amended regulation III/19 in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was adopted in 2013 in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident, to ensure that passengers undergo safety drills, including mustering at the lifeboat stations, before the ship departs or immediately on departure.Previously, the requirement was for the muster of passengers to take place within 24 hours of their embarkation.Enclosed-space entry and rescue drills An amendment to SOLAS regulation III/19, on emergency training and drills, makes mandatory the carrying out of enclosed-space entry and rescue drills, which will require crew members with enclosed-space entry or rescue responsibilities to participate in an enclosed-space entry and rescue drill at least once every two months.The International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code), the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Code) and the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code) have been ...

The Skuld P&I Club has issued advisory regarding the new Traffic Separation Scheme for Panama Canal

AMSA advice on voyage planning and execution

Responsibility for safe navigation with a pilot embarked