Self-elevating and column-stabilized units
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Codes - 1989 MODU Code – Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1989 – Resolution A.649(16) - Chapter 10 – Life Saving Appliances and Equipment - 10.2 Survival craft - Self-elevating and column-stabilized units

Self-elevating and column-stabilized units

  10.2.4 Each unit should carry lifeboats complying with the requirements of regulation III/46, installed in at least two widely separated locations on different sides or ends of the unit. The arrangement of the lifeboats should provide sufficient capacity to accommodate the total number of persons on board if:

  • .1 all the lifeboats in any one location are lost or rendered unusable; or

  • .2 all the lifeboats on any one side, any one end, or any one corner of the unit are lost or rendered unusable.

  10.2.5 In addition, each unit should carry liferafts complying with the requirements of regulation III/39 or III/40, of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number of persons on board.

  10.2.6 In the case of a self-elevatinq unit where, due to its size or configuration, lifeboats cannot be located in widely separated locations to satisfy 10.2.4, the Administration may permit the aggregate capacity of the lifeboats to accommodate only the total number of persons on board. However, the liferafts under 10.2.5 should be served by launching appliances complying with the requirements of regulation III/48.5 or III/48.6.


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