15 Companies owning and/or operating passenger
ships should consider adopting a policyfootnote that
at least one lifeboat is to be filled with crew members equal in number
to its certified number of occupants at least every six months. Under
such a policy:
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.1 for safety considerations, the loading of lifeboats
for training purposes is to be performed only while the boat is waterborne
and the boat should be lowered and raised with only the minimum number
of crew on board, taking into account annex 2 to the Measures to prevent
accidents with lifeboats (MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1);
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.2 lifejackets should be worn;
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.3 all lifeboat crew and embarkation/boarding
station crew are to be required to attend the lifeboat loading drill;
and
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.4 if not placed inside the lifeboat, those crew
members are to observe the filling of the lifeboat to its certified
number of people.