Recommendation
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Recommendation

  1 Based on the foregoing, the Committee recommends that the height of stowage of davit-launched survival craft on new passenger ships be given particular consideration at the design stage with the objective of arranging stowage at a level which is in keeping with the intention of regulation III/13.1.2, while taking account of the minimum stowage height specified in that regulation, the escape provisions of SOLAS regulation II-2/28, the size of the ship and the weather conditions likely to be encountered in its intended area of operation.

  2 The Committee recognizes that a recommended height of stowage is unlikely to be suitable for all designs of passenger ship. However, the Committee considers there is merit in having a figure which can be used as a reference point by designers and for this purpose it recommends that the height from the davit head, when the davit-launched survival craft is at the embarkation position, to the waterline, when the ship is in the lightest seagoing condition, should, as far as practicable, not exceed 15 m.

  3 The Committee urges Member Governments to implement this recommendation when approving the survival craft stowage arrangements on new passenger ships.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.570 – Recommendation on Maximum Stowage Height of Survival Craft on Passenger Ships – (Adopted on 2 July 1991)
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