Section 3 Verification requirements

3.1 Verification requirements

3.1.1 Compliance with the requirements in Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 4 General requirements to Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 9 Operator guidance and information is considered sufficient to satisfy the functional requirements and performance requirements defined above.

3.1.2 Where a designer offers a novel solution, an engineering safety and justification report is to be submitted, see Vol 1, Pt 1, Ch 2, 2.2 Definitions 2.2.20. The engineering safety and justification report is to demonstrate how the proposed solution will satisfy the functional requirements and performance requirements in Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 1 Functional requirements and Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 2 Performance requirements.

3.1.3 The Naval Administration may impose requirements additional to those in this Chapter.

3.2 Submission requirements

3.2.1 The following documentation is to be submitted for design review;

General Arrangement Plan: A general arrangement plan of the parent vessel showing the following information:
1. position of each boat, watercraft, embarkation, transfer and recovery station;
2. the tasks to be carried out at each station; and
3. position of conning, control and observation positions.
Local Arrangement Plans: Local arrangement plans for each boat, watercraft, embarkation and recovery station showing the following information (as applicable):
1. boat or watercraft position (stowed, embarked, turned out, alongside);
2. control position and fields of view;
3. observation positions and fields of view;
4. lifesaving appliances and safety equipment;
5. fire-fighting appliances;
6. maintenance facilities;
7. equipment lockers;
8. re-fueling, water, compressed air, and general electrical arrangements;
9. launch and recovery appliances;
10. securing arrangements (onboard or alongside);
11. fendering arrangement;
12. painter arrangements and tending locations;
13. embarkation and recovery arrangements and equipment;
14. crew protection arrangements (rails, temporary barriers, attachment points);
15. lighting arrangements (inboard, over the side, dark adaption);
16. conning arrangements (CCTV, communications, go/no-go indication);
17. transfer routes (stores, personnel, liquids); and
18. adjacent shell openings, appendages and discharges in way.
System Operational Concept: A System Operational Concept for the operation and interfacing of boats, watercraft and waterborne craft that details the capability and functionality under defined operating and reversionary conditions. The System Operational Concept is to be agreed between the designers and Owners and is to include (as applicable):
1. The particulars of each boat or permanently embarked watercraft intended to be assigned to the vessel; including dimensions, weight, capacity, function and certification standards.
2. The design parameters for waterborne craft intended to be temporarily carried or operated alongside; including length, weight, freeboard, securing arrangements, embarkation position.
3. Details of all launch and recovery appliances; including Safe Working Load (SWL), design margins, design standards, operating limitations, additional factors of safety, modes of operation, operating angles.
4. Details of all launch, embarkation, transfer and recovery equipment to be used, including safe combinations, certification standards, SWL.
5. Plans showing each proposed combination of equipment, fully rigged, at varying stages of deployment for each station.
6. Details of the range of ship's speeds, sea and environmental conditions under which each boat or watercraft operation may be undertaken.
7. Details of control, monitoring and communication facilities required to conduct boat operations.
8. Details of arrangements for operations in darkness.
9. Manning requirements.
10. Identification of defined transverse requirements for the parent vessel as applicable to the boat, watercraft or associated equipment, e.g. shock, high/low temperature operations.
Integration Assessment Report: An assessment of suitability demonstrating that the boats and permanently embarked watercraft intended to be operated are compatible with the stowage arrangements, launch and recovery equipment and operating conditions proposed for the parent vessel. See Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 5.2 Boat specification.
Hydrodynamics/Sea-keeping Reports: A report showing that the position of each boat, watercraft, embarkation, transfer or recovery station has been appropriately sited to allow for operations in the range of defined operating conditions; including during preparation, operation and whilst boats and watercraft are waterborne alongside.
Risk Assessment Report: A report showing that operational hazards associated with the use of boat stations during boat operations have been identified and once identified, managed to ensure that risks to personnel are minimised; see Vol 2, Pt 1, Ch 3, 18 Risk Assessment (RA).
Testing and trials procedures: A schedule of testing and trials to demonstrate that systems and arrangements are capable of operating as described in the System Operational Concept. The testing and trials procedures are to include details of through life annual survey and load testing which includes the periodicity of load testing for different items of equipment.
Operator Guidance: Operator Guidance is to be provided in accordance with Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 9 Operator guidance and information and submitted to LR for information.

3.3 Survey and test requirements

3.3.1 Initial inspection, testing and trials are to be carried out to LR’s satisfaction to demonstrate that arrangements, systems and equipment operate and function as stated in the System Operational Concept.

3.3.2 The suitability of the launch and recovery equipment shall be demonstrated during trials in accordance with Vol 3, Pt 1, Ch 7, 5.9 Launch and recovery appliances 5.9.2; however, confirmation of the required performance in the full range of required operations shall be provided by the Owner at the first Annual Survey.

3.3.3 Periodic survey of the arrangements is to be completed in conjunction with the Class Annual Survey in accordance with the requirements defined in Vol 1, Pt 1, Ch 3, 2.4 Other notations 2.4.9.

3.3.4 Survey, testing and marking of launch and recovery equipment are to be in accordance with Ch 12 Testing, Marking and Surveys of the Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment, July 2022as applicable; note that enhanced design factors of safety may be required with reference to handling of personnel and load testing will be required consistent with the enhanced system design requirements. This equipment is to be included in the Register of Ship’s Lifting Appliances and Cargo Handling Gear under the scope of the LA, LAP or LAC notations as appropriate. See Vol 1, Pt 1, Ch 2, 3.10 Other notations 3.10.3.

3.3.5 Any changes to the designations or classes of boats or permanently fitted watercraft associated with the BOATS notation are to be submitted to LR for review. The validity of certification for boats or watercraft permanently fitted onboard is to be verified as a part of the Annual Survey, however the survey of these is outside the scope of the BOATS notation.