2 Number and Type of Survival Craft
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2 Number and Type of Survival Craft

  2.1 Vessels certified to operate in exposed waters and those making international voyages shall carry lifeboats or liferafts sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board.

  2.2 Vessels making voyages in coastal waters shall carry lifeboats, liferafts, or buoyant apparatus, and passenger vessels operating solely in protected waters shall carry liferafts or buoyant apparatus, approved in accordance with regulation I/4 , sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board.

  2.3 Where the life-saving appliances and their launching appliances, where applicable, are not accessible from both sides of the vessel, additional life-saving appliances shall be fitted as required by the Administration.

  2.4 The means and arrangements for embarkation into the survival craft shall be adequate, clearly marked and illuminated and approved by the Administration.

  2.5 The manufacturer’s model identification, the number given by the approving administration and number of survivors for which the apparatus was approved shall be recorded on a tag or label and affixed to the apparatus.

  2.6 The manufacturer’s model identification, the number given by the approving administration and number of survivors for which the apparatus was approved shall be recorded on a tag or label and affixed to the apparatus.


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