Regulation 10 - Manning of survival craft and supervision
Clasification Society 2023 - Version 9.37

Regulation 10 - Manning of survival craft and supervision

  1 This regulation applies to all ships.

  2 There shall be a sufficient number of trained persons on board for mustering and assisting untrained persons.

  3 There shall be a sufficient number of crew members, who may be deck officers or certificated persons, on board for operating the survival craft and launching arrangements required for abandonment by the total number of persons on board.

  4 A deck officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge of each survival craft to be used. However, the Administration, having due regard to the nature of the voyage, the number of persons on board and the characteristics of the ship, may permit persons practised in the handling and operation of liferafts to be placed in charge of liferafts in lieu of persons qualified as above. A second-in-command shall also be nominated in the case of lifeboats.

  5 The person in charge of the survival craft shall have a list of the survival craft crew and shall see that the crew under his command are acquainted with their duties. In lifeboats the second-in-command shall also have a list of the lifeboat crew.

  6 Every motorized survival craft shall have a person assigned who is capable of operating the engine and carrying out minor adjustments.

  7 The master shall ensure the equitable distribution of persons referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 among the ship's survival craft.

Parent topic: Section I - Passenger Ships and Cargo Ships
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