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N&P LSA Inspection Guide
N&P Maritime- und Industrietechnik GmbH is a family operated mari-
time service provider and trading company with headquarters at Schwa-
newede/Germany, and branch offces at Winsen/Germany, Shanghai/PRC,
Mumbai/India and service stations in several other countries. Main activities
are:
_Ship Safety (worldwide, class certifed network for inspections and re-
pairs of life saving appliances, and class certifed ultrasonic wall thickness
measurements)
_Ship Repair and new ship building supervision (active in all major
ports/shipyards in China)
_Ship Supplies (general ship supplies and initial ship supplies in China,
worldwide sales of class certifed container lashing equipment and ships
spare parts)
This guide is intended to provide nautical/technical departments, and the
management of sea going vessels with an in-depth overview about the
scope of SOLAS regulated inspections of lifesaving appliances.
Whilst every care has been taken when compiling the information con-
tained in this guide, N&P Maritime- und Industrietechnik GmbH cannot be
held responsible in any event for its contents. SOLAS and other fag state
and/or class regulations always prevail.
Subject to availability, extra copies may be ordered free of charge to ship-
owners/shipmanagers, and training/education facilities with:
N&P Ship Safety
Danziger Str. 11
D-28790 Schwanewede/Germany
Phone: +49-4209-91 88 0
Email: mail@npmarine.com
www.npmarine.com
Copyright by N&P Maritime- und Industrietechnik GmbH, 2009
Andr Herrmann
Contents
01 N&P Lifeboat Service __________________________________________ 01
02 Measures to prevent accidents with lifeboats _________________ 02
03 N&P Inspection Plan __________________________________________ 03
04 Inspection of Lifebaots ________________________________________ 04
05 Inspection of Davits (hinged gravity) __________________________ 10
06 Inspection of Free Fall Boats __________________________________ 13
07 Inspection of Rescue Boats ___________________________________ 15
08 Inspection of Rescue Boat Davits ______________________________ 16
09 FAQs _________________________________________________________ 20
10 SOLAS MSC1206________________________________________________ 23
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01 N&P Lifeboat Service
With below information, N&P Maritime- und Industrietechnik GmbH would
like to introduce the scope of work which is necessary for the annual in-
spection of the life saving appliances.
The service is based on the SOLAS MSC 1206 (26 May 2006) and shall ensure
the safety of lifeboats and davits and assure the full and safe functioning
of these.
This standard procedure has to be performed every year by a professionally
trained service company.
We have gathered our experiences through many inspections and herewith
offer information on how the inspection will take place and how you can
support and assure safety on board.
It is the main reason of these inspections to assure the safety of all persons
on board and to avoid accidents during drills, emergencies and mainte-
nance.
This procedure applies to MSC.1/Circ.1206
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02 MEASURES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS WITH LIFEBOATS
Please be sure that all parties involved in this procedure shall do their ut-
most possible to prevent accidents, which usually happen due to following
facts:
2.1 Failure of on-load release mechanism;
2.2 Inadvertent operation of on-load release mechanism;
2.3 Inadequate maintenance of lifeboats, davits and launching
equipment;
2.4 Communication failures;
2.5 Lack of familiarity with lifeboats, davits, equipment and associated
controls;
2.6. Unsafe practices during lifeboat drills and inspections; and
2.7 Design faults other than on-load release mechanisms.
In order to avoid before mentioned dangers, we kindly ask for the full sup-
port of all involved parties by:
_Supply of assistance by trained crew members
_Support in case any help for securing shall be needed
_Keeping an eye on safety at all times to assure no involved and /or unin-
volved person can be harmed (e.g. somebody standing in slewing area of
davits and/or below life/rescue boats)
_Telling known problems with the equipment before hand to avoid any
accidents due to known malfunctions or damaged parts
Always remember, the annual and 5-year inspection is for your
own safety in case of an emergency.
Also during voyages:
In case of any problems with your life saving equipment, always
consult a professional service company.
03 N&P Inspection Plan
Now here is how we will perform the inspection:
For the proof of service and to assure the condition at the present mo-
ment, our technicians will document the inspection by means of cheklists
and with photos. In case needed, we can send these to you.
Please be aware of below steps, which our technicians will perform:
3.1 After boarding our technicians will contact the master or person in
charge for the life saving appliances.
3.2 The technician will ask for support of one or two crew members.
3.3 A short explanation of how the inspection will be performed will be
given to the person(s) in charge
3.4 After checking the on board manuals of the davits and life-/rescue
boats the technician will start with the visual safety inspection which
begins with:
3.4.1 Safety check if all hooks, davit arms, counter weights and further
equipment are in secured position
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04 Inspection of lifeboat
4.1 Visual inspection of the outside of the lifeboat will take place (hull,
propeller, cooler pipes, windows, hatches etc.)
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4.2 A further visual check of the davit will be made to ensure the secured
position of the lifeboat (check for cracks, leaks, broken parts, secure
ft of securing items)
4.3 Inside check of the lifeboat (check for cracks, function of battery,
lights, seatbelts etc.)
4.4 Check of the maneuvering system
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4.5 Check of the engine system inspection of bolts, oil, screws and
function of engine (engine will be started and kept running for
min. 2 minutes max 5 minutes)
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4.6 With support of the crew, the boat shall be secured with hanging
off pendants or chain blocks (min. strength depending on boat
weight but usually no less than 3 to capacity per chain block).
The boat shall be lowered to water if possible to test the function of
the releasehooks. Should this not be possible, the boat shall be secu-
red tightly with chainblocks or boatmaker hanging off pendants.
IT MUST BE ASSURED THAT THE BOAT IS FULLY SECURED BY THE
CHAIN BLOCKS OR THE HANGING OFF PENDANANTS, SO THAT THE
HOOKS CAN BE OPENED WITHOUT DANGER!!
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4.7 After securing, the hooks shall be checked for damages dirt/rust shall
be removed
4.8 Check if all moving parts are movable
4.9 Check if tolerances are in limits
4.10 In case necessary, grease movable parts
4.11 Open the hook system (hinged gravity boats check if front and aft
hook open simultaneously)