IMO safety committee fails to win new lifeboat system vote

THE UN's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organisation has proposed called for the replacement lifeboat release systems, but its motion was voted down by industry representatives, reports Tanker Operator.

The MSC has since tasked its design and equipment sub-committee to thoroughly review proposed revisions before next May, when it will again to vote on the question.

Nonetheless, installations put in after July 1, 2012 are required to comply with the various IMO regulations currently in development. These include the use of standard, as opposed to mechanical, pilot transfer ladders, and implementation of the annual testing of automatic identification systems, such as those used to verify call sign, speed, and heading.

Revisions to specifications for smoke detectors, manually operated call points, control panels, and sources of power supply, fire detection and alarm systems, and location of emergency sea suction fire pumps must also be followed.
(Source:www.schednet.com)