Regs 21-37

				Minimum Requirements
No	Reg	Clause	Item	Passenger ships	Cargo ships	Remarks
2			Addl requirements for Passenger ships
	21		Survival craft and rescue boats
		1	Survival craft
		1.1	On International voyages
		1.1.1	Partly or fully enclosed boats	50%		For total number on each side
			Partly or fully enclosed boats	37.50%		if special concession is given
		1.1.2	Inflatable or rigid liferafts	25%		For total number
			Launching appliance	1		Each side
		1.2	On short international voyage
		1.2.1	Partly or fully enclosed boats	30%		For total number
			Inflatable or rigid liferafts	70.00%		For total number
			Launching appliances	sufficient		On each side
		1.2.2	Inflatable or rigid liferafts	25%		For total number
			Launching appliance	1		Each side
		1.3	Launching time			30 minutes from abandon ship signal
		1.4	Passenger ships less than 500GT, Passengers<200			No need of lifeboats, special concessions given
		1.5	Marine evacuation system			May be replaced by equivalent capacity of liferafts and launching appliances
		2	Rescue boats
		2.1	Passenger ship>= 500 GT	1		On each side
		2.2	Passenger ship<500 GT	1		On any side
		2.3	Lifeboat			May be accepted as Rescue boat
		3	Marshalling of Liferafts
		3.1	6 liferafts per Lifeboat or Rescue boat			On Passenger ship
		3.2	9 liferafts per Lifeboat or Rescue boat			Passenger ship on Short International voyage
	22	1	Lifebuoys
		1.1	Number based on L<60 m and multiples			Varies from 8 to 30
		1.2	L<60 m			6 with self-igniting lights
		2	Lifejackets
		2.1	Additional lifejackets	5%		Stowed in conspicuous places
		3	Lifejacket light
		3.1	Light	1		On each lifejacket
		4	lmmersion suits and thermal protective aids
		4.1	Immersion suits	3		Per lifeboat
			TPA	1		Per person
		4.1.1	Totally or Partially enclosed lifeboats	Nil		Concession available
		4.1.2	Regular voyages in warm climates	Nil		Special concession available
	23		survival craft and rescue boat embarkation arrangements
		1.1	Lifeboat boarding and launching			From stowed position OR embarkation deck, NOT BOTH
		1.2	Davit-launched liferaft			Boarding from stowed position
		2	Rescue boats			Boarding from stowed position
			Rescue boats (Life boats)			Boarding from embarkation deck
	24		Stowage of survival craft			suitable position, upto 15 m above water level
	25		Muster stations	Yes		Near embarkation stations
	26	2	Addl requirements for Ro-Ro (Passenger) ships
		2.1	Liferafts			Marine evacuation system mandatory
		2.2				Float-free stowage arrangement
		2.3				Boarding ramp for liferafts
		2.4				Self righting
		2.5	Search and rescue devices			One for 4 liferafts
		3	Fast rescue boat	1		At least
		4	Means of rescue	Yes		For rapid recovery of survivors
		5	Lifejackets	Yes		Sufficient number near muster stations
	27		Information on passengers
		1	Head count before departure
		2	Details of persons needing special care
	28		Helicopter landing and pick up areas
		1	Ro-Ro passenger ships	Yes		Mandatory
	29		Decision support system for masters of passenger ships
		2	Availability			On bridge
		3	Format			Printed emergency plans
						Compuer based systems accepted
	30		Drills			Mandatory
		2	Abandon ship and Fire drills			Weekly
			Damage control drills			To be conducted
3			Cargo ships additional requirements
	31		Survival craft and rescue boats
		1	Survival craft
		1.1.1	Enclosed lifeboats		1	on each side, 100 % capacity each side
		1.1.2	Inflatable or rigid liferafts		1 or more	total capapcity 100%
		1.2.1	Free fall lifeboats		1	100 5 capacity, instead of enclosed boats
		1.2.2	Inflatable or rigid liferafts		1 or more	capacity 100%
		1.3	Ships L<85m			Special concessions given
		1.4	Ships L>100 m (Dist from end to liferafts)		1	Stowed forward without hydrostatic release
		1.5	Launching time			10 minutes from abandon ship order
		1.6	Chemical tankers / Gas carrier			Mandatory Self-contained air support system
		1.7	Tankers, Chemical tankers and Gas carriers			Mandatory fire-protected lifeboats
		2	Rescue boats		1	Lifeboat may be accepted
	32		Personal life-saving appliances
		1	Lifebuoys		8 to 14	Based on length
		2	Lifejacket lights		1	For each lifejacket
		3	Immersion suits		1	per person, concessions allowed
						Stowed at suitable locations
	33		Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements
			Lifeboats embarkation			Embarkation deck
			Liferafts			near stowed position
			Launching			upto 5 kts speed
4			Life-saving appliances and arrangements requirements
	34		LSA and arrangements			Mandatory to comply with code
5			Miscellaneous
	35		Training manual and on-board training aids
		2	Training Manual		min 2	crew mess and recreation rooms or in crew each cabin
						In working language of the ship
		4	On-board training aids			Mandatory for Marine evacuation system
	36		Instructions for on-board maintenance			provided for each appliance
	37		Muster list and emergency instructions			Mandatory display, in sufficient numbers
						Duties and instruction provided for all persons