Irs - Seq Survey
Irs - Seq Survey
Irs - Seq Survey
1. GENERAL
1.1 Had any changes been made or new equipment been installed which would effect the validity of the …..
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate?
1.2 Copy of the documentation where alternative design and arrangements have been approved by the …..
administration is available on board including re-evaluation due to change of conditions.
1.3 All instructions and/or notices including the Emergency Station Muster List and Training Manual …..
were posted in the appropriate language as required and to the Master’s satisfaction.
1.4 All other Statutory Certificates and the Class Certificate were valid at the time of survey & …..
Continuous Synopsis Record is provided.
1.5 Was there a report of any fire necessitating the operation of the fixed fire extinguishing systems or …..
the portable fire extinguishers, since the last Safety Equipment Survey? (If “YES” give details in
section 35)
1.6 LSA items are marked with the name of ship, call sign, port of registry etc., as required …..
1.7 Confirmation that LSA which are required to be float free, have been installed in location not …..
obstructed by other structure/s in the vicinity and it can float free in case the vessel sinks.
1.8 For a passenger ship, confirmation that a list of all limitations on the operation of the ship including …..
exemptions from any of these regulations, restrictions in operating areas, weather restrictions, sea
state restrictions, restrictions in permissible loads, trim, speed and any other limitations, whether
imposed by the Administration or established during the design or the building stages, has been
compiled, documented and readily available to the Master. The list has been kept up to date.
1.9 Confirmation that emergency source of electrical power is available for equipment & systems which …..
are equipped to be supplied by emergency power as per convention requirements (Eg. emergency
lighting, navigation light and other lights as per COL REGS, communication equipment,
navigational equipment, fire pumps, fire detection and fire alarm system, steering gear, etc., as
applicable).
2. DOCUMENTATION
2.1 Fire control Plans (including duplicate set permanently stored in a prominently marked weathertight …..
enclosure outside the deck house) properly posted
2.2 Muster List …..
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2.3 Adequate and up-to-date nautical charts/ ECDIS, sailing directions, lists of lights, Notices to …..
Mariners, tide tables and all other nautical publications necessary for the intended voyage.
(Note: In case of electronic publications, the publications are required to be issued officially by an Administration, authorized
hydrographical organization or another relevant approved organization and required backup system is provided)
2.4 International Code of Signals and IAMSAR Manual Volume III. …..
2.5.1 Practice Musters and Drills. (It is also confirmed that arrangement for mustering crew/passengers are …..
in order and the person in charge of survival craft and in the case of lifeboats the second in-command
have a list of the survival craft crew)
FCP Plan Approved by on
LSA Plan Approved by on
2.5.2 Confirmed that new crew member with assigned emergency duties had been familiarised with these …..
duties before the voyage began.
2.5.3 Confirmed that where the ship was engaged on a voyage where passengers were scheduled to be on …..
board for more than 24 h, musters of the newly embarked passengers had taken place prior to
departure.
2.5.4 Confirmed that whenever new passengers had embarked, a passenger safety briefing had been given …..
immediately before departure.
2.5.5 Confirmation that Passenger ships have on board a plan for cooperation with appropriate search and …..
rescue services (SAR Plan) in event of an emergency.
2.6.1 Date of last fire and boat drills (which should include inspection of those items of operating equipment
included in the check list as contained in the instructions, or on-board maintenance) (Every crew member
shall participate in at least one abandon ship drill and one fire drill every month. The drills of the crew shall
take place within 24 h of the ship leaving a port if more than 25% of the crew have not participated in
abandon ship and fire drills on board that particular ship in the previous month. When a ship enters service
for the first time, after modification of a major character or when a new crew is engaged, these drills shall be
held before sailing.) Fire drill ………………………… Boat drill....................................
2.6.2 Date of visual inspection of survival craft, rescue boats/ work boat, launching appliances, testing of lifeboat
and rescue boats / work boat engine, and testing of the general alarm system (Required weekly)
…………………….
2.6.3 Enclosed Space entry
2.6.3.1 Date of last enclosed space entry and rescue drill carried out (required at least once every two months)
…………………….
2.6.3.2 Confirmation that procedures for entering enclosed spaces for the key ship board operations …..
concerning the safety of the personnel are available onboard.
2.6.3.3 Confirmation that crew is familiarized with enclosed space entry & rescue drill and record of …..
training available.
2.6.4 Date of last emergency steering drill carried out (required at least once every three months) …...................
2.7 Log book entries as required by Chapter III and the Master aware of the intent of chapter II-2. “In …..
all new and existing ships fire extinguishing appliances shall be kept in good order and available for
immediate use at all times during the voyage”
2.8 Boat’s equipment examined at that time and found to be complete. (It is further confirmed that …..
monthly inspections of all survival craft and rescue boats/ work boat including engines and
launching appliances plus the general alarm system are being carried out and logged )
2.9.1 Dates when lifeboat falls renewed (See BOAT RENEWED
Note 3 on Page 1) 1
2
3
4
2.9.2 Date Rescue boat/ work boat falls last renewed ……………………………………
2.9.2.1 Date falls renewed for 2nd Rescue boat (required for passenger ships above 500 GT) …......…
2.9.3 Dates when liferaft davit falls renewed RAFT DATE RENEWED
(See Note 3 on Page 1) 1
2
3
4
2.9.4 Record of periodical inspection of lifeboat falls maintained. …..
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2.10.1 Last occasion davit launched lifeboats moved from stowed position/ turned out/ launched and manoeuvred
(See note 2)
Boat Moved from stowed position Turned out (Monthly) Launched and manoeuvred in water (3
(Weekly) (Only for cargo monthly)
ships)
1
2
3
4
2.10.2 Last occasion free fall lifeboat lowered/ launched and manoeuvred
Boat Free fall launched/ lowered by secondary Free fall launched/ simulated launching carried
means* and manoeuvred in water (3 out* and boat manoeuvred in water (6 monthly)
monthly)
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2
2.11.1 Last occasion rescue boat was launched and manoeuvred. (Required monthly where practicable; but interval
not to exceed 3 months) ……………………………………………….
2.11.2 Date 2nd Rescue boat (required for passenger ships above 500 GT) was launched and manoeuvred
……………………………………..
2.12 Marine Evacuation System (if provided on ro-ro passenger ships/ passenger ships) last deployed
MES Test deployment (at least 50% after installation and Each every 6 years
remaining within 12 months)
1
2
2.13 Servicing of Inflatable Liferafts, Hydrostatic release unit, inflatable life jackets and marine evacuation
system:
2.13.1 Liferafts and HRU (Include in the table details of any liferaft stowed forward or aft)
Sr. no Makers No. of Date Date Location Servicing Date HRU HRU Expiry
Name & Persons Serviced Service on board Agent Serviced / Next
Serial Due Servicing
Number of Due
Liferaft
i
ii
iii
iv
v
Liferafts for easy side to side transfer are less than 185 kg …..
2.13.2 Servicing of inflatable lifejackets carried out on …………………………………………………
2.13.3 Servicing of Marine Evacuation System carried out on ……………………/…………………….
Provide different dates if required.
2.14 Davit launched lifeboat/ liferaft* Annual 5 yearly
2.14.1 Thorough examination of launching appliances, and dynamic test of the winch ............ .............
brake at maximum lowering speed for davit launched lifeboats. ............ .............
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.14.2 Thorough examination and operational test of on load release gear for davit ............ .............
launched lifeboat. ............ .............
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.14.3 Thorough examination of launching appliances, and dynamic test of the winch ............ .............
brake at maximum lowering speed for davit launched liferafts ............ .............
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
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2.14.4 Thorough examination and operational test of automatic release hooks for davit ............ .............
launched liferaft. ............ .............
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.15 Free fall lifeboat:
2.15.1 Thorough examination and operational test of release system for free fall lifeboat ........... ...........
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.16 Dedicated Rescue boat:
2.16.1 Thorough examination of launching appliances, and dynamic test of the winch ........... ...........
brake at maximum lowering speed for dedicated rescue boats
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.16.2 Thorough examination and operational test of on load release gear for dedicated ............ ..........
rescue boat.
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________, Cert
No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.16.3 Date of last service of inflated rescue boat …………………………………
Service Provider: _____________________, Approved by:______________,
Cert No.: ____________________________, Valid upto: _______________
2.16.4 Confirmation that rescue boat limit switch working in good order …………. …
2.16.5 Work boats (Indian ships on coast and having work boat in lieu of rescue boat) Annual 5 yearly
2.16.6 Man Overboard drill and Operational test for Work boats and launching appliances ........... ..........
2.16.7 Load test of the work boat and launching appliances to Maximum Working Load ..........
2.17 Hydraulic pressure testing of cylinders of lifeboat air support system, where provided …………………..
(Required every 5 years)
2.18.1 A table or curve of residual deviations for the magnetic compass provided and Compass Deviation …..
Record Book being kept up-to-date.
2.18.2 Diagram of Radar installation shadow sector is displayed. …..
2.19 Instructions for on board maintenance of Life Saving appliances – easily understood and illustrated …..
wherever possible
2.20.1 Verification of compliance as per Safe Manning Document or equivalent issued by Administration …..
(including STCW certificates of Crew, officers and with necessary endorsements)
2.20.2 Verification with respect to availability of sufficient number of trained persons for mustering and …..
manning the survival crafts including availability of sufficient crew member (deck officers or
certificated persons) for operating the survival crafts and launching arrangements
2.21.1 Maintenance plan for fire fighting systems and appliances available on board …..
2.21.2 For ships carrying more than 36 passengers, maintenance plan for low-location lighting and public …..
address systems available on board
2.21.3 For tankers, maintenance plan for inert gas system, deck foam system, fire safety arrangement in …..
cargo pump room and flammable gas detectors available on board
2.22 Fire safety operational booklets have been provided …..
2.23 Record of navigational activities …..
2.23.1 Record of daily reporting …..
2.24.1 SOLAS Training Manual (for L.S.A. & F. F. A.) …..
2.24.2 Where the ship is fitted with a marine evacuation system, an on-board training aid in the use of the …..
system has been provided.
2.25 Procedures required for data retrieval from VDR / S-VDR included in the ship’s safety management …..
system.
2.26 On passenger ships: Decision support system for master on the navigation bridge …..
2.27 Operational and, where appropriate, maintenance manuals for all navigational equipment provided …..
2.28 Ship specific plans and procedures for recovery of persons from water available on board. …..
(Applicable to ships built on or after 1 July 2014 when they are put into operation, For existing ships
applicable from first periodical/ renewal survey carried out on or after 1 July 2014)
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3. SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
3.1 Standard Magnetic Compass …..
3.1.1 Spare Magnetic Compass …..
3.2 Gyro Compass at main steering position …..
3.2.1 Gyro Compass heading repeaters …..
3.2.2 Gyro Compass bearing repeaters …..
3.3 Heading or Track Control System …..
3.4 Pelorus or compass bearing device …..
3.5 Transmitting Heading Device …..
3.6 Means of correcting heading and bearings …..
3.7 Electronic Chart Display and information system (ECDIS)/Nautical charts* …..
Performance Standard of ECDIS: MSC.232(82)/ A.871(19) as amended***
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ECDIS installed on or after 1 January 2009 to comply with MSC.232(82), prior to date may comply with A.871(19) as
amended
3.7.1 Back up arrangements for ECDIS: 2nd ECDIS/ Nautical charts* …..
3.8 Nautical publications …..
3.9 Receiver for a Global Navigation Satellite System / a Terrestrial Radio Navigation System …..
3.10.1 Radar 9GHZ (3 cm) …..
3.10.2 Second Radar {3 cm (9 GHz)/ 10 cm(3 GHz)*} …..
3.11 Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) for (3.10.1/ 3.10.2/ both*) …..
3.12.1 Auto Tracking Aid (ATA) …..
3.12.2 Second automatic tracking aid …..
3.13 Electronic Plotting Aid (EPA) …..
3.14 Automatic Identification System (AIS); Annual test carried out on............ …..
3.14.1 Long Range Identification & Tracking System (Valid Conformance Test report available) …..
3.15.1 Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) Annual performance Test carried out on.................. …..
3.15.1.1 If float free type or arrangements provided (Mandatory for VDR type approved as per MSC.333(90), …..
this provision is also mandatory for some flag – refer flag instructions)
3.15.2 Simplified voyage data recorder (SVDR) Annual Performance Test carried out on.................. …..
3.15.2.1 If float free type or arrangements provided (This provision is mandatory for some flag – refer flag …..
state instruction)
3.16.1 Speed and Distance measuring device(through water) …..
3.16.2 Speed and Distance measuring device (Over ground in fwd and athwart ship direction) …..
3.17 Echo Sounding Device …..
3.18 Rudder Angle Indicator, RPM Indicator and Pitch Indicator* …..
3.19 Rate of turn indicator …..
3.20 Sound reception System for totally enclosed navigation bridge …..
3.21 Telephone to Emergency Steering Position …..
3.22 Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm System (BNWAS) Performance Standard: MSC.128(75) †† …..
††
For BNWAS installed after 1 July 2003, However BNWAS installed prior to 1 July 2011 may be exempted by administration
4. SIGNALLING APPARATUS:
The following found in satisfactory condition:
4.1 Daylight signaling lamp and source of power …..
4.2 Forecastle bell …..
4.3 Gong …..
4.4 Ship’s Whistle …..
4.5 Three black ball shapes …..
4.6 One black diamond shape …..
4.7 Cylindrical shape …..
4.8 Radar reflectors (applicable for vessels with GT<150) …..
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5. NAVIGATION LIGHTS
5.1 LSS Plan (Indian flagged vessels) Approved by on
5.2 Sidelight inboard screens painted matt black …..
5.3 Navigation lights in good condition and operating satisfactorily …..
5.4 Navigation light failure warning device: Visual/Audible on bridges operating efficiently …..
13. LIFEJACKETS
13.1 Complete number of approved lifejackets, as shown on Record of Equipment for SEQ Certificate …..
each with whistle and light
13.2 Each lifejacket found in good condition, …..
13.3 Lifejackets stowed in accessible and clearly marked places …..
13.4 Each lifejacket fitted with retro reflective material …..
13.5 Life Jacket Lights as per LSA Code Chapter II/2.2.3 (Manual switch provided if of flashing type) …..
13.6 Validity of life jacket lights. ……………………………………
13.7 For ships constructed before 1 July 2010, adequate number of lifejackets provided to fit persons …..
weighing up to 140 kgs and chest girth up to 1750 mm/ suitable accessories provided to lifejackets
which do not fit to persons weighing up to 140 kgs and chest girth up to 1750 mm.*
13.8 For passenger ships on voyages less than 24h, number of infant lifejackets provided equals to at …..
least 2.5% of the number of passengers on board and as per LSA plan
13.9 For passenger ships on voyages 24h or greater, number of infant lifejackets provided for each …..
infant on board
17. COMMUNICATION
Was the following communication equipment verified and satisfactory
17.1 Two way VHF radio telephone Apparatus …..
17.2 Search and rescue Locating Device: SART and/or AIS-SART: …..
17.2.1 SART …..
17.2.2 AIS-SART …..
17.3 Two way communication System between emergency control station and embarkation station …..
17.4 General Alarm, Crew Alarm and Public Address System as appropriate …..
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20. FIRE FIGHTER’S OUTFITS
20.1 …….Nos of Fire Fighter Outfit provided on board. Each unit complete and in good condition …..
20.2.1 Each outfit fitted with an audible alarm and a visual or other device which will alert the user …..
before the volume of the air in the cylinder has been reduced to no less than 200 l (For ships
constructed before 1 July 2014, the compliance date is first survey after 1 July 2019))
Note: A pressure indicator, with which the user can read that the volume of remaining air in the cylinder has been reduced
to no less than 200 l, regardless of the need for supplemental lighting, may be regarded as a visual device.
20.2.2 Each outfit complete with air cylinders, including spare cylinders fully charged …..
(Two spare charges to be carried for each required breathing apparatus. However passenger ships
carrying not more than 36 passengers and cargo ships need only carry one spare charge for each
required apparatus if provided with means for charging air cylinders.
Passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers are required to carry at least two spare charges
for each breathing apparatus)
20.2.3 Where the vessel is a passenger ship carrying more than 36 passengers constructed on or after 1 …..
July 2010, a suitably located means for fully recharging breathing air cylinders, free from
contamination is provided as follows and found to be in satisfactory condition.
20.2.3.1 Breathing air compressors supplied from the main and emergency switchboard, or independently …..
driven, with a minimum capacity of 60 l/min per required breathing apparatus, not to exceed 420
l/min, or
20.2.3.2 Self-contained high-pressure storage systems of suitable pressure to recharge the breathing …..
apparatus used on board, with a capacity of at least 1,200 l per required breathing apparatus, not
to exceed 50,000 l of free air.
20.2.4.1 Vessel fitted with an onboard means of recharging breathing apparatus cylinders used during …..
drills which found to be in satisfactory condition, or
20.2.4.2 Vessel provided with ………….. number of spare cylinders fully charged to replace those used …..
during drills which found to be satisfactory condition. (Unless flag has provided some other
interpretation, not less than two spare cylinders are to be carried on board to replace those used
during drill. For ships that are required to carry more than two fire-fighter’s outfits, a suitable
number would be one per mandatory outfit.)
20.2.4.3 Where an onboard means of recharging breathing apparatus cylinder is fitted as per 20.2.4.1 …..
above, verification that annual air quality test for same is carried out.
(Date last done………………………).
20.2.5 Hydraulic pressure testing of SCBA cylinders last carried out on (every 5 years) -------------
20.3 Smoke mask, air pump and hose tested and found satisfactory …..
20.4 Two-way portable radiotelephone apparatus for each fire party for fire-fighter's communication. …..
(For ships constructed before 1 July 2014, the compliance date is first survey after 1 July 2018)
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Paint and/or flammable liquid locker
Other spaces as on record
22.1 Verification of installation and installation test carried out satisfactorily (for new …..
installation/modifications)
22.2 Each system examined as far as practicable, piping and nozzle found in a good condition and clear …..
of obstructions; gas release alarm system operating satisfactorily.
24A. STEAM/ GASEOUS PRODUCT OF FUEL COMBUSTION/ EQUIVALENT FIXED GAS* SYSTEMS
24.1 Where equivalent fixed gas system provided mention type……………………………………..
24.2 Date system last serviced (as per manufacturer recommendation) ……………………………..
24.3 Date system last tested (as per manufacturer recommendation) …………………………………
24.4 Systems examined and tested as far as practicable and found satisfactory …..
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27. SPRINKLER SYSTEM(S)
27.1 System(s) examined and tested as far as practicable and found satisfactory …..
(Note: Refer MSC.1/Circ.1432. Where extended testing carried out, details of such testing, sprinklers sampled, the test
result including action taken are to be detailed in narrative report)
27.2 Visual and Audible alarm was automatically activated whenever system(s) operate(s) …..
27.3 Water quality in the header tank and pump unit is assessed against the manufacturer’s water …..
quality guidelines every quarter as per MSC.1/Circ.1516
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32.3 Fixed hydrocarbon gas detection in all ballast tanks and void spaces of double hull and double …..
bottom spaces adjacent to the cargo tanks, including the forepeak tank and any other tanks and
spaces under the bulkhead deck adjacent to cargo tanks (for oil tankers of DWT> 20,000 T
constructed on or after 1 January 2012). [Pump room protected by SOLAS requirements of II-
2/4.5.10 (i.e., temperature sensing devices and alarm, lighting and ventilation interlock,
hydrocarbon gas monitoring, bilge level alarm etc.) need not comply]. Otherwise,
32.4 Constant operative inerting system for these spaces provided, except pump room having protection …..
as per SOLAS regulation II-2/4.5.10 (for oil tankers of DWT> 20,000 T constructed on or after 1
January 2012)
32.5 Temperature sensing devices for bulkhead glands and alarms, interlock between lighting and …..
ventilation and bilge level monitoring devices and alarm in cargo pump room found operable (as
applicable).
32.6 All cut out valves and piping of the cargo tank and cargo pump room fixed fire fighting system …..
found satisfactory when externally examined as far as practicable
32.7 Fire fighting arrangements for the protection of deep-fat cooking arrangement …..
32.8 Examination and testing of manual and automatic fire doors including the means of closing the …..
openings in “A” and “B” class divisions.
32.9 Ships transporting solid bulk cargo which is liable to emit a toxic or flammable gas, or cause …..
oxygen depletion in the cargo space, an appropriate instrument for measuring the concentration of
gas or oxygen in the air are provided together with detailed instructions for its use. Further crews of
the ship have been trained in the use of such instruments. Instrument last calibrated on …………
32.10 In passenger ships, confirmation that the stairways and ladders, including the low-location lighting …..
system, arranged to provide a means of escape to the lifeboat and liferaft embarkation deck from all
passenger and crew spaces and from those spaces in which the crew is normally employed are being
maintained. Escape route signs and fire equipment location markings of photo luminescent material
or by lighting are in good order.
32.11 Confirmation that means of escape from the machinery spaces are satisfactory. …..
32.12 Exhaust Ducts from galley ranges: …..
32.12.1 Verification that grease traps are clean and grease free. …..
32.12.2 Remote control arrangements for shutting off the exhaust fans and supply fans, for operating the …..
fire dampers are satisfactory and operational condition.
32.13 Verification that machinery/equipment are free from oil leakages and potential source of ignition …..
such as accumulation of oil does not exist in the machinery spaces.
32.14 Examination of emergency light fittings including marking identifying its purpose, adequate …..
illumination for safe evacuation in emergency.
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34.2.2 Confirmation that means of escape from the special category spaces and ro-ro spaces are satisfactory. …..
34.2.3 In ro-ro passenger ships, confirmation that a helicopter pick-up area is provided (initial survey) …..
34.2.4 Where an air quality control system has been provided based on Regulation SOLAS II- 2/20, for the …..
protection of vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces:
a Examination of air quality control system including verification of satisfactory operation. …..
Confirmation that air quality test is carried out and test result verifying the adequacy of the
ventilation system is documented and kept with the ship’s records.
b Confirmation that manufacturer’s instruction manual is provided and that calibration, maintenance …..
and testing of the system (including sensors) is carried out as per instruction manual.
34.3 CARGO SHIPS OF 500GT AND ABOVE INTENDED FOR CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLES …..
WITH COMPRESSED HYDROGEN OR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS IN THEIR TANKS AS
FUEL
34.3.1 Confirmation that for ships constructed on or after 1 January, 2016, all electrical equipment and …..
wiring used in spaces intended to carry such vehicles, including fans and other electrical equipment
used in the ventilation ducts are of certified safe type and no equipment fitted in such spaces that may
constitute a fire/explosion risk.
34.3.2 Confirmation that at least two certified safe type portable gas detectors suitable for the detection of …..
gas fuel emissions from the tanks of such vehicles are provided.
34.4 HELICOPTER LANDING FACILITIES …..
34.4.1 FFA and emergency equipment available and in satisfactory condition …..
34.4.2 Operational Manual & Checklist provided …..
34.5 SAFETY CENTER ON PASSENGER SHIPS (constructed on or after 1 st July 2010) …..
34.5.1 Location, layout and arrangement including provision of a separate ventilation system (for initial …..
survey)
34.5.2 Communication between the safety centre, the central control station, the navigation bridge, the …..
engine control room, the storage room(s) for fire extinguishing system(s) and fire equipment lockers
34.5.3 Control and monitoring of safety systems including functionality (operation, control, monitoring or …..
any combination thereof, as required) of the safety systems
36. CARGO SHIPS OF 500GT AND ABOVE AND PASSENGER SHIPS, WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED ON
OR AFTER 1ST JANUARY, 2016 FOR THE CARRIAGE OF CONTAINERS ON OR ABOVE WEATHER
DECK
36.1 Confirmation that ship is fitted with at least one water mist lance …..
36.2 Ship that are designed to carry five or more tiers of containers on or above the weather deck: …..
Confirmation that mobile water monitors are provided in addition to the water mist lance mentioned
at 36.1 and all other fire protection arrangement as per existing regulations (Ships with breadth up to
30m are provided with at least two mobile water monitors and those ships with breadth exceeding
30m or more are provided with at least four mobile water monitors).
36.3 Testing that mobile water monitor are capable to be securely fixed to the ship structure for safe and …..
effective operation, testing that mobile water monitor jets reaches the top tier of containers with all
required monitors and water jets from fire hoses operated simultaneously.( Initial & Renewal survey)
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(for Initial Survey)
37.4 For ships constructed on or after 1 January 2017, confirming the exposed escape routes arranged as a …..
passage by persons wearing suitable polar clothing (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.1.2) (for Initial
Survey)
37.5 For ships intended to operate in low air temperatures, confirming the embarkation arrangements, with …..
full regard for persons wearing additional polar clothing (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.1.3) (for Initial
Survey)
37.6 Confirming that the instructions to passengers on the use of the personal survival equipment and the …..
action to take in an emergency are provided on board (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.3.6) (for Initial
Survey)
37.7 For passenger ship examining that a proper sized immersion suit of the insulated type or a thermal …..
protective aid is provided for each person on board according to the operational assessment (Polar
code Part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.1.1 and 8.3.3.1.2 (for Initial & Renewal Survey)
37.8 Examining the means of receiving and displaying the information on ice conditions in the area of …..
operation (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.1) (for Initial Survey)
37.9 For ice strengthened ships, examining that sensors for navigational equipment, required either by …..
SOLAS or the Code, projecting below the hull are protected against ice (Polar Code part I-A/Ch.
9.3.2.1.4.1) (for Initial & Renewal Survey)
37.10 Checking that the Polar Water Operational Manual (PWOM) with the hazards identified in the …..
operational assessment being addressed properly is placed on board (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 2.3,
4.3.1.3 and 4.3.1.4) (for Initial Survey)
37.11 Confirming as applicable that the crew training records or other equivalent documents for the use of …..
the personal survival equipment and group survival equipment are placed on board (Polar Code part
I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.3.7) (for Initial Survey)
37.12 Confirming that, where applicable, the approved documentation for the alternative design and …..
arrangement is on board, with the relevant contents being entered in PWOM (SOLAS 74/00/14
regulation XIV/4) (for Initial Survey)
37.13 Confirming the provision of the operational assessment and reviewing any changes thereof (Polar …..
Code part I-A/Ch. 1.5)
37.14 Confirming that the PWOM is on board, and checking it if any changes occurred since last survey …..
(Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 2.3, 4.3.1.3 and 4.3.1.4)
37.15 Confirming as applicable that the crew training records or other equivalent documents for the use of …..
the personal survival equipment and group survival equipment are placed on board (Polar Code part
I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.3.7)
37.16 Confirming that the Voyage Plan has been provided on board for the voyages in polar waters since …..
last survey, otherwise if no trading in polar waters, random checking to the historical plans may be
considered (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 11.3)
37.17 Where applicable, checking the qualifications of the masters, chief mates, officers and/or other …..
persons in charge of a navigational watch on board ships operating in polar waters in accordance with
chapter V of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 12.3.1 and 12.3.2)
37.18 Checking the qualification certificates (if required by the Administration) and/or familiarization …..
records of all the crew members for their assigned duties referenced in the PWOM (Polar Code part
I-A/Ch. 12.3.4)
37.19 Confirming that, where applicable, the approved documentation for the alternative design and …..
arrangements is on board, with the relevant contents being entered in PWOM (SOLAS 74/00/14
regulation XIV/4)
37.20 Examining that all components of fire safety systems and appliances if installed in exposed positions …..
are protected from ice accretion and snow accumulation according to the operational assessment
(Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.2.1.1)
37.21 Examining the fire safety systems and appliances for operation by persons wearing bulky and …..
cumbersome cold weather gear including gloves, where appropriate (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.2.1.3)
37.22 Examining the means to remove or prevent ice and snow accretion from accesses of fire safety …..
systems and appliances, escape routes, muster stations, embarkation areas, survival craft, its
launching appliances and access to survival craft according to the PWOM (Polar Code part I-A/Ch.
7.2.1.4 and 8.3.1.1)
37.23 Confirming that the extinguishing media is suitable for the intended operation (Polar Code part I- …..
A/Ch. 7.2.1.5)
37.24 Examining that the isolating and pressure/vacuum valves in exposed locations are protected from ice …..
accretion and remain accessible at all time (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.1.1)
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37.25 Examining that all two-way portable radio communication equipment capable to operate at the polar …..
service temperature (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.1.2)
37.26 Examining that the fire pumps including emergency fire pumps, water mist and water spray pumps …..
are located in compartments maintained above freezing (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.2.1 and 7.3.2.2)
37.27 Examining the arrangement of the fire main if the exposed sections could be isolated and means of …..
draining of exposed sections are provided, and, where fixed water-based fire extinguishing systems
are located in a space separate from the main fire pumps and use an own sea suction, confirming that
this sea suction is capable of being cleared of ice accumulation (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.2.2 and
7.3.2.4)
37.28 Examining that the fire fighter's outfits are stored in warm locations on the ship (Polar Code part I- …..
A/Ch. 7.3.2.3)
37.29 Examining that portable and semi-portable extinguishers are protected from freezing temperatures, …..
and confirming that locations subject to freezing are provided with extinguishers capable of operation
under the polar service temperature (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.3.1)
37.30 Examining the exposed fire safety systems in accordance with the polar service temperature and ice …..
strengthening standards (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 7.3.3.2)
37.31 Examining the means to ensure safe evacuation of persons, including safe deployment of survival …..
equipment, when operating in ice-covered waters, or directly onto the ice, as applicable (Polar Code
part I-A/Ch. 8.3.2.1)
37.32 Examining and testing that lifesaving appliances and arrangements as required by Polar Code , if …..
using devices requiring a source of power are able to operate independently of the ship's main source
of power (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.2.2)
37.33 For cargo ships, examining that all the immersion suits equipped on board are of the insulated type …..
(Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.1.2)
37.34 For ships intended to operate in extended periods of darkness, examining and testing the search lights …..
provided for each lifeboat, suitable for continuous use to facilitate identification of ice (Polar Code
part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.2)
37.35 Confirming that the lifeboats are of the partially or totally enclosed type, as appropriate (Polar Code …..
part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.1)
37.36 Confirming that, when personal or group survival equipment is required according to the operational …..
assessment, personal and group survival equipment sufficient for 110% of the persons on board is
stowed in easily accessible locations; containers for group survival equipment are designed to be
easily movable over the ice and floatable, and that means of ensuring that personal and group
survival equipment is accessible following abandonment is provided (Polar Code part I-A/Ch.
8.3.3.3.2, 8.3.3.3.3.1 to 8.3.3.3.3.4)
37.37 Confirming that the survival craft and launching appliances have sufficient capacity to accommodate …..
the additional personal and group survival equipment if required and carried in addition to persons
and that adequate emergency rations are provided for the maximum expected time of rescue (Polar
Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.3.5 and 8.3.3.3.4)
37.38 Confirming that the instructions to passengers on the use of the personal survival equipment and the …..
action to take in an emergency are provided on board (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 8.3.3.3.3.6)
37.39 Examining the means of receiving and displaying the information on ice conditions in the area of …..
operation, with a demonstration by the crew on using the equipment and receiving the relevant
information (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.1)
37.40 For ships constructed on or after 1 January 2017 and ice strengthened, confirming that either two …..
independent echo-sounding devices or one echo-sounding device with two separate independent
transducers are provided (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.2.1.1)
37.41 Confirming that clear view astern is achieved, and for ships built before 1 July 1998 and with a …..
length of less than 55 m, confirming that, clear-view navigation bridge front windows are provided
(SOLAS 74/00 regulation V/22.1.9.4, Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.2.1.2)
37.42 Where ice accretion is likely to occur, examining the means to prevent the accumulation of ice on …..
antennas required for navigation and communication (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.2.1.3)
37.43 Examining the arrangements of the bridge wings for protections of navigational equipment and …..
operating personnel, in category A and B ships constructed on or after 1 January 2017 (Polar Code
part I-A/Ch. 9.3.2.1.4.2)
37.44 Examining the two independent non-magnetic means for heading information, and at least one GNSS …..
compass or equivalent for ships intended to proceed to latitudes over 80 degrees, connected to the
ship's main and emergency source of power (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.2.2.1 and 9.3.2.2.2)
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37.45 Examining and testing the two remotely rotatable, narrow-beam search lights controllable from the …..
bridge to provide lighting over an arc of 360 degrees, or other means to visually detect ice, for ships
not operating solely in 24h daylight, and examining and testing the manually initiated flashing red
light visible from astern to indicate when the ship is stopped, for ships might be involved in
operations with an icebreaker escort (Polar Code part I-A/Ch. 9.3.3.1 and 9.3.3.2)
37.46 Examining, where applicable, the alternative design and arrangements for fire safety/protection or …..
life-saving appliances and arrangements, in accordance with the test, inspection and maintenance
requirements, if any, specified in the approved documentation and PWOM (SOLAS 74/00/14
regulation XIV/4);
37.47 Confirmation that Polar Ship Certificate has been issued/ endorsed* based on satisfactory survey …..
38. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS USING GASES OR OTHER LOW-FLASH POINT
FUELS (IGF CODE)
38.1 Confirming that fire pump producing the pressure sufficient for operation of both the required …..
number of hydrant and hoses and the water spray system simultaneously, where the water spray
system is part of the fire main system,.
38.2 Examining the isolating valves of the fire main, when the fuel storage tank(s) is located on the open …..
deck
38.3 Examining the water spray system arrangement for fuel storage tanks(s) on open deck including …..
remote operation
38.4 Confirmation that water spray system provided for coverage for boundaries of the superstructures, …..
compressor rooms, pump-rooms, cargo control rooms, bunkering control stations and any other
normally occupied deck houses that face the storage tank on open deck is in satisfactory condition.
Note – water spray is not applicable if the tank is located 10 metres or more from the boundaries.
38.5 Confirmation that capacity of water spray system fitted on board is as per approved drawing. …..
(for Initial survey)
38.6 Confirmation that control of stop valves are fitted in the water spray application main supply line(s), …..
are located in a readily accessible position not likely to be inaccessible in case of fire in the areas
protected.
38.7 In cases where the water spray system is not part of the fire main system, confirmation that a …..
connection to the ship’s fire main through a stop valve is provided.
38.8 Confirmation that Remote operation of pumps supplying the water spray system and remote …..
operation of any normally closed valves are located in a readily accessible position which is not
likely to be inaccessible in case of fire in the areas protected. Remote operation of pumps and valves
tested and found satisfactory.
38.9 Confirmation that the nozzles fitted in the water spray system are of an approved full bore type and …..
are providing effective distribution of water throughout the space being protected.
38.10 Examined the dry chemical powder fire-extinguishing system fitted as per approved plan and …..
arranged for easy manual release from a safe location outside the protected area. One number
additional 5 kg portable DCP is provided near bunkering station.
38.11 Examined the fixed fire detection and fire alarm system complying with the Fire Safety Systems code …..
provided as per approved plan for the fuel storage hold spaces and the ventilation trunk for fuel
containment system below deck, and for all other rooms of the fuel gas system where fire cannot be
excluded
(Note- smoke detectors alone is not considered sufficient for rapid detection of fire).
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Surveyor(s) to Indian Register of Shipping
Date: ……………………………………..
Place: ……………………………………..
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