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Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Name of ship: | |
Distinctive number or letters: | |
Number of passengers for which certified: | |
Minimum number of persons with required qualifications to operate the radio installations: |
1 | Total number of persons for which life-saving appliances are provided | ||
2 | Lifeboats and rescue boats | Port side | Starboard side |
2.1 | Total number of lifeboats | ||
2.2 | Total number of persons accommodated by them | ||
2.3 | Total number of lifeboats LSA 4.5 | ||
2.4 | Total number of lifeboats LSA 4.6 | ||
2.5 | Total number of lifeboats LSA 4.7 | ||
2.6 | Number of motor lifeboats included in the total lifeboats shown above | ||
2.7 | Number of life boats fitted with search lights | ||
2.8 | Number of rescue boats | ||
2.9 | Number of boats which are included in the total lifeboats shown above | ||
3 | Life rafts | Port side | Starboard side |
3.1 | Total number of number of liferafts | ||
3.2 | Number of persons accommodated by them | ||
3.3 | Number of liferafts for which approved launching appliances are required | ||
3.4 | Number of liferafts for which approved launching appliances are not required |
a Excluding those that are included in the lifeboat, liferaft, and rescue boat equipment in order to comply with the LSA code. | ||
4 | Personal life saving appliances | |
4.1 | Number of lifebuoys | |
4.2 | Number of adult lifejackets | |
4.3 | Number of child life jackets | |
4.4 | Number of immersion suits | |
4.5 | Number of immersion suits complying with the requirements for lifejackets | |
4.6 | Number of thermal protective aids a | |
5 | Pyrotechnics | |
5.1 | Line throwing appliance | |
5.2 | Distress flares | |
6 | Radio life-saving appliances | |
6.1 | Number of radar transponders | |
6.2 | Number of two-way VHF radio telephone apparatus |
1 | Primary systems | |
1.1 | VHF radio installation | |
1.1.1 | DSC encoder | |
1.1.2 | DSC watch receiver | |
1.1.3 | Radio telephony | |
1.2 | MF radio installation | |
1.2.1 | DSC encoder | |
1.2.2 | DSC watch receiver | |
1.2.3 | Radiotelephony | |
1.3 | MF/HF radio installation | |
1.3.1 | DSC encoder | |
1.3.2 | DSC watch receiver | |
1.3.3 | Radiotelephony | |
1.3.4 | Direct printing radio telegraphy | |
1.4 | INMARSAT ships earth station | |
2 | Secondary means of alerting |
3 | Facilities for reception of maritime safety information | |
3.1 | NAVTEX receiver | |
3.2 | EGC receiver | |
3.3 | HF direct-printing radiotelegraph receiver | |
4 | Satellite EPIRB | |
4.1 | COSPAS-SARSAT | |
4.2 | (INMARSAT) | |
5 | VHF EPIRB | |
6 | Ship’s radar transponder |
(Regulations IV/15.6 and 15.7)
7.1 | Duplication of equipment | |
7.2 | Shore based maintenance | |
7.3 | At-sea maintenance capability |
a Delete as appropriate. | ||
b Alternative means of meeting this requirement are permitted under SOLAS V/19. In case of other means they shall be specified.] | ||
1.1 | Standard magnetic compass b | |
1.2 | Spare magnetic compass b | |
1.3 | Gyro compass b | |
1.4 | Gyro-compass heading repeater b | |
1.5 | Gyro-compass bearing repeater b | |
1.6 | Heading or track control system b | |
1.7 | Pelorus or compass bearing device b | |
1.8 | Means of correcting headings and bearings b | |
1.9 | Transmitting heading device b | |
2.1 | Nautical charts/electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) | |
2.2 | Back-up arrangements for ECDIS | |
2.3 | Nautical publications | |
3.1 | Receiver for a global navigation satellite system/terrestrial radio navigation system a , b | |
3.2 | 9 GHz radar b | |
3.3 | Second radar (3 GHz / 9GHz) a , b | |
3.4 | Automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA) b | |
3.5 | Automatic tracking aid b | |
3.6 | Second automatic tracking aid b | |
3.7 | Electronic plotting aid b | |
4 | Automatic identification system (AIS) | |
5 | Voyage data recorder / Simplified voyage Data Recorder (VDR / S-VDR) a | |
6.1 | Speed and distance measuring device (through the water) b | |
6.2 | Speed and distance measuring device (over the ground in the forward and the athwartship direction) b | |
7 | Echo-sounding device b | |
8.1 | Rudder, propeller, thrust, pitch and operational mode indicators b | |
8.2 | Rate-of-turn indicator b |
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