Maritime Safety

Life Raft Survival Kit (Equipment) , also known as life raft accessories, it’s the most important  marine survival equipment  for life raft. Most of survival equipment are also used for life boat. 1.  Buoyant Rescue Quoit One buoyant rescue quoit, attached to not less than 30 m of buoyant line. Used to assist the recovery of additional survivors. 2.  Floating Knife One safety knife of the non-folding type, having a buoyant handle and lanyard attached. It should be stowed on the exterior of the canopy near to that point to which the painter is secured. In addition, a life raft which is permitted to accommodate 13 persons or more shall be provided with a second knife which need not be of the non-folding type. 3.  Bailer One buoyant bailer for every life raft which is permitted to accommodate not more than twelve persons. Two buoyant bailers for life rafts which accommodate thirteen persons or more. 4.  Sponge Two sponges, one being theoretically for drying out the floor of t

Red Hand Flare A hand flare is a small stick which when activated, produces an intense red smoke or light without an explosion. The hand flare shall: be contained in a water-resistant casing; have brief instructions or diagrams clearly illustrating the use of the hand flare printed on its casing; have a self-contained means of ignition; and be so designed as not to cause discomfort to the person holding the casing and not endanger the survival craft by burning or glowing residues when used in accordance with the manufacturer’s operating instructions. The hand flare shall: burn with a bright colour; burn uniformly with an average luminous intensity of not less than 15,000cd; have a burning period of not less than 1 min,; and continue to burn after having been immersed for a period of 10 s under 100 mm of water. Rocket parachute flares  As the name suggests, the equipment has a flare which is launched at minimum height of 300m in the air, where it self-activates

There has a variety of connection methods between  Life Raft   Hydrostatic Release Unit  and the hull. Here will explain the correctness of various connection methods from the principle of release. When we test the  inflatable life raft  for new shipbuilding or It’s annual service, we could always find the connections of HRU, painter line and weak link is wrong. The following is a discussion of hydrostatic release unit connection. Common HRU like picture  A . Life Raft Weak Link System The Painter line of each life raft(except the liferafts that are stored at bow or stern in accordance with SOLAS Chapter III, paragraph 31.1.4) should be connect with hull through HRU and weak link. Common connection method of painter line like picture  B  and  C , the main purpose is, if life raft need to be thrown overboard by man,then the painter line is firmly connected with hull through HRU; in case of ship sinking, the painter line is connected with hull through weak link. The HRU s

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Life Boat Annual Inspection. Chinese Version.

How to recover the free fall life boat? This video showed how to recover the free fall life boat by free fall lifeboat launching appliance