Life Saving Appliances (LSA)
The safety of passengers and crew on ships is of paramount importance while ships are conducting their commercial activities. Therefore, ships must carry appropriate life-saving appliances, including lifeboats, lifebuoys, life-jackets, liferafts and many others to be used by passengers and crew in case of emergency to protect their lives at sea.
The carriage of life-saving appliances are made mandatory as per the SOLAS Convention. The International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code provides more specific technical requirements for the manufacturing, testing, maintenance and record keeping of life-saving appliances. The number, capacity and type of life-saving appliances differ from ship to ship depending on its size, shipping activity and voyage, and the LSA Code stipulates minimum requirements to comply in order to make a ship safe for its passengers and crew.
International requirements contained in the IMO instruments for the life-saving appliances cover personal life-saving appliances such as lifebuoys, lifejackets, immersion suits, anti-exposure suits and thermal protective aids; visual aids, such as parachute flares, hand flares and buoyant smoke signals; survival craft, such as liferafts and lifeboats; rescue boats; launching and embarkation appliances and marine evacuation systems line throwing appliances; and general alarm and public address systems.
Liferaft
We provide inflatable liferaft inspection and maintenance services in accordance with IMO Resolution A.761(18). This process includes container inspection, gas inflation testing, pressure evaluation and a thorough inspection of the integrity of the liferaft, ensuring compliance with SOLAS standards.
Liferafts are made of inflatable material, are not self propelled, are enclosed with a canopy, typically are equipped with a survival kit, and currently require annual servicing. Servicing is necessary because liferafts are exposed to a variety of extreme temperature, weather, and sea conditions while on board vessels.
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- Visual Inspection
- Inflation
- Roping & Glue
- Check & Supply for Survival Equipment
- Inspection, Test, & Supply for EPIRB
- Maintenance & Repair
- Certification by Qualified Inspector
- Documentation & Reports
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Lifeboat & Rescue Boat
We offer maintenance, inspection, operational testing, overhaul and repair services for lifeboats and rescue boats in accordance with IMO Resolution MSC.402(96). This service ensures that all launching equipment and release mechanisms are in good working order, meeting the requirements of SOLAS Chapter III.
Lifeboat and rescue boat are not the same thing. Lifeboat is a survival craft used for sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship while rescue boat is to rescue a person in distress (overboard) and to board the ship. A routine maintenance and inspection is needed as it plays a crucial role for emergency situation at sea.
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- Visual Inspection
- Functional Testing
- Load Testing
- Equipment Inspection & Supply
- Engine & Propulsion System Inspection
- Steering System Inspection
- Electrical System Inspection
- Davit & Winch Inspection
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Personal Life Saving Appliances
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- Lifebuoys
- Lifejackets
- Immersion Suits
- Anti-Exposure Suits
- Thermal Protective Aids
- Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
- Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD)
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Visual Aids
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- Parachute Flares
- Hand Flares
- Bouyant Smoke SIgnals
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Other Life Saving Support Devices
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- Linethrowing Apparatus
- Pilot Ladder
- Man Over Board (MOB)
- EPIRB
- Launching & Embarkation Appliances
- etc.
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