SOLAS-2012

Chapter III, Part B
SOLAS 74/78
page 32/37
regulation 31.1.4, additional immersion suits of an appropriate size shall be provided at these locations for the
number of persons normally on watch or working at those locations at any time.
3.4 Immersion suits shall be so placed as to be readily accessible and their position shall be plainly
indicated.
3.5 The Immersion suits required by this regulation may be used to comply with the requirements of
regulation 7.3.
Regulation 33
Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements
1 Cargo ship survival craft embarkation arrangements shall be so designed that lifeboats can be
boarded and launched directly from the stowed position and davit-launched liferafts can be boarded and
launched from a position immediately adjacent to the stowed position or from a position to which the liferaft is
transferred prior to launching in compliance with the requirements of regulation 13.5.
2 On cargo ships of 20,000 gross tonnage and upwards, lifeboats shall be capable of being launched,
where necessary utilizing painters, with the ship making headway at speeds up to 5 knots in calm water.
SECTION IV – LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES AND
ARRANGEMENTS REQUIREMENTS
Regulation 34
All life-saving appliances and arrangements shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Code.
Regulation 35
Training manual and on-board training aids
1 This regulation applies to all ships.
SECTION V – MISCELLANEOUS
2 A training manual complying with the requirements of paragraph 3 shall be provided in each crew
mess room and recreation room or in each crew cabin.
3 The training manual, which may comprise several volumes, shall contain instructions and information,
in easily understood terms illustrated wherever possible, on the life-saving appliances provided in the ship
and on the best methods of survival. Any part of such information may be provided in the form of audio-visual
aids in lieu of the manual. The following shall be explained in detail:
.1 donning of lifejackets, immersion suits and anti-exposure suits, as appropriate;
.2 muster at the assigned stations;
.3 boarding, launching, and clearing the survival craft and rescue boats, including, where
applicable, use of marine evacuation systems;
.4 method of launching from within the survival craft;
.5 release from launching appliances;