SOLAS requirements for totally enclosed lifeboats
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Open Lifeboats are primarily used on passenger ships, merchant ships before 2009, but now they are mostly designed for inland waterway ships, ensuring passenger and crew safety during maritime disasters.
Chapter 4, Part Five of Technical Regulations for the Statutory Surveys of Inland Waterways Ships 2019 and its Amendments, of MSA, P.R. China.
In accordance with CCS rules.
Inland waterway ships
Open Lifeboats | WJ45D | BJ55 | BJ55 | BJ60 | BJ65 | BJ75 | BJ85 |
Length overall | 4.50m | 5.50m | 5.50m | 6.00m | 6.50m | 7.50m | 8.50m |
Beam | 1.80m | 1.90m | 1.90m | 2.00m | 2.15m | 2.50m | 3.00m |
Height | 0.85m | 0.80m | 0.80m | 0.85m | 0.90m | 1.05m | 1.20m |
Freeboard | 0.35m | 0.35m | 0.35m | 0.35m | 0.41m | 0.47m | 0.61m |
Max. Capacity | 10 Pers | 17Pers | 12Pers | 15Pers | 21Pers | 43Pers | 60Pers |
Internal Buoyancy | 1.36m³ | 1.75m³ | 1.75m³ | 1.67m³ | 2.01m³ | 3.42m³ | 4.26 m³ |
Full Loaded Weight | 1600kg | 2505kg | 2242kg | 2758kg | 3235kg | 5557kg | 7916kg |
Hull Material | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. | Fire-retardant G.F.R. |
Engine | ZX2105C | ZX2105C | ZX2105C | ZX2105C | ZX2105C | ZX2105C | ZX2105C |
Output | 17.6kW | 17.6kW | 17.6kW | 17.6kW | 17.6kW | 17.6kW | 17.6kW |
Speed | ≥10 km/h | ≥10 km/h | ≥6 knots | ≥6 knots | ≥6 knots | ≥6 knots | |
Hook Distance | 3.50m | 4.50m | 4.50m | 5.00m | 5.50m | 6.50m | 7.50m |
Release Mechanism SWL | 2T | 2T | 2T | 2T | 2T | 3T | 4T |
Loose Equipment | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS | According to SOLAS |
Applicable | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships | Inland Waterway Ships |
Certificate | CCS | CCS | CCS | CCS | CCS | CCS | CCS |