SOLAS requirements for totally enclosed lifeboats
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This surface is designed directly as anti-slip arc step to position side stringers and support loading, the lower side of which is equipped with a guard board, with the maximum inclination degree of 55°, defined as type B gangway.
Design verification tests according to ISO 7061 (2015), each gangway delivery shall undergo the testing procedures specified in ISO 7061 §9.3, for on board testing, reference is made to IMO circular MSC.1/Circ.1331 – IMO “Guidelines for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Inspection of means of Embarkation and Disembarkation”.
Aluminium shore gangways.
| Type | Type B |
| Step | Anti-slip arc step |
| Length | 4~20 m |
| Width | 600 mm |
| Material of Frame | 5A05 (Aluminium Alloy) |
| Material of Step | 5A02 (Aluminium Alloy) |
| Max. Live Load | 75 kg / step |
| Min./Max. Inclination | 12-55° |





