Upload
stella-jones
View
219
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Developments in Shipboard Survival Craft and Life
Saving AppliancesAbdul KhaliquePrincipal Lecturer
Maritime and Offshore Safety
Joughin, R. W.Deputy Director &Head of Maritime Training
Gunter, J.Senior Lecturer
Maritime and Offshore Safety
Developments?
Lifeboat Drill
Lifeboats Accidents Jan 94 - Dec 09(Source: MAIB) Tot
alFall wire failure 3Hook mechanism failure
4
Launching procedural failure
14
Operator error 17Other launch system failure
12
Unknown 28
Comparison with other accidents*
Deaths
Lifeboat Accidents Total
12
Entering Confined Spaces
12
Fall Overboard 12Fires & Explosions 10* Lang, J. S. (2001) Review of Lifeboat & Launching Systems’ Accidents, MAIB, UK.
Current Practices
On-Load Release Gear
Off-Load Release Gear
WMA’s FPD Survey
Questions Yes No
Q5Are FPDs fitted to your Lifeboats/Davits?
37% 58%
FPD Issues•Not all manufacturers incorporate a pin arrangement•Retrofitting not possible.
•The release gear including the FPDs to be serviced by the original manufacturer, who
a) may have ceased operations;b) may not have authorised agents in all parts
of the world;
Current Practices
On-Load Release Gear
Off-Load Release Gear
New Passenger Ship Legislation
• Prescriptive rules with a goal-setting regime that emphasised the use of ‘safety cases’
• SAFEDOR Project – Enhance Safety through ‘innovation’
• Oasis of the Seas – built on ‘Risk Based Design’ - it would have required 44 lifeboats with 150 person capacity
• Titanic
Norsafe’s ‘Rescube’ - Capacity up to 300 persons
Future Developments
Options for Lifeboat Release Gear
1.Fail to Safe2.Float Free Capability of
Lifeboats3.Standardisation of Lifeboat
Equipment and Design
Amendments to the LSA Code - Issues
Resistance or lack of supportManufacturing time, approval from administrations, classification societies. Delays in fitting to the shipsTraining providers
Conclusions
1. Means to reduce/eliminate accidents;2. Develop new technology that will
possibly replace lifeboats;3. Persuade industry to achieve
commonality in LSA;4. Devise a set of unambiguous
‘standards’;5. Improve the safety culture within the
seafaring community.
Thank you!
Questions
Future Developments
• Code of Practice for the Evaluation, Testing and Acceptance of Prototype Novel LSA & Arrangements
• Alternative design and arrangements for SOLAS Chapters II-1 and III (MSC.1/Circ.1212)
• Norsafe’s ‘Rescube’ - capacity up to 300 persons
• Typical construction size 20 x 7 x 6 m and estimated weight is approx 70t when fully loaded.