The Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances)

5 Rescue Boats:

1 Type 3 and Type 4 River-Sea Vessels shall be required to carry a rescue boat or equivalent as per the following table:

* River-sea vessels of up-to 35 m length may be exempted from the requirement of carriage of a rescue boat or equivalent provided they are engaged in harbour operations at ports where patrol boats/rescue crafts are available for operations. Provided that such vessels shall not be required to comply with the requirement of carriage of a rescue boat or equivalent merely by reason of the fact that they undertake occasional port-to-port voyages for the purposes of mobilization, dry-docking etc.

6 Lifejackets:

1 Lifejackets of approved type shall be provided for every person on board the river-sea vessel.

2 In addition, lifejackets shall be carried for persons on watch or duty and for use at remotely located survival craft stations in unlocked and clearly marked dry stowage positions in accordance with the following table:

The number of persons that the vessel is certified to carry	Minimum number of additional lifejackets
More than 16 persons	Not less than 25% of the total number of persons the vessel is certified to carry
16 persons or less	Not less than 4

3 Each lifejacket shall be fitted with a whistle firmly secured by a cord and a light and fitted with retro-reflective material.

7 Lifebuoys:

1 River-sea vessels shall carry not less than the number of lifebuoys determined according to the following table:

Length of river-sea vessel in metres	Minimum number of lifebuoys
Under 50	6
50 and under 100	8
100 and under 150	10

2 At least half of the number of lifebuoys referred to in 6.7.1 shall be fitted with self-igniting lights.

3 At least one lifebuoy on each side of the river-sea vessel shall be fitted with a buoyant lifeline of at least 30 m in length.

8 Distress Signals:

1 Every river-sea vessel shall be provided, with not less than 6 Rocket Parachute, 4 Red Hand Flares and 1 Orange Smoke Float Signals.

2 They shall be stowed on or near the place at which the river-sea vessel is normally navigated.

3 They shall be so placed as to be readily accessible and their position shall be plainly indicated.

9 Radio life-saving appliances:

1 All river-sea vessels shall comply with carriage of distress and safety radio communication (DSRC) equipment as stipulated in Annex 8 of this Notification.

2 Type 3 and Type 4 RSVs of less than 3000 GT shall be provided with at least one (1) two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus.

3 Type 3 and Type 4 RSVs of 3000 GT and above shall be provided with at least three (3) two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus. A minimum of three spare batteries in sealed condition shall be maintained on-board.

4 Type 3 and Type 4 RSVs of 3000 GT and above shall be provided with at least two (2) radio transponders (SART) which may be those carried in compliance of Annex 8 of this Notification.

10 General emergency alarm system:

1 Every river-sea vessel shall be provided with a general emergency alarm system capable of sounding the general emergency alarm signal consisting of seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast on the river-sea vessel's whistle or siren.

2 The system shall be capable of operation from the navigation bridge or control station as appropriate and shall be audible throughout all accommodation and normal working spaces.

11 Embarkation Ladders:

1 Type 3 and Type 4 RSVs of 3000 GT and above shall be provided with an embarkation ladder on each side of the ship at embarkation stations.

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