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Reduce speed, take all way off.

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  Incorrect, you take all way off for only for a fog horn heard apparently forward of the beam.

  Arjun Verma | 28-Apr-2013 12:17 | EDIT | REPLY

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Increasing speed will the be best option since reduction of speed will drastically reduce the TCPA giving insufficient time for the other v/l s to react.

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Masthead light – 225 – 22.5, Sidelight 112.5 – 22.5, Stern light 135 and 67.5, in a vsl of less than 20 mtrs sidelights may be combined.  
Range: Vsl > than 50 mtrs Masthead 6 miles, Rest all lights 3 miles.
Vessel > 12mtrs but less than 50 mtrs Masthead 5 miles (vsel > than 12 mtrs but , than 20 mtrs masthead 3 miles) rest all 2 miles
Vsl < than 12 mtrs: Masthead 2 miles, sidelights 1 miles and rest all 2 miles.

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06 persons fwd & 06 persons aft; 32 persons life raft on port & stbd together if transferable otherwise 32 persons on each side.

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SOLAS
Chapter III - Life-saving appliances and arrangements
Part B - Requirements for ships and life-saving appliances  
Section III - Cargo Ships (Additional Requirements)
Regulation 31 - Survival craft and rescue boats  

1 Survival craft
1.1. Cargo ships shall carry:

.1. one or more totally enclosed lifeboats complying with the requirements of section 4.6 of the Code of such aggregate capacity on each side of the ship as will accommodate the total number of persons on board; and

.2. in addition, one or more inflatable or rigid liferafts, complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code, of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, and of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number of persons on board. If the liferaft or liferafts are not of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, the total capacity available on each side shall be sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board.

1.2. In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph 1.1, cargo ships may carry:

.1. one or more free-fall lifeboats, complying with the requirements of section 4.7 of the Code, capable of being free-fall launched over the stern of the ship of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number of persons on board; and

.2. in addition, one or more inflatable or rigid liferafts complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code, on each side of the ship, of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number of persons on board. The liferafts on at least one side of the ship shall be served by launching appliances.

1.3. In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph 1.1 or 1.2, cargo ships of less than 85 m in length other than oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers, may comply with the following:

.1. they shall carry on each side of the ship, one or more inflatable or rigid liferafts complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code and of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total number of persons on board;

.2. unless the liferafts required by paragraph 1.3.1 are of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, additional liferafts shall be provided so that the total capacity available on each side will accommodate 150% of the total number of persons on board;

.3. if the rescue boat required by paragraph 2 is also a totally enclosed lifeboat complying with the requirements of section 4.6 of the Code, it may be included in the aggregate capacity required by paragraph 1.3.1, provided that the total capacity available on either side of the ship is at least 150% of the total number of persons on board; and

.4. in the event of any one survival craft being lost or rendered unserviceable, there shall be sufficient survival craft available for use on each side, including any which are of a mass of less than 185 kg and stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck level, to accommodate the total number of persons on board.

1.4. Cargo ships where the horizontal distance from the extreme end of the stem or stern of the ship to the nearest end of the closest survival craft is more than 100 m shall carry, in addition to the liferafts required by paragraphs 1.1.2 and 1.2.2, a liferaft stowed as far forward or aft, or one as far forward and another as far aft, as is reasonable and practicable. Such liferaft or liferafts may be securely fastened so as to permit manual release and need not be of the type which can be launched from an approved launching device.

Note - In this question the 6 person liferaft will be placed fwd/aft only if the horizontal distance from the the bow or stern of the ship to the nearest survival craft is more than 100 m.

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The Organization consists of an Assembly, a Council and five main Committees: the Maritime Safety Committee; the Marine Environment Protection Committee; the Legal Committee; the Technical Co-operation Committee and the Facilitation Committee and a number of Sub-Committees support the work of the main technical committees.

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Special Compensation P & I Clause. It is a supplement to LOF and can be incorporated with it by striking off appropriate Yes/No in the Box no 7 upon agreement of both the parties. It was first introduced in the year 1999 and later amended and was effective from 01/01/2000 called SCOPIC 2000. There were some ambiguities in article %u2013 14 of International convention on Salvage.
The ambiguities were taken care of by providing a method of assessment calculation of remuneration which is an alternative method given in Article %u2013 14. SCOPIC gives a tariff rate for tugs / equipments used.