Appendix : Form of Safety Equipment Certificate for Cargo Ships
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CARGO SHIP SAFETY EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATE

(Official Seal)

 

 

Country

Issued under the provisions of the

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

 

Name of ship

Distinctive Number or Letters

Port of registry

Gross tonnage

Date on which keel was laid (see NOTE below)















 

The                                (Name) Government certifies

I, the undersigned                                (Name) certify.

I.That the above-mentioned ship has been duly inspected in accordance with the provisions of the Convention referred to above.
II.That the inspection showed that the life-saving appliances provided for a total number of........................................persons and no more, viz.:

 

lifeboats on port side capable of accommodating.........................persons,

 

lifeboats on starboard side capable of accommodating.........................persons,

 

motor lifeboats (included in the total lifeboats shown above), including ....................... motor lifeboats fitted with radiotelegraph installation and searchlight, and ............................motor lifeboats fitted with searchlight only;

 

liferafts, for which approved launching devices are required, capable of accommodating..................persons; and

 

liferafts, for which approved launching devices are not required, capable of accommodating..................persons;

 

lifebuoys;

lifejackets.

 

III.That the lifeboats and liferafts were equipped in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations annexed to the Convention.

 

IV.That the ship was provided with a line-throwing apparatus and portable radio apparatus for survival craft in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations.

 

V.That the inspection showed that the ship complied with the requirements of the said Convention as regards fire-extinguishing appliances and fire control plans, echo-sounding device and gyro-compass and was provided with navigation lights and shapes, pilot ladder, and means of making sound signals and distress signals, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force.

 

VI.That in all other respects the ship complied with the requirements of the Regulations so far as these requirements apply thereto.

This certificate is issued under the authority of the Government. It will remain in force until

 

Issued at ................................................................. the ........................................ day of.................................................. 19.........

 

Here follows the seal or signature of the authority entitled to issue the certificate.

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Seal

If signed, the following paragraph is to be added:

The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said Government to issue this certificate.

........................................................

Signature

 

Note.—It will be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was laid or when the ship was at a similar stage of construction except for 1952, 1965 and the year of the coming into force of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, in which cases the actual date should be given.