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2. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Wikipedia

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   The batteries are required to have a capacity to power the equipment for 1 hour on ships with an emergency generator or built prior to February 1995, and 6 hours on ships not fitted with an emergency generator or built after February 1995 in order to comply with SOLAS.

3. International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other ...

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   The International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-flashpoint Fuels, often referred and abbreviated as the IGF Code, is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard for the use of gases as a fuel in maritime transport. [1] [2] The Code was adopted in June 2015. [3] It entered into force on 1 January 2017. [4] [5] [2]

4. SOLAS Convention - Wikipedia

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   The 1960 Convention was adopted on 17 June 1960 and entered into force on 26 May 1965. It was the fourth SOLAS Convention and was the first major achievement for the International Maritime Organization (IMO). It represented a considerable step forward in modernizing regulations and keeping up with technical developments in the shipping industry ...

5. General emergency signal - Wikipedia

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   The Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) Convention mandates the Life Saving Appliances (LSA) Code which includes the general alarm signal. [2] The LSA defines the characteristics of the general alarm signal. The alarm signal itself is seven or more short blasts followed by one prolonged blast on the ship's whistle. [3]

6. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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   Several regulations and technical specifications govern emergency locator beacons: FAA AC 20–85, Emergency Locator Transmitters and Receivers, March 16, 1973; AC 170-4 Jan 9 1964 investigated ELTs; AC 91-19 mar 17 1969 advised pilots to install ELTs; Code of Federal Regulations §91.207 Emergency locator transmitters. [68] TSO-C91; TSO-C91a [69]

7. International Ship and Port Facility Security Code - Wikipedia

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   The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention (1974/1988) on Maritime security including minimum security arrangements for ships, ports and government agencies. Having come into force in 2004, it prescribes responsibilities to governments, shipping companies ...

8. Life-saving appliances - Wikipedia

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   Passengers and crew are informed of their availability in case of emergency. Life-saving appliances are mandatory as per chapter 3 of the SOLAS Convention. The International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code [2] gives specific technical requirements for the manufacture, maintenance and record keeping of life-saving appliances. The number and ...

9. International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code - Wikipedia

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   A shipping container with nuclear fuel being loaded in Serbia.. It is recommended to governments for adoption or for use as the basis for national regulations and is mandatory in conjunction with the obligations of the members of the United Nations under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from ...