This publication contains the three most important IMO instruments dealing with life-saving appliances, as updated, namely the International Life-saving Appliance (LSA) Code (resolution MSC.48(66)), the Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)) and the Code of practice for evaluation, testing and acceptance of prototype novel life-saving appliances and arrangements (resolution A.520(13)).

The purpose of this manual is to provide all members of the crew with information about purpose and use of all life-saving appliances on board, the meaning of the ship's alarms, the procedures for abandonment and survival techniques.

The International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code) applies to craft for which the keels are laid, or which are at a similar stage of construction, on or after 1 July 2002. The application of the both HSC Codes is mandatory under chapter X of the SOLAS Convention. This edition incorporates amendments that were adopted in 2004 and 2006.--Publisher's description.

This publication contains the three most important IMO instruments dealing with life-saving appliances, namely the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, the Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances and the Code of Practice for the Evaluation, Testing and Acceptance of Prototype Novel Life-Saving Appliances. The International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code was adopted by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its 66th session (June 1996) by resolution MSC.48(66). It provides international requirements for the life-saving appliances required by chapter III of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, including personal life-saving appliances, such as lifebuoys, lifejackets, immersion suits, anti-exposure suits and thermal protective aids; visual aids, such as parachute flares, hand flares and buoyant smoke signals; survival craft, such as life rafts and lifeboats; rescue boats; launching and embarkation appliances and marine evacuation systems line throwing appliances; and general alarm and public address systems. The Code entered into force on 1 July 1998 and has been amended in accordance with SOLAS Article VIII as follows: 1: by the May 2006 amendments, which were adopted by resolution MSC.207(81) and entered into force on 1 July 2010; 2: by the December 2006 amendments, which were adopted by resolution MSC.218(82) and entered into force on 1 July 2008; and 3: by the 2008 amendments, which were adopted by resolution MSC.272(85) and entered into force on 1 July 2010. The consolidated text of the LSA Code in the present publication incorporates the above three sets of amendments, including the two sets entering into force on 1 July 2010, since they were deemed to have been accepted in accordance with the SOLAS amendment procedures on 1 January 2010, and therefore automatically entered into force on 1 July 2010.

The purpose of the IGC Code is to provide an international standard for the safe carriage by sea of liquefied gases (and other substances listed in the Code) in bulk. To minimize risks to the ships, their crews and the environment, prescribes the design and constructional standards of such ships and the equipment they should carry. The 1993 edition incorporates amendments adopted in 1992 by resolution MSC.30(61).