Life Saving Equipment Regulations

27.3 A Class X ship that is a tanker shall carry

• (a) where the ship is under 1,600 tons gross tonnage, on each side of the ship, one or more Class 1 lifeboats under davits, each of which has a capacity of not less than 3.54 m³ and the aggregate capacity of which is sufficient to accommodate the complement;

• (b) where the ship is 1,600 tons or over but under 3,000 tons gross tonnage, the following lifeboats, under gravity-type davits,

  • (i) one motor lifeboat, and

  • (ii) on each side of the ship, one or more Class 1 lifeboats that are 4.9 m in length or over, the aggregate capacity of which is sufficient to accommodate that part of the complement not accommodated in the motor lifeboat;

• (c) where the ship is 3,000 tons gross tonnage or over, four lifeboats, under gravity-type davits,

  • (i) that are distributed equally on both sides of the ship, two of which are carried aft and two amidships or, where the ship has no amidships superstructure, are carried aft, and

  • (ii) one of which is a motor lifeboat or, where the ship is 5,000 tons gross tonnage or over, two of which are motor lifeboats and are carried one on each side of the ship;

• (d) where the ship is within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this paragraph, the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item:

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 30.5 m	2	1	1
  2	30.5 m or over	4	2	2

• (e) one lifejacket, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;

• (f) one immersion suit, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;

• (g) the following number of survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use:

  • (i) two, in the case of a ship that is 300 tons or over but under 500 tons gross tonnage and is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class II, or a home-trade voyage, Class III, and

  • (ii) three, in the case of a ship that is 500 tons gross tonnage or over and is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class II, or a home-trade voyage, Class III;

• (h) for each life raft,

  • (i) if the ship is engaged on a voyage that does not go beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I,

  • (ii) if the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, the Class C emergency pack set out in section 3 of Schedule I, and

  • (iii) in any other case, the Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I;

• (i) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;

• (j) if the ship is 500 tons gross tonnage or over and is engaged on a voyage other than a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, a line-throwing appliance;

• (k) the following distress signals:

  • (i) 12 rocket parachute flares, or

  • (ii) where 12 Type A distress signals or, in the case of a ship engaged on a voyage that does not go beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence, six Type A distress signals, were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry;

• (l) means of embarkation into survival craft, except where the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV or a minor waters voyage, Class II; and

• (m) the following SARTs:

  • (i) in the case of a ship that is 300 tons or over but under 500 tons gross tonnage and is engaged on a voyage beyond the VHF coverage area or sea area A1, one SART stowed so that it is readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in one of the survival craft that are launched first, and

  • (ii) in the case of a ship that is 500 tons gross tonnage or over and is engaged on a voyage beyond the VHF coverage area or sea area A1, two SARTs stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in the two survival craft that are launched first.