With regard to survey on LRRSs, it had been notified by the Technical Information (No.: TEC-0966, Date: 3 October 2013), and the Bahamian Government's instructions have been given, which is summarized as flows of actions for ships flying Bahamian flag in the Attachment 1. Ships flying Bahamian flag are required to follow the flows.

In the Case 1 and Case 2 of the flows, a copy of evaluation report by the Recognized Organization (the Attachment 2) of the LRRS type registered to IMO GISIS is acceptable to us, and the copy is supplied by the lifeboat maker or the service provider.

IMO GISIS is web page (http://gisis.imo.org) that evaluation results of LRRS types are registered to.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Material and Equipment Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2020
Fax: +81-3-5226-2057
E-mail: eqd@classnk.or.jp