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Overview

At the 107th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC107), the Amendment to SOLAS II-1 regarding requirements of Lifting appliances and Anchor handling winches were adopted and Regulation 3-13 was newly established. Additionally, "Guidelines for Anchor handling winches" (MSC.1/Circ.1662) and "Guidelines for Lifting appliances" (MSC.1/Circ.1663) was approved. These new guidelines are referenced in SOLAS II-1/3-13.

The SOLAS convention and the Guidelines regulate requirements for design, construction, installation, maintenance, operation, inspection, test and so on of lifting appliances and lifting appliances shall comply with requirements on the SOLAS convention and the Guidelines on or after 1 January 2026.

Please refer to the ClassNK Technical Information TEC-1340 for the requirements on the SOLAS convention and the Guidelines.
In addition, applications of some requirements shall be determined by the Administrations. When the Administrations issue related circulars, the information will be provided on this page.