In 1996, IMO adopted another completely revised version of Chapter III of SOLAS. The new chapter, and a new International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code with specific technical requirements, entered into force on 1 July 1998 and applies to all ships built on or after that date.
With the following publications of the annual reports of PSC regimes and an analysis of ClassNK published recently, an update covering lifeboat related issues and PSC inspections can be downloaded from below.