ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of August 10, 2007 No. 687

About approval of Rules on the equipment of ocean ships

According to article 4 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 17, 2002 "About merchant shipping" the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan DECIDES:

1. Approve the enclosed Rules on the equipment of ocean ships.

2. This resolution becomes effective after ten calendar days after the first official publication.

 

Approved by the order of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August 10, 2007 No. 687

Rules on the equipment of ocean ships

1. General provisions

1. These rules on the equipment of ocean ships (daleepravil) are developed according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 17, 2002 "About merchant shipping" and determine procedure by the equipment of ocean ships.

2. Action of these rules extends to the ocean ships which are subject to state registration in the State ship register of ocean ships.

3. The equipment of ocean ships consists of the life and alarm preservers, the radio equipment and aid to navigation which are subject to survey regarding compliance to the international requirements.

2. Procedure for the equipment life preservers of ocean ships

4. All ocean ships irrespective of their assignment and the sailing area are supplied with life preservers which part are:

1) abandon and duty boats;

2) liferafts;

3) ring life buoys;

4) life jackets;

5) hydrothermosuits;

6) heat-protective means;

7) spuskoposadochny slopes;

8) winches of launching gears.

5. The abandon ship boats lowered on vessel board are established further, in nose from propeller and fasten to launching gears.

Duty boats are established in condition of permanent LOC ARM to descent within no more than five minutes in the place convenient for their descent and rise.

The sizes of abandon and duty boats and number of persons which they contain are applied on them with clear and indelible signs.

6. Liferafts are established so that their fixture could be exempted manually.

The number of faces raised by them is applied on liferafts with clear and indelible signs.

7. For each person who is on the ocean ship the ring life buoy is provided.

Ring life buoys are distributed on the vessel so that to be easily accessible on both boards of the vessel and whenever possible on all open decks.

On each ring life buoy the name and port of documentation of the ocean ship are put with printing letters of the Latin alphabet.

At least a half of ring life buoys are supplied with self-igniting fires which shall not die away on water. These fires are near circles for which they intend, with necessary means for their fixture to circles.

8. For each person who is on the ocean ship the life jacket is provided.

Life jackets are stored on the ocean ship so that at any time they were ready to use.

The life jackets intended for log personnel are stored in places of execution of watches (on the bridge, radio cabin and the engine-room).

9. For each team member of the ocean ship the hydrothermosuit is provided.

Gidrotermokostyum is made of waterproof material and intends for protection of human body from overcooling in cold water.

If the hydrothermosuit requires carrying life jacket, then the life jacket is put on over hydrothermosuit.

10. For each person who is on the ocean ship heat-protective means is provided.

The heat-protective means made of waterproof material is put on over life jacket and closes all body of the person, except for persons and performs the functions in case of low air temperature.

11. The spuskoposadochny slopes which are put in action by one person from the place located on the deck of the ocean ship or from the abandon or duty boat are applied to ensuring safe descent of abandon and duty boats in case of adverse conditions.

12. Winches of launching gears are equipped with the automatic high-speed tension device preventing emergence of cable slack in conditions under which operation of abandon and duty boats is performed.

13. All life funds transferred in item 4 of these rules undergo maintenance every twelve months.

3. Procedure for the equipment alarm means of ocean ships

14. All ocean ships irrespective of their assignment and the sailing area are supplied with alarm means which part are:

1) alarm and distinctive lamps (2 top, 1 onboard starboards, 1 onboard port side, 1 fodder, 2 white circular, 2 red circular);

2) alarm flashing lights (1 lamp of manevroukazaniye, 1 daylight signal light);

3) sound alarm means (1 whistle, 1 bell, 1 gong);

4) alarm figures (3 spheres, 1 cone, 1 rhombus);

5) pyrotechnic alarm means (12 rocket parachute flares);

6) radar reflectors (1 radar reflector).

15. Alarm means are established and stored on the ocean ship so that at any time they were ready to use.

16. For lamps of the main and reserve sets regular places for their installation are provided.

4. Procedure on the radio equipment of ocean ships

17. All ocean ships irrespective of their assignment and the sailing area are supplied with the shipboard radio equipment which part is:

1) means of radio communication (VHF, radio set PV and PV/KV);

2) ship earth station of the international organization of mobile communications by satellite (INMARSAT);

3) the structure of the international automated service of transfer on vessels of navigational, hydrometeorological data and information on disaster at frequency of 518 kHz (HABTEKC) for acceptance of information on safety at the sea;

4) satellite automatic radio buoy of the international satellite system of detection and position finding of the ocean ships and airplanes which crashed (KOSPAS-SARSAT) or the international organization of mobile communications by satellite (INMARSAT);

5) VHF of automatic radio buoy;

6) radar transponder beacon (ship);

7) receiver;

8) radio set;

9) antenna arrangement;

10) grounding;

11) power source;

12) chargers;

13) cable network.

18. Each ocean ship is equipped with such communicating device which is capable to provide:

1) transfer of distress alerts in the "vessel-the coast" direction at least two separate independent means;

2) acceptance of distress alerts in the "coast-the vessel" direction;

3) transfer and acceptance of distress alerts in the direction "sudnosudno";

4) transfer and acceptance of messages for coordination of search and rescue;

5) transfer and acceptance of messages on site disasters;

6) transfer and acceptance of information on safety at the sea;

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