Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Pesbo SA
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Advise all recipients of its synchronous lifeboat release equipment of the type supplied to the Aratere, of this incident and of the potential for the equipment to be incorrectly engaged when recovering a lifeboat.
Reply Text
We have decided to carry out the following actions:
1. To communicate to all our clients of the danger that it supposes to manage the lifting system with no qualified personnel.
2. To send to each ship a new instructions book.
3. To notify them the absolute prohibition of substituting any [component] for another that is not identical to the original.
4. To send precise documentation so that each owner equips his system with:
(a) ring to suspend the boat [off] the davit to carry out maintenance operations without lowering the boat to the water.
(b) A [placard] with instructions to check [that] the [components within] the system [are] correctly engaged.
(c) A security pin that impedes the opening of the hook [if attempts are made to lift the boat] with the system incorrectly engaged.
We will also send the necessary data to install another [placard] in the vicinity of the control box with instructions so that the use of the security pin doesn’t hinder the manoeuvre of the hooks.
We want to leave clear that all these instructions will be given to the owners so that they carry them out themselves.
1. To communicate to all our clients of the danger that it supposes to manage the lifting system with no qualified personnel.
2. To send to each ship a new instructions book.
3. To notify them the absolute prohibition of substituting any [component] for another that is not identical to the original.
4. To send precise documentation so that each owner equips his system with:
(a) ring to suspend the boat [off] the davit to carry out maintenance operations without lowering the boat to the water.
(b) A [placard] with instructions to check [that] the [components within] the system [are] correctly engaged.
(c) A security pin that impedes the opening of the hook [if attempts are made to lift the boat] with the system incorrectly engaged.
We will also send the necessary data to install another [placard] in the vicinity of the control box with instructions so that the use of the security pin doesn’t hinder the manoeuvre of the hooks.
We want to leave clear that all these instructions will be given to the owners so that they carry them out themselves.
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