To optimize the functioning of your equipment and guarantee the safety of its users, it is essential that regular maintenance and inspections are carried out.
Periodic proof load testing of a maritime vessel’s “means of embarkation and disembarkation” (accommodation ladders/gangways & davits) is required in accordance with IMO Regulation II-1/3-9 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and as per the Guidelines for Construction, Installation,
Maintenance and Inspection/Survey of Means of Embarkation and Disembarkation, effective January 1, 2010.
The SOLAS regulations require that the ladders and gangways should be static proof load tested and function tested following initial installation and then at 5 year intervals per SOLAS I/7 and I/8.
Maritime Safety Services offers a qualified personnel and certificed equipment to proof load test ladders, gangways and davits using cylinder shaped water bags and other specialized equipment. The cylinder shaped water bags allow for more uniform distribution of the applied force. The cylinder water bags can be positioned along the length of the gangway/ladder to simulate service loading and enable function testing of the deployment winch system.