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(asked on 1st September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) domestic and (b) European regulations are deemed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to have superseded the Merchant Shipping (Emergency Equipment Lockers for Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1988.


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John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
This question was answered on 4th September 2014

No domestic or European regulations have specifically superseded the Merchant Shipping (Emergency Equipment Lockers for Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1988.

Levels of safety on ships now are higher than they were in 1988 because of the introduction of a number of regulations since then. These include the International Safety Management Code - an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships; SOLAS 90 - an international standard for passenger ship stability; and the Stockholm agreement – an international agreement on stability requirements for Ro/Ro Passenger ships.

In addition there have been improvements in the requirements for training of ships’ officers and crew - The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.

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