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Required Boarding Arrangements For Pilots

This document provides requirements and recommendations for boarding arrangements for pilots in accordance with IMO and IMPA standards. It outlines the necessary rigging for pilot ladders and hoists depending on a ship's freeboard height, including requirements for handholds, manropes, spreaders and accommodation ladders. Specific guidelines are given for ladder construction, rigging, and lighting during nighttime boardings to ensure the safety of pilots coming aboard ships.

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Required Boarding Arrangements For Pilots

This document provides requirements and recommendations for boarding arrangements for pilots in accordance with IMO and IMPA standards. It outlines the necessary rigging for pilot ladders and hoists depending on a ship's freeboard height, including requirements for handholds, manropes, spreaders and accommodation ladders. Specific guidelines are given for ladder construction, rigging, and lighting during nighttime boardings to ensure the safety of pilots coming aboard ships.

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REQUIRED BOARDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR PILOT


In accordance with I.M.O. requirements and I.M.P.A. recommendations

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME PILOTS ASSOCIATION


H.Q.S Wellington, Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, London WC2R 2PN Tel: +44 20 7240 3973 Fax: +44 20 7240 3518

Required boarding arrangements for pilots

RIGGING FOR FREEBOARDS OF 9 METRES OR LESS


HANDHOLD STANCHIONS Min. diam. 32mm 120cm above bulwark min. 70cm max. 80cm. apart

SHIPS WITH HIGH FREEBOARD (MORE THAN 9M)


When no side door available
Davit

MECHANICAL PILOT HOIST


Two man-ropes ready for immediate use. Min. diam. 28mm

NO!
NO!
No shackles No knots No splices

PILOT LADDER Must extend at least 2 metres above lower platform

Of cer in contact with bridge

NO!
The steps must be equally spaced

MAN-ROPES without knots min. diam. 28mm IF REQUIRED BY PILOT

ACCOMMODATION LADDER Rigid part


Should rest rmly against ships side

Guard ring

NO!
The steps must be horizontal

SPREADER Min. 180cm long

Ladders to rest rmly against ships side

Should lead aft Maximum 55 slope Lower platform horizontal Rigid handrails preferred 3 to 7 metres depending on size of pilot launch and height of swell

Max. 8 steps between spreaders

A PILOT LADDER COMBINED 0.5m WITH AN ACCOMMODATION LADDER i s usually the safer
method of embarking or disembarking a pilot on ships with a freeboard of more than 9 metres

Flexible part

NO!
Spreaders must not be lashed between steps

Min. 40cm 3038cm

2m

NO!
The side ropes must be equally spaced

Recommended 9 metre mark 2m Stern Bow

A pilot hoist made and rigged in accordance with SOLAS Chapter V, together with a pilot ladder rigged alongside for immediate transfer, may be used subject to agreement between the Master and the Pilot. It should be noted that the distance between the nearest side ropes of the pilot hoist and pilot ladder will be at least 1.4 metres.

NO!
The loops are a tripping hazard for the pilot and can become foul of the pilot launch

Bridge procedures guide 83

NO!
Very dangerous ladder too long 5th step must be a spreader

Two handhold stanchions rigidly secured to ships structure

Responsible of cer

AT NIGHT
Height required by pilot Lifebuoy with self-igniting light NO OBSTRUCTIONS

Pilot ladder and ships deck lit by forward shining overside light

Bulwark ladder secured to ship

Approved by I.M.O.

March 2001

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