Flag, Class and Port State Control

Lifeboat work is never only a technical job. Every annual and five-yearly service has to fit a survey window, be done by a firm the flag accepts, be witnessed when the flag says so, and leave paperwork that a class surveyor or a port state officer will read later.

This course follows that chain from the office side. It starts with how the safety equipment surveys and certificates work, then explains how class societies approve service firms and how to check a firm’s papers. It compares what ten major flags require, looks at what port state control officers find, and ends with planning and buying service across a fleet.

Flag rules change often. Each lesson gives the notice number and the date we checked it, so you can open the current version before you plan the work.