🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS Chapter IV requirements for SART carriage and stowage on cargo ships over 500 GT • How SARTs must be both near the navigation bridge and quickly available to survival craft • Special consideration for ships fitted with a free-fall lifeboat

💭 Think About

• Which options place a SART where the bridge team can easily get to it in an emergency AND where it can go with survivors in the free-fall lifeboat? • Does SOLAS expect a SART to be a portable unit or something permanently fixed in place? How does that affect which wording best matches the rule? • Do the bridge wings satisfy the SOLAS wording about being "on or near" the navigation bridge, and does SOLAS allow "no specific location" for SARTs?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check whether SOLAS uses the words "stowed" vs. "permanently mounted" when describing SART location • Confirm that at least one SART must be available to take into a survival craft (in this case, the free-fall lifeboat) • Verify that SOLAS specifies "on or near the navigation bridge" for SART stowage rather than on specific sides or wings of the bridge