Inflatable liferafts must be serviced every year at a service station approved for that make, and personal life-saving appliances have their own inspection and expiry dates. Bodursan coordinates the whole cycle: landing the rafts, servicing at an approved station, supplying temporary rafts where needed and returning the certified units on board before departure.
We work to SOLAS Chapter III, the LSA Code and IMO Resolution A.761(18) for liferaft servicing, and we keep the vessel’s LSA records consistent with what the surveyor will check.
At a glance
- Annual liferaft servicing at maker-approved stations
- Hydrostatic release unit (HRU) renewal and replacement
- Lifejackets, lifejacket lights and immersion suit checks
- Pyrotechnics, line-throwing appliances and lifebuoy markers
- Marine evacuation systems (MES) coordination
- Collection, delivery and lifting in Turkish ports
Our Liferaft & LSA Services
1. Inflatable Liferafts
- Annual servicing Liferafts are landed and serviced at a station approved by the raft maker, including inflation test, inspection of the canopy and floor, and renewal of expired emergency pack items.
- Logistics Lifting off and back on board, transport to and from the station and, where the schedule requires it, temporary replacement rafts.
- Hydrostatic release units Renewal of disposable HRUs at their expiry and service of serviceable types, with correct installation and weak-link checks.
2. Personal Life-Saving Appliances
- Lifejackets Inspection of lifejackets and their lights, whistles and retro-reflective tape, with replacement of damaged or non-compliant units.
- Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits Condition checks, zip and seam inspection and periodic air-pressure testing of older suits in line with MSC/Circ.1114.
- Lifebuoys Self-activating lights and smoke signals, man-overboard markers and lifebuoy line checks.
3. Pyrotechnics and Signals
- Expiry management Replacement of rocket parachute flares, hand flares, buoyant smoke signals and line-throwing appliances before they expire.
- Disposal Collection of expired pyrotechnics for disposal through licensed channels.
4. Evacuation Systems and EEBDs
- Marine evacuation systems Coordination of MES servicing and deployment tests with the maker’s authorised service provider.
- EEBDs Inspection, cylinder testing and replacement of emergency escape breathing devices.
Why Choose Bodursan for Liferaft & LSA Servicing?
- One call, one port stay Safety service is planned around the same port call, transit or dry dock that our agency team is already handling, so the vessel does not lose extra time alongside.
- Survey-driven planning We work back from your certificate due dates and the surveyor’s attendance, so the paperwork is ready when the inspector boards.
- 24/7 from Tuzla Our operations desk is minutes from the Tuzla shipyards and covers Istanbul, the Straits, Yalova, Izmit Bay and other Turkish ports around the clock.
- Clear reporting Every job closes with service reports, certificates and photos sent to the superintendent and the master.
Share the liferaft serial numbers and last service dates, and we will book the approved station and plan the exchange around your arrival.
