There are several different understandings of the provisions of the Convention regarding the carrying of a stretcher patient into a survival craft. One understanding is that after the entry into force of the SOLAS 83 amendment, the survival arrangement of the cargo ship’s survival craft should be designed to direct the survival craft from the storage position. Boarding and landing, so the stretcher patient is required to be carried into the survival craft from the storage position, and the appropriate inclined ladder must be provided for the smooth lifting: another understanding is: as long as the stretcher patient is carried in the storage position, satisfied This functional requirement does not necessarily require the lifeboat storage location to be equipped with a ladder or a straight ladder; there is also an understanding that as long as the patient is carried into the stretcher at the boarding position and the boarding arrangement is designed to be able to board directly at the storage location And landed.

In response to the above different understandings, we sort out the requirements of the Convention for the boarding arrangement, and we will find that the third viewpoint reflects the original intention and spirit of the Convention for the following reasons:

The SOLAS74 Convention (without future amendments) requires only one point for the boarding arrangement: the means of the survival craft that landed the davit should be placed against the ship's side so that the occupants can safely board. There are no requirements for direct boarding and landing of stretcher patients into survival craft and storage locations.