The Marshall Islands Government has published a Notice of the special requirements for carriage of Medical Oxygen Cylinders onboard the Marshall Islands flagged vessels (Marine Notice No.2-011-2 Rev. Nov/2019). The underlined parts in the below texts are changes from the previous Notice (Rev. 1/15).
This Technical Information supersedes the previous ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-1035 dated 1 July 2015.

The main points of the Notice are as follows.

1. Vessels that fall under Column A or B of the MFAG Appendix 14 – List of Equipment, are required to carry a minimum of 44 L/200 bar oxygen as follows:
"Column A" means the requirement for the vessels when casualties cannot be hospitalized on shore within 24 hours, and "Column B" means the requirement for the vessels when casualties can be hospitalized on shore within 2 to 24 hours.

(1) one 40 L/200 bar Medical Oxygen Cylinder located in the vessel's hospital, assembled for direct use, equipped with one flowmeter unit (two ports) for supplying oxygen for two persons simultaneously; and
(2) one complete portable set, ready for use, with a 2 L/200 bar Medical Oxygen Cylinder and a spare cylinder (also 2 L/200 bar).

2. The single 40 L/200 bar Medical Oxygen Cylinder may be substituted with either two 20 L/200 bar cylinders or four 10 L/200 bar cylinders, provided the equipment/flowmeter units are arranged to supply oxygen to two persons simultaneously.

(To be continued)