Installation Manual Nauticast V1.0.3

1.4 Carriage Requirement
1.4.1 Chapter V (Safety of Navigation) Regulation 19, of the SOLAS Convention.
IMO regulations require sea vessels from a size of 300 GT in international and 500 GT in
national waters to be equipped with an AIS-Transponder. The implementation of this
legislation began on 1. July 2002 and will be enforced in the following stages:
• July 2002 for all vessels built from this period onwards
• July 2003 for all passenger ships and all tankers which were built before 1. July 2002
• July 2004 for all ships of 50.000 GT and above which were built before 1. July 2002
• July 2005 for all ships from 10.000 GT up to under 50.000 which were built before
1. July 2002
• July 2006 for all ships from 3.000 GT up to under 10,000 which were built before
1. July 2002
• July 2007 for all ships from 300 GT up to under 3.000 which were built before
1. July 2002
• July 2008 for all other ships which do not travel in international waters and were built
before July 2002
In some cases, exemptions may be granted to such ships, which will be taken off sea within 2
years of legislation coming into effect.
Refer to IMO Recommendation ITU-R M.1371-1 and IALA-AIS-Guidelines
1.4.2 Accelerated Implementation of AIS:
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF
LIFE AT SEA, 1974 AS AMENDED CHAPTER V - SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
Regulation 19 - Carriage requirements for ship borne navigational Systems and equipment
states:
1 The existing subparagraphs .4, .5 and .6 of paragraph 2.4.2 are replaced by the
following:
“4 in the case of ships, other than passenger ships and tankers,
of 300 gross tonnage and upwards, but less than 50.000 gross tonnage, not
later than the first safety equipment survey' after 1 July 2004 or by 31
December 2004, whichever occurs earlier; and”
2 The following new sentence has been added at the end of the existing subparagraph
7 of paragraph 2.4;
“Ships fitted with AIS shall maintain AIS in operation at all times except where
international agreements, rules or standards provide for the protection of
navigational information.”
Refer to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), held at
IMO, 9-13 December 2002
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