Guidance on ECDIS for ships calling at Australian ports
AMSA issues Marine Notice 7/2012 AMSA issues Marine Notice 7/2012 regarding Guidance on ECDIS for ships calling at Australian ports as follows:This notice aims to clarify some of the emerging issues relating to the carriage requirements for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and provide guidance to ships fitted with ECDIS calling at Australian ports. Two flow charts that address ECDIS related issues and which will be used by AMSA's Port State Control (PSC) inspectors, are attached.As mandatory carriage of ECDIS will be phased in from 1 July 2012, ship operators and navigating officers of ECDIS fitted ships are encouraged to take this guidance into account.1. Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate (Form E)Details of a ship's navigational systems and equipment are recorded in Section 3 of Form E (Record of equipment - Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate). The means of complying with SOLAS Chapter V Regulation 19 (i.e. paper charts and/or ECDIS) needs to be indicated on a ship's Form E. If the ship uses ECDIS for navigation, Form E must clearly state the back-up arrangement in place. If a vessel requires flexibility in using either paper charts or ECDIS as the means of navigation, such an arrangement must ...
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