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VDR and AIS Regulations

Go Into Effect

New regulations for certain size ships to carry voyage data recorders (VDRs) and automatic identification systems (AIS) entered effect on July 1, 2002.

The mandatory regulations are among a raft of amendments to the Internation- al Convention for the Safety of Life at

Sea, 1974 (SOLAS) entering into force on July 1, 2002. In addition, under its second phase of implementation, the

International Management Code for the

Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollu- tion Prevention (ISM Code) became mandatory for most ships trading inter- nationally on July 1, 2002

The revised SOLAS chapter V (Safety of Navigation), which was adopted in

December 2000, includes a number of important new requirements for ships, including those relating to carriage of

VDRs and AIS and acceptance of elec- tronic charts as meeting the chart car- riage requirements.

The following ships are required to carry VDRs. under regulation 20 of the

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Voyage Data Recorders (VDR's), such as this one manufactured by Transas, must be present onboard certain size vessels as of July 1, 2002. new SOLAS Chapter V: passenger ships constructed on or after July 1, 2002;

RoRo passenger ships constructed before July 1, 2002 not later than the first survey on or after July 1, 2002; pas- senger ships other than RoRo passenger ships constructed before July 1, 2002 not later than January 1, 2004; and ships, other than passenger ships, of 3,000 gt and upwards constructed on or after July 1, 2002.

The regulation requires AIS to be fit- ted aboard all ships of 300 gross ton- nage and upwards engaged on interna- tional voyages, cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards not engaged on international voyages and passenger ships irrespective of size built on or after 1 July 2002. It also applies to ships engaged on international voyages con- structed before July 1, 2002.

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It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of world trade in volume terms is carried by vessel. There are approximately 86,000 ocean going merchant ships over 100 gt in operation. About 97 percent of them are propelled by large-bore, high- ly supercharged diesel engines. State- of-the-art diesel engines with maximum availability have to be reliable, mainte- nance-friendly, highly efficient, and they have to operate at lowest emis- sions. Cylinder condition is a very important item in diesel engine technol- ogy and development. Therefore

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