Technical Circular No: 026/2022
Download PDF1. IMO has adopted amendments to the performance standards for following shipborne navigational and radio equipment;
i. Simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDRs): Revised performance standard vide Resolution MSC. 493 (104) is to be applied on or after 1 July 2022 as follows -
“S-VDRs installed on or after 1 July 2022, must conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.163 (78), as amended by resolution MSC.214 (81) and MSC. 493 (104)”.
ii. Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs): Revised performance standard vide Resolution MSC. 494 (104) is to be applied on or after 1 July 2022 as follows -
“VDRs installed on or after 1 July 2022, must conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.333 (90), as amended by resolution MSC. 494 (104)”.
iii. Float-free Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) operating on 406 MHz: Revised performance standard vide Resolution MSC. 471 (101) is to be applied on or after 1 July 2022 as follows -
“Float-free EPIRBs operating on 406 MHz, installed on or after 1 July 2022, must conform to performance standards and type-approval standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to the resolution MSC. 471 (101)”.
2. Ship owners/ managers and masters are advised to take note of above and accordingly plan in consultation with the manufacturer that above mentioned shipborne navigational and radio equipment installed onboard on or after 1 July 2022 conforms to the amended performance standards as above.
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