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1155 - Guidance On The Message Priority And The Testing Of Ship Security Alert Systems
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Ref. T2-MSS/2.11.1                                                                                                   MSC/Circ.1155

23 May 2005

 

 

1          The  Maritime  Safety  Committee  (the  Committee),  at  its  seventy-eighth  session  (12  to 21 May2004),instructedtheSub-CommitteeonRadiocommunicationsandSearchandRescue (COMSARSub-Committee)toconsiderquestionsrelatingtothemessagepriorityandthetesting

of ship security alert systems and to develop, if necessary, guidance to this end.

 

2          TheCOMSARSub-Committee,atitsninthsession(7to11February2005),considered the matter and submitted its recommendations on the issue to the Committee.

 

3          The   Committee,   at   its   eightieth   session   (11   to   20   May   2005),   considered   the recommendationoftheCOMSARSub-CommitteeandapprovedtheGuidanceonthemessage priority and the testing ofship security alert systems (the Guidance), as set out at annex.

 

4          SOLASContractingGovernmentsareinvitedtobringtheGuidancetotheattentionofall parties concerned with matters relating with ship security alerts and systems.

 

5          SOLAS  Contracting  Governments,  international  organizations  and  non-governmental organizationswithconsultativestatus whichencounterdifficultieswiththeimplementationof the Guidanceshouldbring,attheearliestopportunity,themattertotheattentionoftheCommittee

for consideration of the issues involved and decision on the actions to be taken.

 

 

 

 

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Annex

I Message Priority

1          TheCommittee,beingawareofthemessagepriorityrequirementsapplicabletosatellite communications,andgiventhediversityofshipsecurityalertsystems,agreedthattherewasno need to develop a message priority requirement for ship security alerts.

 

2          Ship  security  alert  system  communication  service  providers  should  deliver  the  ship securityalertmessageswithoutdelaysoastopermittherelevantcompetentauthoritiestotake appropriateaction.

 

3          Ship  security  alerts  may  be  addressed  tomore  than  one  recipient,  as  designated  by  the Administration, in order to enhance the resilience of theship security alert system.

 

4          TheCommitteeurgedoncemorethoseSOLASContractingGovernmentsthathadyetto establish criteria for the delivery ofship security alerts, to do so as a matter ofpriority.

 

5          SOLAS    regulation      XI-2/13.1.3    requires     SOLAS    Contracting      Governments      to communicatetotheOrganizationandtomakeavailabletoCompaniesandshipsthenamesand contactdetailsofthosewhohavebeendesignatedtobeavailableatalltimes(twenty-fourhours

a day seven days a week) toreceive and act upon ship security alerts.

 

6          Administrationsshouldensurethattheirdesignatedrecipientsofshipsecurityalertsare capableofprocessingtheinformationreceivedwiththehighestpriorityandtakingappropriate actions.

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II Testing

1          TheCommitteeagreedthattherewasaneedforshipsecurityalertsystemstobesubject to testing.

 

2          However,giventhemultiplicityofshipsecurityalertsystemsandthefactthatanumber ofsystemsinusealreadyhadtestproceduresinplace,theCommitteedecidedthatitwouldbe impractical to develop a test protocol to cover all systems.

 

3          TheCommitteethusagreedthatthedevelopmentofproceduresandprotocolsfortesting ship securityalert systems were a matter for individual Administrations.

 

4          Ships,Companies,Administrationsandrecognizedsecurityorganizationsshouldensure that  when  ship  security  alert  systems  are  to  be  tested  those  concerned  are  notified  so  that  the testing  of  the  ship  security  alert  system  does  not  inadvertently  lead  to  unintended  emergency response actions.

 

5          Whentheshipsecurityalertsystemaccidentallytransmits,duringtesting,ashipsecurity alert,  ships,  Companies,  Administrations  and  recognized  security  organizations  should  act expeditiouslytoensurethatallconcernedpartiesaremadeawarethatthealertisfalseandthatno emergency response action should be taken.

 

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