Res.A.708(17)
Navigation bridge visibility and functions
THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to
regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control
of marine pollution from ships,
RECOGNIZING that the lack of adequate bridge visibility may
adversely affect the safety of the ship and the safety of other ships and the marine
environment,
CONSIDERING the nee~ to ensure that the design of ships provides at
all times adequate visibility from the navigati.on bridge for the purposes of safe
navigation,
NOTING WITH CONCERN reports that some ships' navigation bridges are
being used for purposes other than navigation, communications and other functions
essential to the safe operation of the ship, its engines and cargo,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety
Committee at it.s fifty-ninth session,
- URGES Governments to ensure that:
- the visibility from the navigation bridge of ships conforms to the
guidelines on navigation bridge visibility set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
- the ship's navigation bridge is not used for purposes other than
navigation, communications and other functions essential to the safe operation
of the ship, its engines and cargo;
- INVITES the Maritime Safety Committee to consider developing relevant provisions
to ensure an adequate standard of visibility from the ship's wheelhouse, by means of
an appropriate amendment to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974.