THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article (28(b) of the Convention on the
International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.886(21), by which the
Assembly resolved that the function of adopting performance standards and technical
specifications, as well as amendments thereto shall be performed by the Maritime Safety
Committee and/or the Marine Environment Protection Committee, as appropriate, on behalf
of the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER that, in
accordance with chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
(SOLAS) 1974, as amended, ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards and less than 500 gross
tonnage, which do not carry a gyro compass, are required to carry a Transmitting Heading
Device (THD), or other means to transmit heading information,
RECALLING FURTHER ALSO that, at its seventieth and seventy-third
sessions, it adopted resolution MSC.86(70) on Adoption of new and amended performance
standards for navigational equipment (which includes, in annex 2, Performance Standards
for Marine Transmitting Magnetic Heading Devices (TMHDs)) and resolution MSC.116(73)on
Performance Standards for Marine Transmitting Heading Devices (THDs),
RECOGNIZING that the magnetic principle of THDs is covered by both
the aforementioned resolutions, which has created an inconsistency and misinterpretation
in application of the relevant performance standards to TMHDs,
1. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to ensure that TMHDs installed
on or after 1 July 2002 conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified
in resolution MSC.116(73);
2. FURTHER
RECOMMENDS Member Governments continue to accept installations fitted before 1 July 2002
in accordance with annex 2 to resolution MSC.86(70);
3. DECIDES that annex 2 to resolution MSC.86(70) is superseded by resolution
MSC.116(73) for future applications.
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