ECDIS News
SOLAS Chapter V/19 Paragraphs 2.1.4, 2.10 and 2.11 relating to the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) are newly added.
Carriage requirements of ECDIS and back-up arrangement are phased in from 1 July 2012. This ECDIS News intends to provide information regarding the requirements related to the implementation of ECDIS.
1. Applicable ships
The carriage requirements shall apply to the following ships engaged on international voyages:
- (1) Passenger ships of 500 GT and upwards;
- (2) Tanker* of 3,000 GT and upwards; and
- (3) New building cargo ships other than tanker of 3,000 GT and upward, and existing cargo ships other than tanker of 10,000 GT and upward.
* “Tanker” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of a flammable nature.
2. Applicable due date
The due date for above ships is as follows:
Definition of “constructed” is as per the paragraph 1 of SOLAS Chapter V/2.
- (1) Passenger ship
- (i)Passenger ship constructed on or after 1 July 2012, not later than the initial safety equipment survey.
- (ii)Passenger ship constructed before 1 July 2012, not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2014.
- (2) Tanker
- (i)Tanker constructed on or after 1 July 2012, not later than the initial safety equipment survey.
- (ii)Tanker constructed before 1 July 2012, not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2015.
- (3) Cargo ship other than tanker
- (i)Cargo ship, of 10,000 GT and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2013, not later than the initial safety equipment survey.
- (ii)Cargo ship, of 3,000 GT and upward but less than 10,000 GT constructed on or after 1 July 2014, not later than the initial safety equipment survey.
- (iii)Cargo ship, of 50,000 GT and upward constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2016.
- (iv)Cargo ship, of 20,000 GT and upward but less than 50,000 GT constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2017.
- (v)Cargo ship, of 10,000 GT and upward but less than 20,000 GT constructed before 1 July 2013, not later than the first safety equipment survey on or after 1 July 2018.
- (4) Ship constructed under the conditions of above (1) (ii), (2) (ii), (3) (iii), (iv) and (v), but delivered after the applicable due date, not later than the initial safety equipment survey.
Source: Class NK - extracted
