1 Purpose and Scope
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1 Purpose and Scope

  1.1 The Code is intended to provide general design guidance and to promote uniformity of type, location and priority for those alerts and indicators which are required by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (1974 SOLAS Convention), as amended; associated codes (BCH, Diving, FSS, Gas Carrier, 2000 HSC, IBC, IGC, IMDG, LSA, 2009 MODU, and Nuclear Merchant Ship Codes); the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), as amended; the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (1993 Torremolinos (SFV) Protocol); the Principles of Safe Manning; the Guidelines for Inert Gas Systems (IGS); the Standards for Vapour Emission Control Systems (VEC); the Performance Standards for a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS); and the Revised Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS).

  1.2 The Code will benefit designers and operators by consolidating in one document the references to priorities, aggregation, grouping, locations and types, including colours, symbols, etc., of shipboard alerts and indicators. Where the applicable IMO instruments do not specify the type and location of particular alerts, this information, as far as practicable, is presented in this Code to promote uniform application.

  1.3 In order to achieve similar uniformity, the Code also serves as guidance for alerts and indicators included in IMO instruments other than those referred to in 1.1.

  1.4 The management and presentation of alerts should conform additionally to the appropriate performance standards adopted by the Organization.


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