13.15 Automatic identification system
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13.15 Automatic identification system

  13.15.1 Craft shall be provided with an automatic identification system (AIS).

  13.15.2 The AIS shall:

  • .1 provide automatically, to appropriately equipped shore stations, other vessels and aircraft information, including the craft's identity, type, position, course, speed, navigational status and other safety-related information;

  • .2 receive automatically such information from similarly fitted vessels;

  • .3 monitor and track vessels; and

  • .4 exchange data with shore based facilities.

  13.15.3 The requirements of 13.15.2 shall not apply where international agreements, rules or standards provide for the protection of navigational information.

  13.15.4 The AIS shall be operated taking into account the guidelines adopted by the Organization.

Parent topic: Chapter 13 - Shipborne navigational systems and equipment and voyage data recorders
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