The Conference,
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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships,

 NOTING that a low-powered radio homing device for liferafts is intended to operate on a maritime VHF frequency or a UHF frequency and that such an international frequency or frequencies must first be allocated by an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Administrative Radio Conference and that the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau will have to develop technical standards for such radio equipment on the basis of operational requirements which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has yet to prepare,

 NOTING FURTHER that this procedure will take some time,

 BEING OF THE OPINION that such a low-powered radio homing device for liferafts would greatly assist search and rescue (SAR) operations following a ro-ro passenger ship casualty,

  1. INVITES the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO to:

  • (a) develop, as a matter of urgency, operational requirements and performance standards for low-powered radio homing devices for liferafts; and

  • (b) consider adopting amendments to the SOLAS Convention requiring carriage of low-powered radio homing devices for liferafts on all ro-ro passenger ships, at the earliest opportunity;

  2. INVITES IMO, in co-operation with ITU, as a matter of priority, to:

  • (a) develop technical standards for low-powered radio homing devices for liferafts; and

  • (b) ensure the allocation of suitable radio frequencies for low-powered radio homing devices for liferafts.

Parent topic: Resolution 6 - Low-powered radio homing devices for liferafts on ro-ro passenger ships – (Adopted on 29 November 1995)
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