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 the revised chapter
V of the SOLAS Convention 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 THD,
or other means to transmit heading information,
RECALLING FURTHER ALSO that in accordance with the HSC Code passenger craft certified to
carry 100 passenger or less which do not carry a gyro compass are required to carry an
instrument suitable for providing a heading reference,
NOTING that a properly adjusted THD will fulfil these carriage requirements,
RECOGNIZING the need to prepare appropriate performance standards for THDs,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation on the performance standards for THDs made by the
Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation at its forty-sixth session,
1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for Marine Transmitting Heading
Devices (THDs), set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that THDs installed on or after 1 July 2002 conform
to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the Annex to the present
resolution.