1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-third
session (14 to 23 May 2014), with a view to providing more specific
guidance on the automatic function specified in resolution MSC.128(75) – Performance standards
for a bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS), approved
the guidance, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation
at its fifty-ninth session (2 to 6 September 2013), as set out in
the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the guidance
as an interim measure until such time as the performance
standards can be reviewed and revised and, furthermore, bring this
guidance to the attention of all parties concerned.