13.10 Automatic identification system
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13.10 Automatic identification system

  13.10.1 Craft should be provided with an automatic identification system (AIS) as follows:

  • .1 in the case of passenger craft, no later than 1 July 2008;

  • .2 in the case of cargo craft of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards, no later than 1 July 2008; and

  • .3 in the case of cargo craft of less than 3,000 gross tonnage, no later than 1 July 2008.

  13.10.2 AIS should:

  • .1 provide automatically to appropriately equipped shore stations, other craft 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 craft;

  • .3 monitor and track craft; and

  • .4 exchange data with shore-based facilities.

  13.10.3 The requirements of 13.10.2 should not be applied to cases where international agreements, rules or standards provide for the protection of navigational information.

  13.10.4 AIS should be operated taking into account the guidelines adopted by the Organization.footnote

Parent topic: Chapter 13 - Radiocommunications and Navigational Equipment
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