2.1 The Administration should recommend that manoeuvring
information, in the form of the models contained in the appendices,
should be provided as follows:
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.1 for all new ships to which the requirements
of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, apply, the pilot card should
be provided;
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.2 for all new ships of 100 metres in length and
over, and all new chemical tankers and gas carriers regardless of
size, the pilot card, wheelhouse poster and manoeuvring booklet should
be provided.
2.2 The Administration should encourage the provision
of manoeuvring information on existing ships, and ships that may pose
a hazard due to unusual dimensions or characteristics.
2.3 The manoeuvring information should be amended
after modification or conversion of the ship which may alter its manoeuvring
characteristics or extreme dimensions.