5.5 Ship's Speed Indicating System
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5.5 Ship's Speed Indicating System

  5.5.1 The automatic speed signal required for a category A monitoring system should be obtained from the ship's speed indicating devicefootnoteby means of a repeater signal. The speed information used may be either speed over the ground or speed through the water, depending upon the speed measuring equipment installed on board.

  5.5.2 In oil tankers fitted with a category B monitoring system, the ship's speed may be inserted manually into the computing unit. Such data should be obtained from the speed log or from an equivalent source.

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