Regulation 20 – Voyage data recorders
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Regulation 20 – Voyage data recorders

  1 To assist in casualty investigations, ships, when engaged on international voyages, subject to the provisions of regulation 1.4, shall be fitted with a voyage data recorder (VDR) as follows:

  • .1 passenger ships constructed on or after 1 July 2002;

  • .2 ro-ro passenger ships constructed before 1 July 2002 not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2002;

  • .3 passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships constructed before 1 July 2002 not later than 1 January 2004; and

  • .4 ships, other than passenger ships, of 3,000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed on or after 1 July 2002.

  2 Administrations may exempt ships, other than ro-ro passenger ships, constructed before 1 July 2002 from being fitted with a VDR where it can be demonstrated that interfacing a VDR with the existing equipment on the ship is unreasonable and impracticable.


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