1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second
session (12 to 21 June 2013), noted the issue of developments in location
devices using AIS technology.
2 Although international and national consideration
of these devices is ongoing, they are available for use and will be
displayed on shipborne AIS equipment. Therefore, it was considered
that information for seafarers was needed. Accordingly, the Committee
approved the circulation of the attached information to seafarers
on the display of AIS-SART, AIS Man overboard (MOB) and EPIRB-AIS
devices, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and
Search and Rescue (COMSAR), at its seventeenth session (21 to 25 January
2013), taking into account the recommendation of the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation (NAV), at its fifty-eighth session (2 to 6
July 2012).
3 The Committee further noted that the use of
these devices might need to be reviewed in the more general context
of GMDSS and the role of AIS. This information, therefore, might be
reviewed during the process of review and modernization of the GMDSS.
4 Member Governments are invited to bring the
information to the attention of all parties concerned.