Purposes
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.566 – Provisional Guidelines on the Conduct of Trials in which the Officer of the Navigational Watch Acts as the Sole Look-out in Periods of Darkness – (Adopted on 2 July 1991) - Annex - Draft Provisional Guidelines for Conducting Trials in which the Officer of the Navigational Watch Acts as the Sole Look-out in Periods of Darkness - Purposes

Purposes

  1 To collect information which will facilitate deliberations by the Organization on the practice of allowing the officer of the navigational watch to act as sole look-out in periods of darkness.

  2 To determine whether and under what conditions the officer of the navigational watch can safely perform the duties of the look-out in periods of darkness.

  3 To evaluate such matters as what constitutes:

  • an acceptable bridge layout;
  • an appropriate level of control equipment and instrumentation;
  • safe and healthy operational procedures.

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