Ship in need of assistance means a ship
in a situation, apart from one requiring an operation co-ordinated
by a MRCC in accordance with one of the three emergency
phases; uncertainty, alert and distress phase, that could
give rise to loss of the vessel or an environmental or
navigational hazard.
Company means the owner of the ship or any
other organization or person such as the manager, or the bareboat
charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the
ship from the owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility
has agreed to take over all duties and responsibilities imposed by
the International Safety Management Code.
IAMSAR MANUAL means the International Aeronautical
and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual.
UNCLOS means the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea, 1982.
Intervention Convention means the International
Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of
Oil Pollution Casualties (1969) and the Protocol relating to Intervention
on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil
(1973).
ISM Code means the International Safety
Management Code, made mandatory under SOLAS regulation XI/3.1.
Place of Refuge means a place where a ship
in need of assistance can take action to enable it to stabilize
its condition and reduce the hazards to navigation, and to
protect human life and the environment, as defined in resolution A.949(23).
MRCC means Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
MAS means the Maritime Assistance Service as
defined in resolution A.950(23).
SAR Convention means the International Convention
on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979.