Special Purpose Ships
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1295 – Guidance in Relation to Certain Types of Ships which are Required to Transmit LRIT Information on Exemptions and Equivalents and on Certain Operational Matters – (8 December 2008) - Annex – Guidance in Relation to Certain Types of Ships which are Required to Transmit LRIT Information on Exemptions and Equivalents and on Certain Operational Matters - Special Purpose Ships

Special Purpose Ships

  4.1 Special purpose ships of less than 300 gross tonnage engaged on international voyages should transmit LRIT information if the Contracting Government whose flag they are entitled to fly requires so.

  4.2 Special purpose ships of 300 gross tonnage and above fitted with automatic identification system (AIS) and operating exclusively within sea area A1, should not be required to transmit LRIT information when engaged on international voyages.

  4.3 Special purpose ships of 300 gross tonnage and above engaged on international voyages in sea areas A1 and A2; or A1, A2 and A3; or A1, A2, A3 and A4, should be required to transmit LRIT information in accordance with the provisions of regulation V/19-1.4.1 by reading “special purpose ship” where in regulations V/19-1.3 to V/19-1.11.2 uses the term “ship”.

  4.3.1 However, special purpose ships of gross tonnage 300 and above but less than 500, in case they are not required to comply with the provisions of chapter IV, should transmit LRIT information in accordance with the provisions of regulation V/19-1 as from 31 December 2009.

  4.4 The Form of the Record of Equipment for the Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate (Form SPS) provided in the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 2008 does not include a provision for documenting compliance of special purpose ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information.

  4.4.1 In case the records of equipment associated with any other certificates issued to a special purpose ship do not include a provision for documenting compliance with the requirement to transmit LRIT information, special purpose ships should carry on board a valid Conformance test report issued in accordance with the provisions of MSC.1/Circ.1296 on Guidance on the survey and certification of compliance of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance in Relation to Certain Types of Ships which are Required to Transmit LRIT Information on Exemptions and Equivalents and on Certain Operational Matters
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