Circular letter
SN/Circ.245

 AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SHIPBORNE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS)

(adopted on 7 December 2004)

 

1. The Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation (NAV), at its fiftieth session (5 to 9 July 2004), agreed on the amendments to the Guidelines for the Installation of a Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS), set out in the Annex. The amendments describe the connection of the shipborne AIS installations to a power source.

 

2. The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth session (1 to 10 December 2004), concurred with the Sub-Committee's view and approved the annexed amendments.

 

3. Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed amendments to the attention of all concerned.

 

Annex.

AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR INSTALLATION OF A SHIPBORNE AUTOMATIC
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS)

 

2.4 Power source

 

The existing text of paragraph 2.4 is replaced by the following:

 

"The AIS should ideally be connected through an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) to the ship's power supply as de-fined in SOLAS chapter II-1."