Australian PSC inspectors increased focus on ECDIS compliance with SOLAS requirements

According with AMSA marine notice 7/2012, guidance for the compliance of ECDIS according SOLAS was published. Also a flow chart is available to help ship managers to perform self evaluation. Finally as ECDIS requirements will come in to force 1st July 2012, for some types of vessels, PSC inspectors will focus on their SOLAS compliance. We recommend to use this guidance as compliance check not only for Australian ports. Read More...

ECDIS for New Buildings and Existing Vessels Requirement

Electronic Chart Display and Information System ECDIS will become mandatory to some types of new ships and some types of existing ships in their first periodical survey after the dates mentioned in the following table.

First periodical survey refers to the first annual, intermediate or class renewal survey after the following dates.
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