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CARRIAGE REQUIREMENTS
On October 22nd, 2003 the Coast Guard published
a Final Rule (68 FR
60559) that amended a previously promulgated Interim Rule, that
harmonized the AIS mandates of the Safety
of Life at Sea Convention, as amended by the 73rd (MSC 73) and 76th
Session (MSC 76)
, and, the Maritime Transportation Security
Act of 2002 (MTSA) , which delineates U.S. AIS carriage
requirements as follows:
Title
33, Code of Federal Regulations
§ 164.01 Applicability
(a) This part (except as specifically limited by this section)
applies to each self-propelled vessel of 1600 or more gross
tons (except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this
section, or for foreign vessels described in §164.02)
when it is operating in the navigable waters of the United
States except the St. Lawrence Seaway.
(b) * * *
(c) Provisions of §§164.11(a)(2) and (c), 164.30,
164.33, and 164.46 do not apply to warships or other vessels
owned, leased, or operated by the United States Government
and used only in government noncommercial service when these
vessels are equipped with electronic navigation systems that
have met the applicable agency regulations regarding navigation
safety.
§ 164.46 Automatic Identification System (AIS).
(a) The following vessels
must have a properly
installed, operational, type
approved AIS as of the date specified:
(1) Self-propelled vessels of
65 feet or more in length, other
than passenger and fishing vessels, in commercial
service and on an international voyage, not later than December
31, 2004.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph
(a)(1) of this section, the following, self-propelled vessels,
that are on an international voyage must
also comply with SOLAS, as amended, Chapter V, regulations
19.2.1.6, 19.2.4, and 19.2.3.5 or 19.2.5.1 as appropriate
(Incorporated by reference, see §
164.03):
(i) Passenger vessels,
of 150 gross tonnage or more, not later than July 1, 2003;
(ii) Tankers, regardless
of tonnage, not later than the first safety survey for safety
equipment on or after July 1, 2003;
(iii) Vessels,
other than passenger vessels or tankers, of 50,000 gross tonnage
or more, not later than July 1, 2004; and
(iv) Vessels,
other than passenger vessels or tankers, of 300 gross tonnage
or more but less than 50,000 gross tonnage, not later than
the first safety survey for safety equipment on or after July
1, 2004, but no later than December 31, 2004.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs
(a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, the following vessels,
when navigating an area denoted in table
161.12(c) of § 161.12 of this chapter, not
later than December 31, 2004.
(i) Self-propelled
vessels of 65 feet or more in length, other
than fishing vessels and passenger vessels certificated to
carry less than 151 passengers-for-hire, in
commercial service;
(ii) Towing vessels
of 26 feet or more in length and more than 600 horsepower,
in commercial service;
(iii)
Passenger vessels certificated to carry more than
150 passengers-for-hire.
Note to § 164.46(a): "Properly
installed" refers to an installation using the guidelines
set forth in IMO
SN/Circ.227 (Incorporated by reference, see §
164.03). Not all AIS units are able to broadcast position,
course, and speed without the input of an external positioning
device (e.g. DGPS); the use of other external devices (e.g.
transmitting heading device, gyro, rate of turn indicator)
is highly recommended, however, not required except as stated
in § 164.46(a)(2). "Type approved" refers
to an approval by an IMO recognized Administration as to comply
with IMO Resolution
MSC.74(69), ITU-R
Recommendation M.1371-1, and IEC
61993-2 (Incorporated by reference, see §
164.03). "Length"
refers to "registered length" as defined
in 46
CFR, part 69. "Gross tonnage" refers
to "tonnage" as defined under the International Convention
on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
(b) The requirements for Vessel
Bridge-to-Bridge radiotelephones in §§
26.04(a) and (c), 26.05, 26.06 and 26.07 this chapter,
also apply to AIS. The term "effective operating condition"
used in § 26.06 includes accurate input and upkeep of AIS
data fields.
(c) The use of a portable AIS
is permissible, only to the extent that electromagnetic interference
does not affect the proper function of existing navigation
and communication equipment on board, and such that only one
AIS unit may be in operation at any one time.
(d) The AIS Pilot Plug, on
each vessel over 1,600 gross tons, on international voyage,
shall be available for pilot use, easily accessible from the
primary conning position of the vessel, and near 120 volt,
AC power, 3-prong receptacle.
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You may also view printable copies of our: Small
Entity Compliance Guide to AIS, this
rule with definitions to the various terms used therein,
side-by-side with SOLAS
and the MTSA provisions as a color-coded
consolidated regulatory text, the presentation used at
our public meetings
regarding expanding upon these requirements, and our
proposed rulemaking
to amend the
current AIS
regulations. We invite you visit www.regulations.gov
to view public comments submitted on our proposal and to register
for email notifications regarding future actions on this
rulemaking.
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