1 The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its ninety-ninth session (16 to
25 May 2018), approved the Interim guidelines for the harmonized display of
navigation information received via communication equipment, prepared by the
Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), at its
fifth session (19 to 23 February 2018), as set out in the annex.
2 MSC 99, noting the interrelated work on e-navigation being undertaken
by the NCSR Sub-Committee, particularly on the development of Guidance on the
definition and harmonization of the format and structure of maritime services
within the Maritime Service Portfolio (MSP) and the development of
Guidance on the standard mode of operation, S-mode, agreed, in principle,
that the annexed Interim Guidelines should be revised, as appropriate, once the
aforementioned interrelated work had been completed.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring the Interim guidelines to the
attention of all parties concerned.