The Maritime Safety Committee,
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The Maritime Safety Committee,

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-sixth session (2 to 13 December 2002), adopted the annexed Guidance for the operational use of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS), which has been developed to support the safe operational use of an IBS by promoting procedures necessary to ensure adequate knowledge of system functions for Mode Awareness, Situational Awareness and Workload Management in addition to traditional seamanship.

  2 The aim of the Guidance is to define the basis for minimum criteria on the operation, training and quality control for Integrated Bridge Systems. This Guidance is applicable to the operation of ships fitted with Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS), which include Integrated Navigation Systems INS (B) or (C), as per resolution MSC.86(70).

  3 Member Governments are invited to bring this Guidance to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.1061 – Guidance for the Operational Use of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS) – (Adopted on 6 January 2003)
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