3.3 Content
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.348(91) – Adoption of a New Mandatory Ship Reporting System “In The Barents Area (Barents SRS)” – (Adopted on 28 November 2012) - Annex – Mandatory Ship Reporting System “In the Barents Area” (Barents SRS) - 3 Format, Content of Reports, Times and Geographical Positions for Submitting Reports, Authority to Whom Reports Should be Sent and Available Services - 3.3 Content

3.3 Content

  3.3.1 A report from a ship to Barents SRS by AIS, non-verbal means or by voice communication or combinations thereof must contain the following information; details are given in appendix 3.

A Name of ship, call sign, IMO identification number and MMSI
B Date and time
C Position expressed in latitude and longitude
E True course
F Speed in knots
H Date, time (UTC) and point of entry into Barents SRS area
I Destination and ETA
O Maximum present draught
P Hazardous cargo, class and quantity
Q Brief details of defects or restrictions in maneuverability
T Contact information (shipowner and representative)
W Total number of persons on board
X Characteristics and total quantity of bunkers in metric tonnes
Note:
The master of the ship must forthwith inform the Barents SRS VTS centre concerned of any change in navigational status or in previous information notified, particularly in relation to designator Q.

  3.3.2 Proprietary information obtained as a requirement of the mandatory ship reporting system Barents SRS will be protected under this system consistent with the General Principles for ship reporting systems and ship reporting requirements, including guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods, harmful substances and/or marine pollutants (resolution A.851(20)).


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