1 Scope of Equipment
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.192(79) - Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Radar Equipment - (Adopted on 6 December 2004) - Annex - Revised Recommendation on Performance Standards for Radar Equipment - 1 Scope of Equipment

1 Scope of Equipment

 The radar equipment should assist in safe navigation and in avoiding collision by providing an indication, in relation to own ship, of the position of other surface craft, obstructions and hazards, navigation objects and shorelines.

For this purpose, radar should provide the integration and display of radar video, target tracking information, positional data derived from own ship's position (EPFS) and geo referenced data. The integration and display of AIS information should be provided to complement radar. The capability of displaying selected parts of Electronic Navigation Charts and other vector chart information may be provided to aid navigation and for position monitoring.

The radar, combined with other sensor or reported information (e.g. AIS), should improve the safety of navigation by assisting in the efficient navigation of ships and protection of the environment by satisfying the following functional requirements:

  • in coastal navigation and harbour approaches, by giving a clear indication of land and other fixed hazards;
  • as a means to provide an enhanced traffic image and improved situation awareness;
  • in a ship-to-ship mode for aiding collision avoidance of both detected and reported hazards;
  • in the detection of small floating and fixed hazards, for collision avoidance and the safety of own ship; and
  • in the detection of floating and fixed aids to navigation (see Table 1, note 3).
Parent topic: Annex - Revised Recommendation on Performance Standards for Radar Equipment
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