14.9.1 The requirements of the Convention on the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force
should apply to each unit except when stationary and engaged in drilling
operations.
14.9.2 Each unit when stationary and engaged in
drilling operations should comply with the requirements for the safety
of navigation of the coastal State in whose territorial sea or on
whose continental shelf the unit is operating.
14.9.3 Each unit when stationary and engaged in
drilling operations should inform the national hydrographic office
concerned about its position in latitude and longitude, together with
the approximate duration of the operation so as to facilitate the
promulgation of a temporary Notice to Mariners. Details of future
movements of units should also be passed to national hydrographic
offices so that temporary Notices may be promulgated before a unit
gets underway.