Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.1079 – Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships - (in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/7.3) – (Adopted on 10 July 2003) - Annex - Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships - (in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/7.3) - 4 General requirements
4 General requirements
4.1 The SAR co-operation plan does not replace more detailed emergency response plans already in place, whether as part of the company's safety management system or the SAR services' arrangements. But these plans should be linked so that the tripartite response to an emergency involving a passenger ship - i.e., the response on-board, from the company's emergency response organisation ashore and from the SAR services - is co-ordinated effectively and efficiently. The SAR co-operation plan serves as that link.
4.2 The co-operation plan should contain the basic information, which will enable the response to any emergency to commence without delay. This information will include direct contact details for the three parties - ship, company and SAR services or SAR data providerfootnote (SDP) as described in section 6.
4.3 Each of the parties to the co-operation plan should have access to a controlled copyfootnote of it, so that each then knows what information is already available to the others.
4.4 Guidelines on testing the co-operation arrangements between a ship, a company and SAR services are in section 9 below.
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