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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.999(25) – Guidelines on Voyage Planning for Passenger Ships Operating in Remote Areas – (Adopted on 29 November 2007) - Annex – Guidelines on Voyage Planning for Passenger Ships Operating in Remote Areas - 2 Appraisal

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  2.1 The detailed voyage and passage plan should include the following factors:

  • .1 the source, date and quality of the hydrographic data on which the charts to be used are based;

  • .2 limitations on available maritime safety information (MSI) data and Search and Rescue resources;

  • .3 availability or lack of aids to navigation; and

  • .4 places of refuge.

  2.2 In addition, the detailed voyage and passage plan for ships operating in Arctic or Antarctic waters should include the following factors:

  • .1 knowledge of ice and ice formations, in order to be able to navigate in ice, and how environmental conditions relating to current, wind, calm weather, fog and different seasons affect the ice and navigation in ice;

  • .2 current information on the extent and type of ice and icebergs in the vicinity of the intended route;

  • .3 statistical information on ice from former years;

  • .4 operational limitations in ice-covered waters; and

  • .5 availability and use of ice navigators.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidelines on Voyage Planning for Passenger Ships Operating in Remote Areas
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