3.5 Acceptance of INS as navigational equipment
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3.5 Acceptance of INS as navigational equipment

  3.5.1 These standards may allow for accepting INS to substitute for some carriage requirements of navigational equipment as equivalent to other means under SOLAS regulation V/19. In this case, the INS should comply with:

  • these performance standards; and
  • for the relevant tasks of these performance standards, with the applicable modules of the equipment performance standards as specified in Table 2.

Table 2

Allow for accepting the INS as INS in compliance with
Tasks and functions (Para of this standard) Applicable modules of specific equipment standards as specified in the Appendices of the document
Radar system Collision avoidance (7.4) Radar PS (Res. MSC.192(79))
    (Modules specified in Appendix 3)
    Module A: “Sensor and Detection”
    Module B: “Operational requirements”
    Module C: “Design and Technical requirements”
ECDIS Route planning (7.2) ECDIS PS (Res. MSC.232(82))
  Route monitoring (7.3) Module A: “Database“
    Module B: “Operational and functional requirements”
Heading control system (HCS) Navigation control data (7.5) or Navigation status and data display (7.7) Res. A.342, as amended - MSC.64(67), Annex 3
Track control system, (TCS) Navigation control data and track control Track Control Res. MSC.74(69), Annex 2
  (7.5.3 and 8.6, 8.7) (Modules specified in Appendix 4)
    Module B: “Operational and functional requirements”
Presentation of AIS data Collision avoidance (7.4) MSC.74 (69), Annex 3
  Navigation control data (7.5)  
Echo sounding system Route monitoring (7.3) MSC.74 (69), Annex 4
EPFS Navigation control data (7.5) GPS Res. A.819(19), as amended,
  or Navigation status and data display MSC.112(73)
  (7.7) or GALILEO, Res. MSC.233(82)
    or GLONAS, Res. MSC.53(66), as amended MSC.113(73)
SDME Navigation control data (7.5) Res. MSC.96(72)
  or Navigation status and data display  
  (7.7)  
NAVTEX or other IMO-recognized equipment accommodating other providers of GMDSS terrestrially-based services Meteorological warnings (7.2.3)
Navigation and SAR warnings (7.3.2)
Ice warnings (7.3.2) 		MSC.148(77)
Recognized mobile satellite service enhanced group calling system Meteorological warnings (7.2.3)
Navigation and SAR warnings (7.3.2)
Ice warnings (7.3.2) 		A.807(19), as amended by MSC.68(68), annex 4 and MSC.306(87)
Parent topic: 3 Application of these performance standards
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