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ECDIS to be made mandatory under SOLAS

ECDIS to be made mandatory under SOLAS

At a meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) on 27 May-5 June 2009, amendments to SOLAS regulation V/19, to make mandatory the carriage of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm Systems (BNWAS), under SOLAS chapter V, Safety of Navigation, were adopted, with an expected entry into force date of 1 January 2011. The requirements will be mandatory for new ships and phased-in for existing ships.