ClassNK

1. Applicable ships

The carriage requirements shall apply to the following ships engaged on international voyages:

• (1)  Passenger ships of 500 GT and upwards;
• (2)  Tanker* of 3,000 GT and upwards; and
• (3)  Cargo ships constructed on or after 1 July 2013 other than tanker of 3,000 GT and upward, and cargo ships constructed before 1 July 2013 other than tanker of 10,000 GT and upward

* “Tanker” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of a flammable nature.

2. Type approval of ECDIS

• (1)  Type of ECDIS shall be approved by the Administration or Organizations approved by the Administration.
• (2)  ECDIS shall comply with the requirements of IMO performance standards.
  • (i) ECDIS installed on or after 1 Jan. 2009 shall comply with the IMO resolution MSC. 232(82).
  • (ii) ECDIS installed before 1 Jan. 2009 shall be complied with the A.817(19), MSC.64(67) annex 5 and MSC.86(70) annex 4, and provided IHO standard software and be able to display all information of latest ENC.
  • (ii) Latest IEC 61174 Test standards for ECDIS shall be applied.
  • (iii) ECDIS installed after 1 September 2017 shall comply with the IMO resolution MSC. 232(82) and shall have type-approval which IEC 61174 Edition 4.0 is applied.

3. Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC)

ECDIS is acceptable as meeting the chart carriage requirements and shall be complied with carriage requirements of ENC for navigation.

ENC

4. Guidance for ECDIS installation

Guidance for ECDIS Installation

5. ECDIS Training

• (1)  In the STCW 2010 amendment and related circulars, Master and Deck Officers on board the ship equipped ECDIS are required to complete Generic Training (comply with IMO Training Course (IMO Model Course 1.27)) by 1st January 2017, as a condition to obtain or renew their certificates of competency.
• (2)  It has been clarified by STCW.7/Circ.24 that the seafarers are not required to provide documentation of Generic and Type-specific Training in ECDIS. On the other hand, the seafarers are required to be familiarized with the ECDIS equipment installed on board. To provide a certificate and/or record certified the completion of the training is recommended as a countermeasure against PSC comments.

6. Survey for ECDIS

The following should be ensured or verified during the survey:

• (1)  Copy of type approval certificate and performance standards applied;
• (2)  Connection to emergency source of electrical power, gyro compass, speed log and GPS receiver;
• (3)  Display of latest ENC on the ECDIS and possession of ENC fully provided for intended voyages;
• (4)  Back-up arrangement complied with the requirement; and
• (5)  When navigation charts are supplied as a backup, the charts should be updated

• (2)  ClassNK Technical Information
  TEC-0912, TEC-1067, TEC-1101, TEC-1106, TEC-1129