Making the carriage of ecdis compulsory initiates a change in the way that ships are navigated, one which is as significant as the introduction of radar or the switch from sextants to satellites. On the recommendation of IMO’s Safety of Navigation subcommittee, the Maritime Safety Committee took this momentous decision in June this year, and adopted amendments to Solas regulation V/19 have an expected entry into force date of 1 January 2011. The requirements will be mandatory for new ships....

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