Shipping
(asked on 1st June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require commercial vessels to continuously maintain the operation of an automatic identification system whilst at sea.
This question was answered on 13th June 2022
As per the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), the automatic identification system (AIS) carriage on board and continuous operation at sea is already mandatory for commercial vessels.
The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020 transpose the above SOLAS AIS regulations in United Kingdom.