em-trak: USCG Announces New AIS Carriage Rule for US Commercial Boats
30 January 2015 - 7:47PM
Business Wire
The USCG has officially published its Final Rule for the
extension of carriage requirements for AIS transceivers on
commercial boats operating in US waters. The USCG AIS Rule comes
into effect on 2nd March 2015 and requires all those affected to
have fitted the correct type of USCG certified AIS transceiver no
later than 2nd February 2016.
The conditions of the rule are summarised in the below USCG AIS
Final Rule Summary Table.
Commercial vessels must now consider which type of AIS
transceiver they are required to install: either an AIS Class A
(em-trak A100) or AIS Class B (em-trak B100) transceiver which are
available at competitive prices across the USA from West Marine and
Port Supply. You can find out more from the Port Supply team by
visiting www.uscgportsupply.com.The USCG also requires that all AIS
transceivers are correctly programmed and installed in accordance
with their guidelines or face the possibility of a $40,000
fine.
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