TABLE 2 –

SOLAS V, Regulation 19, para.2.4: AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS

Applies to:

• All ships 300GRT and upwards on international voyages
• Cargo ships of 500GRT and upwards not engaged on international voyages
• All passengers ships irrespective of size

TYPE OF VESSEL

DATE BY WHICH AIS MUST BE FITTED

1. Ships constructed on or after    

    1 July 2002 (“new ships”)

Date of build

2. Ships constructed before

    1 July 2002 (“existing ships”):

2.1    Passenger ships

1 July 2003

2.2    Tankers

1^st survey for safety equipment on or after

1 July 2003

2.3    Ships other than tankers or passenger ships of 50000GRT or more

1 July 2004

2.4    Ships other than tankers or passenger ships 10000-49999GRT

1 July 2005

2.5 Ships other than tankers or passenger ships 3000-9999GRT

1 July 2006

2.5         Ships other than tankers or passenger ships

         300-2999GRT

1 July 2007

3.  Ships not engaged on international voyages constructed before 1 July 2002

1 July 2008