Regulation 4

Navigational warnings

Regulation

Each Contracting Government shall take all steps necessary to ensure that, when intelligence of any dangers is received from whatever reliable source, it shall be promptly brought to the knowledge of those concerned and communicated to other interested Governments.*

·         Refer to the Guidance on the IMO/IHO World-Wide Navigational Warning Service adopted by the Organization by resolution A.706(17), as amended.

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Summary

All dangers to navigation must be promulgated by Contracting Governments.

Guidance Notes

1. This Regulation is similar to Regulation 2(b) of SOLAS V(74) and obliges Contracting Governments to promulgate information relating to any dangers received from whatever reliable source. 

2. It should be noted that while SOLAS V (74) specified which types of danger must be promulgated, the new Regulation does not.