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VOYAGE DATA RECORDER

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1 This Guideline applies to the type approval and unit/batch inspection of voyage data recorders (VDR) fitted and used on ships and offshore installations.
2 Voyage data recorder (VDR) is to include:
2.1 Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) as required by Reg. 18 and Reg. 20 of Chapter 5 of Amendments to 1974 SOLAS (2000);
2.2 Shipborne Simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDRs) as required by Amendments to 1974 SOLAS (2004) (MSC 170(79)); and
2.3 The requirements for S-VDR may be implemented with reference to the cross-references between VDR and S-VDR as specified in 6.6.
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