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S.I. No. 108/1967 - Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings) Rules, 1967.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. In meeting with dangerous ice, a dangerous derelict or any other direct danger to navigation (except the dangers mentioned in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Schedule) the master of the ship shall send information relating to the following matters :—
(
a
) the kind of ice, derelict or other danger observed,
(
b
) the position of the ice, derelict or other danger when last observed,
(
c
) the Greenwich Mean Time and date when the danger was last observed.
2. On meeting with a tropical storm the master of the ship shall send information relating to the following matters :—
(
a
) the position of the storm so far as it can be ascertained together with the Greenwich Mean Time and date when the storm was encountered,
(
b
) the position, true course and speed of the ship when the observation was made.
In addition the master of the ship shall send as much of the following information as lies within his power :—
(
c
) the barometric pressure, corrected if possible, indicating whether such pressure is given in millibars, inches or millimetres and whether the reading is corrected or uncorrected.
(
d
) the change in barometric pressure during the previous three hours,
(
e
) the true direction of the wind,
(
f
) the wind force according to the Beaufort Scale,
(
g
) the state of the sea (smooth, moderate, rough or high),
(
h
) the swell (slight, moderate or heavy) and the true direction from which it comes,
(
i
) the period or length of the swell (short, average or long).
3. On encountering air temperatures below freezing point associated with gale force winds causing severe ice accretion on the superstructure of ships, the master of the ship shall send information relating to the following matters :—
(
a
) the Greenwich Mean Time and date when the encounter occurred,
(
b
) the air temperature and (if practicable) the sea temperature at such time,
(
c
) the force of the wind encountered according to the Beaufort Scale and the true direction thereof.
4. On encountering winds of force 10 or above on the Beaufort Scale (other than tropical storms) for which no storm warning has been received, the master of the ship shall send the information listed in paragraph 2 of this Schedule other than the details concerning state of the sea and the swell.
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of May, 1967.
ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,
Minister for Transport and Power.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Rules implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960, relating to the dissemination of warnings of navigational hazards by and to ships.
S.I. No. 108 of 1967.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS) RULES, 1967.
I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 35
of the
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952
(No. 29 of 1952),
section 17
of the
Merchant Shipping Act, 1966
(No. 20 of 1966), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (
S.I. No. 125 of 1959
), hereby make the following rules :—