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DEFINITION: VOYAGE DATA
RECORDER.
A system that may be in the form of several separated but
interconnected units, intended to maintain, in a secure and retrievable
form, information concerning the position, movement, physical status,
command and control of a vessel over a period leading up to, and
following an incident. www.ican.nf.net/marineglossary_6.htm - Definition in context
Like the “black boxes” carried on aircraft, VDRs & S-VDRs enable incident investigators to review vessel procedures and any voice recordings in the time prior to an incident and can assist in identifying its cause. |
Annex 10 - Voyage Data Recorders (VDRS)
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http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-home From Maritime & Coast Guard Agency to surveyors: Concerning exceptions or dispensations to interfacing VDRs MUST you interface the echo sounder? http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-dqs-navcomms-surveyorsfaq.pdf. This is the html
version of the file http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-dqs-navcomms-surveyorsfaq.pdf.. |
US
Coastguard
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov
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S-VDR FITTING SCHEDULE
Regulation 20 of SOLAS Chapter V on Voyage Data Recorders (VDR), required the following classes of ships to install VDRs by the stated installation dates:
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