Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Regulations

Purchase

Annex 3

Radio records

Part 1

GMDSS radio log

(Regulation 19(1))

The following must be recorded in the GMDSS radio log as they occur:

(a)	A summary of communications relating to distress, urgency and safety traffic and the time such communications occurred;

(b)	a record of important incidents connected with the radio communication service and the time such incidents occurred;

(c)	where appropriate, the position of the ship at least once each day and the time at which the ship was in that position;

(d)	particulars of the tests and checks carried out pursuant to regulation 17(7)(a);

(e)	particulars of the ship and of the radio operator(s) on board.