NEW NAVIGATION AIDS

Voyage Data
Recorder

Voyage Data Recorder

The VDR will continuously

maintain sequential records of
pre selected data items relating
to status and output of the ship's
equipment and command and
control of the ship

VOYAGE DATA CAPSULE

The Voyage Data Capsule continuously
records 12 hours of data from the VDR
system. The VDC completely fulfils the
requirements in the test standard IEC
61996

VOYAGE DATA FLOW

The VDR will be installed in a
protective capsule that is brightly
colored and fitted with an appropriate
device to aid location
It will be entirely automatic in normal
operation
All VDRs will undergo an annual
performance test

IMO requirements for VDR

Date & Time

Ships position
Speed
Heading
Bridge Audio
Communication Audio
Radar data

IMO requirements for VDR

Water depth
Main Alarms
Rudder order & response
Engine order & response
Hull openings status
Watertight & Fire doors
status
Acceleration & Hull stresses

DATA storage medium

&
Capsule requirements

A means to make local copies

of
incident data
A fixed or float-free capsule
Withstand shock, penetration
by a
250 KG pin dropped 3 m
Withstand fire at 260 degrees

DATA storage medium

&
Capsule requirements
Withstand submergence to
6000
meters
Fitted with acoustic beacon

Carrying requirements
VDR
The following ships will be
required to carry VDRs,
under regulation 20 of the
new SOLAS Chapter V

Carrying requirements for VDR

Passenger ships constructed on
or
after 01.07.02
RO-RO passenger ships
constructed
before 01.07.02, not later than
the
first survey on or after 01.07.02
Passenger ships other than RO-

Carrying requirements for VDR

Ships, other than passenger

ships,
of 3000 GT constructed on
or
after 01.07.02
VDRs are required to meet
the
performance standards "not
inferior to those adopted by