On December 5, Russian federal government has actually authorized the mandate on intros of the nationwide large experiment in MASS procedure. It permits every delivery firm to execute MASS procedure as a test according to the prepared in the Decree needs throughout the acting duration till December 2025. The record is based upon the IMO Interim Guidelines for MASS tests and also recommends complete conformity with COLREGs-72.

Thus, delivery firms have to send out an application to the Federal Agency for Maritime and also River Transport (FAMRT) at the very least 20 functioning days prior to the beginning of the MASS procedure for every ship. It will have info concerning the vessel, the scheduled location and also the duration of procedure of the vessel, the installment of the independent navigating system, in addition to the boss, and also the safety and security policy of the test procedure by the shipowner.

During the MASS procedure, the delivery firms need to give the appropriate coverage on test to the FAMRT. At the exact same time, the mandate permits lowering minimal safety and security manning needs for MASS with automated (partially or totally) works met by the staff aboard.

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The mandate belongs of the massive regulative for MASS procedure being carried out by Russian Maritime management based upon the outcomes of Automatic and alsoRemote Navigation Trial Project ARNTP or a-Nav task is executed in Russia in 2019-2020 by numerous modern technology and also delivery firms under umbrella of MARINET, the Russian maritime sector organization.

Alexander Pinskiy, head of Industry Association MARINET and also writer of the task claims: “The major innovation of the project is the implementation of automatic and remote navigation in the real practice of any shipping companies, into the real commercial operation. I strongly believe that new technologies are driven not by scientific centers or technology companies, but by consumers. So, we need to open opportunities for every shipping company to try and to implement autonomous navigation solutions – and we will see the real and fast technology development in this area very soon”.

“The developed regulation and the technical solutions are based on the Comprehensive Functional Equivalence principle, which supposes strict fulfillment of the functions prescribed today for the crew on board by the current safety regulation in the autonomous mode. That allows to operate MASS within the framework of the current international regulation as is, without requiring to change it immediately. And our approach open possibility for wide operation not only Russian-flagged MASS, but for any other country following this approach”, Pinskiy included.

Thus, the extent of the nationwide policy enhancements consists of terms and also changes to integrate independent navigating (a-Navigation) to the existing maritime regulation, interpretation of the treatments for the acting duration till 2025 and also the growth of technological policy.

The terms are carried out by the Federal Law as adjustments in the Maritime Code, Federal Law on Ports and also a few other legislations. The Government Decree applies treatments and also needs through till completion of 2025 specified as the nationwide experiment on MASS test procedure. During this duration the Maritime management will certainly collect big sensible experience and also will certainly accept IMO and also various other nationwide managements to finish the MASS lawful structure at the worldwide degree too.

And the last degree of policy consists of a collection of by-laws such as Recommendations by Federal Agency of Maritime and also River Transport for application of COLREGs-72 arrangements in automated navigating systems– equating COLREGs to official computer system formulas. And at the exact same Russian Maritime Register of Shipping established and also released in August 2020 the Rules for MASS Classification.