ACR Electronics and also Ocean Signal revealed the advancement of future generation EPIRBs.
Introducing incorporated AIS (Automatic Identification System) within their EPIRBs for the very first time combined with additional brand-new modern technology, ACR and also Ocean Signal will certainly introduce the innovative signs this year in advance of the enforcement of brand-new upgraded IMO (International Maritime Organization) Maritime Safety Committee EPIRB laws.
AIS EPIRBs will certainly provide both leisure and also industrial customers the added confidence that neighboring vessels will certainly be informed in an emergency situation, along with the sign’s standard capacities to send a 406 MHz call for help using the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system to speak to international rescue solutions.
Effective from July 1, 2022, the brand-new IMO policies specify that vessels under SOLAS laws will certainly need to fit a brand-new EPIRB with an inner AIS finding signal and also an inner GNSS receiver, together with the 406 MHz and also 121.5 MHz transmitters, when present tools schedule for substitute.
Recreational watercrafts and also various other non-SOLAS vessels can remain to mount the EPIRBs allowed under their nationwide laws, with lots of nations anticipated to implement the IMO AIS EPIRB required in one to 2 years’ time as a result of the life-saving advantages used by these brand-new signs.
The IMO upgraded its EPIRB needs in June 2019 to initiate crucial renovations in efficiency and also style of among one of the most vital safety and security tools brought onboard by a series of leisure and also industrial vessels.
