TechnicalnoticeonMSC.1-Circ.1222-Rev.1-GuidelinesonannualtestingofVDRandS-VDRIssuedbyIMO

CCSTechnical Information(2020)Technical Information No.9 Total No.443Jan.16,2020(Total 2 pages+Annex)To:Relevant shipowners,ship management companies,shipyards and designers,productmanufacturer,related departments of the Headquarters of CCS,the Society's surveyors,Plan Approval CentersTechnical notice on MSC.1/Circ.1222/Rev.1-Guidelines on annualtesting of VDR and S-VDR Issued by IMO1.BackgroundThe Maritime Safety Committee of International Maritime Organization(IMO),at its101st session in 14 June 2019,approved amendments to the Guidelines on annualtesting of Voyage Data Recorders (VDR)and simplified Voyage Data Recorders(S-VDR)by means of MSC.1/Circ.1222/Rev.1.This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1222.Any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1222should henceforth be read as reference to this circular.2.Main contentsThe MSC.1/Circ.1222 is revised as follows:2.1 With regard to the amendment of the annex to the circular:In Section 2 on the examination of the VDR/S-VDR installation,the next sentence isadded:"for float-free capsules approved in accordance with resolutionMSC.333(90),the examination should be carried out in accordance with MSC.1/Circ.1040/Rev.1"2.2 With regard to the amendment of the appendix to annex to the circular:(1)In Table 8 "Interfaces:operation and recording",the verification requirementsfor ECDIS,AIS,Rolling motion,Configuration data and Electronic logbook are