Responsibility for the MTU

(1) The operator and/or master of a vessel shall ensure that the MTU is fully functional at all times and that the data referred to in Regulation 30 is transmitted. (2) In particular, the master shall ensure that– (a) no person tampers or interferes with the MTU and that the MTU is not altered, damaged, sabotaged, disabled or otherwise interfered with; (b) the required to be submitted is not altered in any way; (c) the antenna connected to the MTU is not blocked in any way; (d) the power supply of the MTU is not interrupted in any way; (e) the MTU is not removed from the required or agreed installed position on the vessel or removed without the prior written authorization from the FMC; and (f) upon notification from the FMC that the vessel’s MTU has failed to transmit required data, the instructions of the FMC are complied with until such time that the vessel’s MTU is functioning to the satisfaction of the FMC. (3) To destroy, damage, sabotage or render inoperative or otherwise interfere with the MTU is strictly prohibited. data