Radio installations

(1) Every ship of 100 GRT or more not fitted with a radio- telegraph station, shall be provided with a radiotelephone station according to Chapter IV, Regulation 4 of SOLAS 74 Convention. Merchant Ships (Registration) 38 (2) Every vessel not fitted with a radiotelephone or radiotelegraph station shall have a VHF radiotelephone station according to Chapter IV, Regulation 17 of SOLAS 74 Convention. (3) Every ship of 300 GRT or more shall carry a portable radio apparatus suitable for survival craft which shall meet the specification laid down in Chapter IV, Regulation 14, SOLAS 74 Convention. (4) Vessels shall carry an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) located in such a way as to be automatically released to the surface and operated in the event of the ship’s sinking. (5) Any shipboard radio station, whether fitter on a compulsory or on a voluntary basis, shall conform to the relevant SOLAS 74 regulations and to the International Telecommunications Union regulations. (6) IMMARBE may permit exemptions from the above requirements having regard to the search and rescue facilities in the ship’s area of operation.