When do ordinary container ships and ro/ros have to fit Ship Security Alert Systems?
New container ships and new ro-ro cargo ships (i.e. container and ro-ro cargo ships constructed on or after 1 July 2004) are required to comply with the requirements of regulation XI-2/6 on ship security alert systems on the date they enter service. Existing container ships and existing ro-ro cargo ships (i.e. container and ro-ro cargo ships constructed before 1 July 2004) are considered, for the purpose of regulation XI-2/6, as other cargo ships and are required to comply with the requirements for ship security alert system not later than the first survey of their radio installation after 1 July 2006. Passenger ships includes ro-ro passenger ships. Thus, new ro-ro passenger ships (i.e. ro-ro passenger ships constructed on or after 1 July 2004) are required to comply with the requirements of regulation XI-2/6 on ship security alert systems on the date they enter service. Existing ro-ro passenger ships (i.e. ro-ro passenger ships constructed before 1 July 2004) are required to comply wi
