Summary Evaluation LIVEX09

The North Sea is one of the world’s busiest seas in terms of shipping traffic. Approximately 250,000 ship movements take place off the Dutch coast every year. Slightly fewer than half of these ships visit a Dutch port of call, including the passenger vessels that offer connections to Great Britain.

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) states that passenger ships travelling along fixed routes must have a contingency plan on board detailing procedures for cooperation with the relevant SAR organisation in the event of an incident: the SAR cooperation plan.....read more (PDF file)

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