4 In addition to the routine checks and test prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2, emergency steering drills shall take place at least once every three months in order to practise emergency steering procedures. These drills shall include direct control within the steering gear compartment, the communications procedure with the navigation bridge and, where applicable the operation of alternative power supplies.
5 The Administration may waive the requirements to carry out the checks and tests prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 for ships which regularly engage on voyages of short duration. Such ships shall carry out these checks and tests at least once every week.
6 The date upon which the checks and tests prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 are carried out and the date and details of emergency steering drills carried out under paragraph 4, shall be recorded.
[official] Nautical charts and publications
[official] Nautical charts and [official] nautical publications, such as sailing directions, lists of lights, notices to mariners, tide tables and all other [official] nautical publications necessary for the intended voyage shall be adequate and up to date.
International Code of Signals
All ships which, in accordance with the present Convention, are required to carry a radio installation shall carry the International Code of Signals as may be amended by the Organization. The publication shall also be carried by any other ship which in the opinion of the Administration has a need to use it
Records of navigational activities**
All ships engaged on international voyages shall keep on board a record of navigational activities and incidents which are of importance to safety of navigation and which must contain sufficient detail to restore a complete record of the voyage. When such information is not maintained in the ship's log-book, it shall be maintained in another form approved by the Administration.
**Refer to resolution A ... ) - Guidelines for recording events related to navigation (to be developed before this regulation enters into force).
