IEC 61023:2007 delineates the minimum performance criteria, testing procedures, and the necessary outcomes of tests for devices designed to indicate speed and distance – specifically, speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME) as mandated by Regulation 19 of Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as subsequently amended, and as it relates to IEC 60945.
The standard is grounded in the requirements set forth in IMO Resolution MSC.96(72), with the clause numbers from that resolution referenced in parentheses within Clause 4. Clauses whose content mirrors that of the resolution are presented in italics.
For the tests outlined in Clause 5, the corresponding requirements from Clause 4 are noted within parentheses. The interconnections between the performance standards in Resolution MSC.96(72) and the tests specified in this standard are summarized in Annex A.
