USCG - Proposal to extend the manadatory carriage of AIS transponders
The USCG (US Coast Guard) has published proposals for the extension of the requirement for carriage of a AIS transponder to some 16,000 extra (mostly smaller) vessels in the U.S.A . These proposals are open for consultation until April 2009.
The proposals are included in publication A >>
A regulatory and cost-benefit analysis is shown in publication B >> Publication B