British Standards Institution

Sector: Manufacturing

Overview: To prepare standards for maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems making use of electrotechnical, electronic, electroacostic, electro-optical and data processing techniques for use on ships and where appropriate on shore.EPL/80 also shadows the work of ISO/TC8 SC6 `Ships and marine technology Navigation (NB SC6 only - all other ISO TC SCs are shadowed by SME/32)

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In Progress (31)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW 80-1075 ED1	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) - Shipborne mobile station - Operational and performance requirements, methods of test and required test results Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Shipbuilding and marine structures \| Shipbuilding and marine structures. General Proposal begins : 2023-05-23	Proposal
N140 80/1120/NP	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) - Part 8: Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) receiver equipment - Performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2024-06-05	Proposal
ISO/TC 8/SC 6 N 552 Revision of ISO 19848:2018)	Ships and marine technology — Standard data for shipboard machinery and equipment Categories: Information management \| Vocabularies \| Shipbuilding and marine structures \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Shipbuilding and marine structures \| Shipbuilding and marine structures. General standards Proposal begins : 2020-07-06	Proposal
ISO/TC 8/SC 6 N 546 Revision of ISO 16425:2013)	Ships and marine technology- Guidelines for installation of shipcommunication network for shipboard equipment and systems Categories: Information management \| Vocabularies \| Shipbuilding and marine structures \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Shipbuilding and marine structures \| Shipbuilding and marine structures. General \| Shipbuilding and marine structures. General standards \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Radiocommunications \| Receiving and transmitting \| Information technology \| Interface and interconnection equipment Proposal begins : 2020-07-06	Proposal
BS ISO 25433-1	Ships and marine technology — Maritime searchlights — Part 1: General requirements Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2026-04-10	Drafting
BS ISO 25189	Ships and marine technology--Sea trial methods for Net energy-savings efficiency of Air lubrication device Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-10-14	Drafting
BS ISO 22090-3	ISO 22090-3 Ships and marine technology. Transmitting heading devices (THDs). Part 3: GNSS principles Categories: Navigation and control equipment Public comment begins : 2025-07-31	Public comment
BS ISO 22090-2	ISO 22090-2 Ships and marine technology. Transmitting heading devices (THDs). Part 2: Geomagnetic principles Categories: Navigation and control equipment Public comment begins : 2025-07-31	Public comment
BS ISO 22090-1	ISO 22090-1 Ships and marine technology. Transmitting heading devices (THDs). Part 1: Gyro-compasses Categories: Navigation and control equipment Public comment begins : 2025-07-31	Public comment
BS ISO 19697	Ships and marine technology — Navigation and ship operations — Electronic inclinometers Categories: Navigation and control equipment Public comment begins : 2025-03-03	Public comment

Published (102)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/PAS 62923:2022	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Bridge alert management. Guideline on implementation Categories: Shipbuilding and marine structures. General \| Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2022-10-07	Published standard
PD IEC PAS 63343:2021	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. VHF data exchange system. Requirements and methods of testing for stations including ASM functionality Categories: Navigation and control equipment \| Inland navigation vessels \| On-board equipment and instruments Published standard begins : 2021-02-25	Published standard
PD IEC PAS 61174-1:2021	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Route plan exchange format (RTZ). General requirements, methods of testing and required test results Categories: Navigation and control equipment \| Inland navigation vessels Published standard begins : 2021-03-11	Published standard
PD IEC PAS 61162-103:2021	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Digital interfaces. Single talker and multiple listeners. New and amended sentences and Talker IDs Categories: Radiocommunications Published standard begins : 2021-04-16	Published standard
BS ISO 9876:2015	Ships and marine technology. Marine facsimile receivers for meteorological charts Categories: Equipment for telex, teletext, telefax \| Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2015-04-02	Published standard
BS ISO 9875:2023	Ships and marine technology. Marine echo-sounding equipment Categories: Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2023-06-15	Published standard
BS ISO 8729-2:2009	Ships and marine technology. Marine radar reflectors. Active type Categories: Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2010-05-26	Published standard
BS ISO 8729-1:2010	Ships and marine technology. Marine radar reflectors. Passive type Categories: Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2010-05-17	Published standard
BS ISO 8728:2024	Ships and marine technology. Marine gyro-compasses Categories: Navigation and control equipment Published standard begins : 2024-01-23	Published standard
BS ISO 8468:2007	Ships and marine technology. Ship's bridge layout and associated equipment. Requirements and guidelines Categories: Hulls. Structure elements Published standard begins : 2008-12-03	Published standard

Withdrawn (71)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/PAS 19697:2014	Ships and marine technology. Navigation and ship operations. Electronic inclinometers Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2016-11-21	Withdrawn
PD IEC/PAS 61162-101:2003	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Digital interfaces. Single talker and multiple listeners. Modified sentences and requirements for IEC 61162-1 Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2019-03-27	Withdrawn
PD IEC/PAS 60936-5:2003	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Radar. Guidelines for the use and display of AIS information on radar Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2008-05-27	Withdrawn
DD IEC/PAS 61996-2:2005	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Shipborne voyage data recorder (VDR). Simplified voyage data recorder (S-VDR). Performance requirements. Methods of testing and required test results Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2006-07-13	Withdrawn
DD IEC/PAS 61162-102:2003	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Digital interfaces. Single talker and multiple listeners. Extra requirements to IEC 61162-1 for the Voyage Data Recorder Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2019-03-27	Withdrawn
DD IEC/PAS 61162-100:2002	Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems. Digital interfaces. Single talker and multiple listeners. Extra requirements to IEC 61162-1 for the UAIS Categories: Satellite \| Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2019-03-27	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8728:2014	Ships and marine technology. Marine gyro-compasses Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2024-01-23	Withdrawn
BS ISO 25862:2019	Ships and marine technology. Marine magnetic compasses, binnacles and azimuth reading devices Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2024-03-06	Withdrawn
BS ISO 25862:2009	Ships and marine technology. Marine magnetic compasses, binnacles and azimuth reading devices Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2019-07-18	Withdrawn
BS ISO 22554:2015	Ships and marine technology. Propeller shaft revolution indicators. Electric type and electronic type Categories: Navigation and control equipment Withdrawn begins : 2023-08-09	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

British Marine
C I R M - Comite International Radio-Maritime
Chart and Nautical Instrument Trade Association (CNITA)
Co-opted - IEC TC80 WG15
Committee Manager
Federation of Communication Services
General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Ministry of Defence
Royal Institute of Navigation
Society of Maritime Industries
Trinity House Lighthouse Service
TUV SUD
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Liaisons with other committees

Expert - Expertise in Marine VHF Radio
Individual Capacity - Shipborne digital comms systems expert
Secretary - IEC/TC 80
UK Expert - IEC TC80 WG 16

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Standards Development

EPL/80 - Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems

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