scope:

This document specifies technical requirements for systems designed to detect a person who has gone overboard from a ship. This document provides a method to verify that a system operates to the required performance in a specified environmental window. While systems will operate outside this window, due to the nature of the system some degradation is expected. At this time there is insufficient knowledge to quantify that degradation.

This document does not cover man overboard (MOB) detection systems that require the passengers or crew to wear or carry a device to trigger an MOB event.