GMDSS ppt

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

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Basic Concept of the GMDSS The fundamental difference between the old and the new distress system is that the new system is shore centred/coord centred/coordinated inated and moves emphasis emphasis from ship to ship alerting to ship to shore alerting. The new system is quicker, simpler and, most importantly, more efficient and reliable than the old manual Morse Code and radiotelephone alerting system. GMDSS is specifically designed to automate a









The basic concept of the system is that search and rescue authorities ashore, as well as shipping shipping in the immediate vicinity of the ship in distress, will be rapidly and automatically automaticall y alerted to a distress situation so that they can assist in a coco-coordinated -coordinated SAR operation with minimum delay. The system also provides for urgency and safety communications, communicati ons, and the t he promulgation of maritime safety information (MSI) includingincludingnavigational navigation al and meteorological warnings and forecasts, and other urgent safety information to ships. In other words, every ship, fitted









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The GMDSS Equipment











INMARSAT

Rescue co-ordination centre

COSPAS SARSAT

Rescue co-ordination centre Local user











Functional requirements 

The GMDSS regulations (chapter IV of the International SOLAS Convention), require that every











1. Distress alerting ± S Ship hip hi p to to shore shor sho re EPIRB Digital Selective Calling (DSC) INMARSAT 

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2. Distress aler ting ting ± S Sh hore to ship













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Distress aler ting ting ± S Ship hip t o ship













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Search and Rescue Codinating o-or -or dinating













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On Scene Communication













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GMDSS ppt

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