WHAT IS GMDSS?
•WHATDOESGMDSS
STANDFOR?
•WHATWASTHEOLD
DISTRESS SAFETY
SYSTEMKNOWNAS?
•WHATISTHENEED
TOHAVEANEW
SAFETYSYSTEM?
GLOBAL MARITIME
DISTRESS AND SAFETY
AWORLD-WIDE PLAN FOR
MARITIME SAFETY THROUGH
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION.
•THESYSTEMBRINGSTOGETHER
MF,HF,VHFANDSATCOMSYSTEMS
.
•ENSURETHATASHIPINDISTRESS
ISASSURED OFASSISTANCE,
IRRESPECTIVEOFITSPOSITION.
MORE INFO
THE OLD DISTRESS SAFETY SYSTEM
WAS KNOWN AS
SOLAS
SAFETY OF LIFE AT
SEA
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NEED TO HAVE A NEW
SAFETY SYSTEM
SOLAS
•BASEDONTHEREQUIREMENTS OFTHECERTAIN
CLASSESOFSHIPS,WHENATSEA.
•KEEPCONTINUOUS RADIOWATCHONTHE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS FREQUENCIES
ASSIGNEDINACCORDANCE WITHITU.
•CARRY RADIO EQUIP.CAPABLE OF
TRANSMMITING OVERAMINIMUM SPECIFIED
RANGEONLY.
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DEVELOPMENT
TO ASSIST A SHIP IN DISTRESS IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT
SEARCH ANDRESCUE AUTHORITIES
ASHOREBEALERTED
SHIPSINVICINITYBEKNOWN, AND
INFORMEDACCORDINGLY
TOACHEIVE THISPURPOSE THE
NAVIGABLE AREASAREDIVIDEDAS
FOLLOWS:-
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NAVIGABLE AREAS
•AREA A1
•AREA A2
•AREA A3
•AREA A4
•UPTO 40 KMS OFF
VHF COAST
STATIONS
•UPTO 250 KMS OFF
MF COAST STATIONS
•BEYOND 250 KMS
BUT WITHIN
INMARSAT RANGE
•REMNANTS WITHIN
COSPAS SARSAT
RANGE
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NAVIGABLE AREAS
A1
A2
A3
A4
A4
CONTD..
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR
AREA A1
•VHF TX/RX WITH DSC
•NAVTEX RECEIVER
•SATELLITE EPIRB OR
•VHF EPIRB
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR
AREA A2
•VHF TX/RX WITH DSC
•MF TX/RX WITH DSC
•NAVTEX RECEIVER
•SATELLITE EPIRB
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR
AREA A3
•VHF TX/RX WITH DSC
•INMARSAT SES(STD ‘A’ OR ‘C’) or
•MF/HF TX/RX WITH DSC AND NBDP
•NAVTEX RECEIVER
•SATELLITE EPIRB
EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED
FOR AREA A4
•VHF TX/RX WITH DSC
•MF/HF TX/RX WITH DSC AND NBDP
•NAVTEX RECEIVER
•SATELLITE EPIRB
EQUIPMENTS USED
•DSC SYSTEM
•EPIRB
•SART
•COSPOS-SARSAT SYSTEM
•NAVTEX RECEIVER
•EGC
DIGITAL SELECTIVE
CALLING SYSTEM
•USEDFORTRANSMISSIONOF:-
•DISTRESSALERTSFROMSHIPS
•ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROMCOASTSTATIONS.
•RELAYINGDISTRESSALERTS,SAFETYAND
URGENCYSIGNALS.
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DIGITAL SELECTIVE
CALLING SYSTEM
•EACHCALLCONSISTSOFTHEDIGITISEDINFOON
ONEOFTHEFOLLOWING:DISTRESS,URGENCY
,SAFETYORROUTINE.
•MESSAGESCANBEROUTEDTOALLSTATIONS,
TOANINDIVIDUALSTATIONORTOAGROUPOF
STNS.USINGMMSI.
•TRANSMMISIONSPEEDOFDSCCALLIS100BAUD
ONMFANDH.F.AND1200BAUDONVHF
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A
DISTRESS CALL
•FORMAT SPCIFIER :DISTRESS (AUTOMATICALLY
INCLUDED)
•SELF IDENTIFICATION :9DIGIT MMSI OF
TRANSMITTING STN.
•NATUREOFDISTRESS:ONEOFTHE9DIFFERENT
INDICATORSFORFIRE,EXPLOSION,FLOODINGETC.
•DISTRESSCO-ORDINATES:POSITIONOFTHESHIP.
•TIME
•TYPEOFSUBSEQUENTCOMMUNICATION .
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PROCEDURE FOR DSC
DISTRESS CALLING
•H.F.PROVIDESLONGRANGESERVICEANDIS
USEDASANALTERNATETOINMARSATATTIMES.
FREQHASBEENDESIGNATEDINTHE4,6,8,12AND
16MHZBAND.
•MEDIUMRANGESERVICEISPROVIDEDINTHE2
MHZBAND
•VHFPROVIDESSHORTRANGESERVICEONCH.70
ANDCH.16
•CH.13TOBEPRIMARILYUSEDFORINTERSHIP
COMMUNICATION . CONTINUE
DISTRESS RELAY
•TRANSMITTED ONTHEFOLLOWING TWO
OCCASIONS:-
•BYCOASTSTN.TOALERTSHIPSINTHEAREAOF
ADISTRESSINCIDENTTHATADISTRESSHAS
OCCURRED.
•BYASHIPSTN.TOANAPPROPRIATECOASTSTN.
IFITHASRECEIVEDADSCCALLONANH.F.
FREQUENCY WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
ACKNOWLEDGED BYACOASTSTATIONWITHIN
05MINUTES.
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CAUTION
•WHERE FITTED ,
SHIPS OFFICERS
ANDOOWSSHOULD
ENSURE THEYARE
FULLYCONVERSANT
WITH THE
PROCEDURE OF
ENTERING THE
NECESSARY INFO.
INTO THE DSC
EQUIPMENT
COSPOS -SARSAT SYSTEM
•ORGANISED JOINTLYBY
CANADA, FRANCE AND
THE USA TOGETHER
WITH COSPOS (A
RUSSIANACRONYM FOR
SPACE SYSTEM FOR
SEARCH OFDISTRESS
VESSELS) PARTICIPATE
INAWORLD WIDE
SEARCH ANDRESCUE
OPERATIONS.
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COSPOS -SARSAT SYSTEM
•IT USES THREE TYPES OF BEACONS :-
•ELT -EMERGENCY LOCATER BEACON (AIRBORNE)
•EPIRB (SHIP BORNE)
•PLB -PERSONAL LOCATER BEACON (HAND HELD)
•LOCATES DISTRESS BEACONS TRANSMITTING ON
121.5MHz AND 406MHz
•SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM THE BEACONS ARE
RETRANSMITTED ON 1544.5 MHz TO LUT (LOCAL USER
TERMINAL)
•DOPPLER SHIFT IS USED TO LOCATE THE BEACONS.
•SHIPS WHICH DO NOT CARRY L-BAND EPIRB SHOULD
CARRY EPIRBS OPERATING IN THE 406 MHZ RANGE.
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COSPOS SARSAT SYSTEM
LUT
MCC
RCC
SAR
SAR
ELT
PLB
EPIRB
COSPOS
NAVTEX RECEIVER
•ANINTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEX
SYSTEMSPONSEREDBYIMOAND
IHO.
•THE NAV/MET INFO IS
TRANSMMITED VIANAVTEXFOR
COASTALAREASWITHIN200NMONA
FIXEDFREQ.OF518KHzOR4207.5
KHz.
•THEDEEPSEAAREASARECOVERED
THROUGHBROADCASTSONH.F.
ENHANCED GROUP CALL
SYSTEM
•MAINTAINS CONTINUOUS GUARD
FOR INMARSAT SAFTEYNET , MSI
AND COMMERCIAL MESSAGES.
•COVERS AREAS BEYOND THE
NAVTEX LIMITS
EGC SYSTEM
•SHIPS WITHIN COVERAGE AREA OF
DESIGNATED SATELLITES MAY AVAIL
OF THIS FACILITY
•SELECT SHIPS
•FLEET OF SHIPS
•SHIPS IN A PARTICULAR AREA
•SHIPS OF A PARTICULAR NATIONALITY
•ALL SHIPS
EGC SYSTEM
•COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE
PICKED UP AS PRINTOUTS
ONBOARD BY:-
•STAND ALONE EGC RECEIVER.
•OPTIONAL INTERFACE WITH
STANDARD ‘A’ SES.
•PROVISION OF BUILT IN FEATURE OF
STANDARD ‘C’ SES.
THE INDIAN SCENE
•THE INDIAN COAST IS BEST DECLARED AS AREA
A3
•B’BAY HIGH AND SIMILAR AREA OFF THE
MADRAS COAST IS BEST DECLARED AS AREA A2
•A AND N ISLANDS , LAKSHDWEEP ISLANDS AND
GULF OF CAMBAY ARE BEST DECLARED AS AREA
A1 OR A2
•B’BAY MADRAS AND PORT BLAIR ARE BEST
DECLARED AS RCC’S
•THE INDIAN COAST EARTH STATION IS AT ARVI
ABOUT 200 KM FROM B’BAY.
DISTRESS SAFETY
SYSTEMS
•DISTRESSSAFETYSYSTEMISASYSTEMOF
SEARCHANDRESCUEATSEA
•ONCALLFROMADISTRESSSHIP,THESYSTEM
GETSACTIVATED.
•THEVARIOUSCOASTSTATIONSANDSHIPSAND
AIRCRAFTSTHENRUSHFORTHEHELPOFTHAT
PARTICULARSHIP.
PROCEDURE FOR DSC
DISTRESS CALLING
•COASTSTATIONSWILLAFTERACKNOWLEDGING
ADSCALERT,NORMALLY RETRANSMIT THE
INFO.ASADSCRELAYCALLADDRESSEDTOALL
SHIPS.
•SHIPSRECEIVING DISTRESSRELAY CALL
SHOULDACKNOWLEDGE TOCOASTSTATION.