Chapter 1 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
1.1 GMDSS Overview
1.1.1 General
1.1.2 GMDSS Functions
1.1.3 GMDSS Areas
1.2 Carriage Requirements of Ship Stations
1.2. 1 Carriage Requirements
1.2.2 Means of Ensuring Availability of Ship Station Equipment
1.2.3 Summary Notes of GMDSS Equipment
1.3 Licences, Radio Safety Certificates, Inspections and Surveys
1.3. 1 Operator's Certificates
1.3.2 Licences
1.3. 3 Categories of Ship Stations
1.4 Test of Radio Equipment
1.4.1 Daily Tests
1.4.2 Weekly Tests
1.4.3 Monthly Tests
1.5 GMDSS Master Plan
Chapter 2 Distress, Urgency and Safety Communications
2.1 GMDSS General Provisions
2.1.1 Distress Frequencies
2.1. 2 Aeronautical Frequencies
2.1.3 GMDSS VI-IF Channel Usage
2.1.4 Satellite Service
2.1.5 Survival Craft
2.1.6 Protection of Distress Frequencies
2.1.7 Transmitter Tests
2.1.8 GMDSS Watchkeeping Arrangements
2. 1.9 Watchkeeping: Alert Calls
2.1.10 Dedicated DSC Watchkeeping Receiver
2.2 Distress Communications
2.2.1 Distress & Safety Operational Procedures
2. 2.2 Distress Alerting
2.2.3 Shore to Ship Distress Alert Relay
2.2.4 Distress Alert by a Station not Itself in Distress
2.2.5 Acknowledgement of Receipt of Distress Alerts
2.2.6 Acknowledging Receipt of Distress Alerts by Coast Stations, LESs or RCCs
2.2.7 Acknowledging Receipt of Distress Alerts by Ship Stations or MESs
2.2.8 Preparations for Handling Distress Traffic
2.2.9 Distress Traffic
2.2.10 Imposing Silence
2.2.11 Resumption of Normal Working
2.2.12 On scene Communications
2.2.13 Locating and Homing Signals
2.2.14 Search and Rescue Transponders (SARTs)
2.2.15 Charging for Distress Communication
2.2.16 Distress Communications by DSC
2.2.17 Satcom Distress Procedure
2.2.18 GMDSS Distress Alert Procedure
2.2.19 False Alerts
2.3 Urgency Communications
2.3.1 Urgency Communications
2.3.2 Urgency Messages and DSC
2.3.3 Reception of DSC Urgency Calls
2.4 Safety Communications
2.4. 1 Safety.Communications
2.4.2 Intersbip Navigation Safety Communication
2.4.3 Safety Messages and DSC
2.4.4 Reception of DSC Safety Calls
2.5 Search and Rescue Transponders (SARTs)
2.5.1 SART Signals at Close Range
2.5.2 Factora Which Increase the Visibility of a SART
Chapter 3 Satellite Communieation System
3.1 Inmarsat Communication Systems
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Inmarsat-A Communications Services
3.1.3 Inmarsat-C Communication Services
3.1.4 Using Inmarsat in.the Shore-to-Ship Direction
3.1.5 Inmarsat Traffic Accounting and Billing Arrangements
3.2 COSPAS-SARST System
3.2.1 Components of COSPAS-SARSAT System
3.2.2 How to Locate the Beacon
Chapter 4 Terrestrial Communication Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Long-Range Service
4.1.3 Meclium-Range Service
4.1.4 Short-Range Service
4.2 Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
4.2. 1 Basic Description of DSC
4.2.2 Use of Frequencies
4.2.3 Method of Calling
4.2.4 Acknowledgement of Calls
4.2.5 DSC Routine Calls
4.2.6 DSC Testing
4.3 Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
4.3.1 General Provisions
4.3.2 Telex Frequencies
4.3.3 Operation Procedures in NBDP
4.4 Maritime Mobile Radio Telephony (RT)
4.4. 1 Use of Frequencies
4.4.2 General Procedure for RT
4. 4.3 Transmission.of Rediotelegram by RT
4.4, 4 ,,Some Other,RT Services
Chapter $ Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
5.1 General Introduction
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Maritime Safety Information Services
5.2 NAVTEX System
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Definition
5.2.3 Principal Features of NAVTEX
5.2.4 Message Format
5.2.5 Message Priority of NAVTEX
5.3 Enhanced Group CalI(EGC) System
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 General Features of the EGC System
5.3. 3 Promulgation of MSI via SafetyNET
5.3.4 Receiving SafetyNET Broadcasts
5.3.5 The EGC Services for Shore-to-Ship Broadcasts
5.3.6 Charges for SafetyNET Services
Chapter 6 SPECIAL SERVICES
6.1 Radio Time Signals
6.1.1 Introduction
6.1.2 English System
6.1.3 British Broadcasting Corporation System
6.1.4 Old International System
6.1.5 New International.System
6.1.6 United States System
6.1.7 Stations Transmitting Radio Time Signals in China
6.2 Ice Report
6.2.1 The Bakie Sea Ice Code
6.2.2 International Ice Patrol
6.2. 3 Canada. Ice Information, Routeing and Requests for Icebreaker AssiStance
6.2.4 Ice Report in China
6.3 Medical Advice by Radio
6.3. 1 General Information
6.3.2 Contents of Medical Text
6.3.3 Medical Advice for Ships at Sea in China
6.4 Ship Reporting Systems
6.4. 1 Australian Ship Reporting System(AUSREP)
6.4.2 The AMVER Organization
6.4.3 Japanese Ship Reporting System (JASREP)
Appendix 1 字母读音拼写表及数字代码表
Appendix 2 国际电传电话国家码
Appendix 3 Inmarsat Coast Earth Stations-ID Codes
Appendix 4 2-Digit Code Telex Services
Appendix 5 2-Digit Code Telephone Services
Appendix 6 GMDSS Radio Log
Appendix 7 国内、国际有关无线电通信规则和规定
Appelidix 8 《无线电信号书》(英版)简介和使用方法
Appendix 9 GMDSS Operating Guidance for Masters of Ships in Distress Situations
Appendix 10 Chapter N of the International Convention for the safety of-life at sea,1974 (adopted 1988)