Tag: communication onboard

The UK P&I Club has issued alert to inform that the SISTRAM reporting scheme has been delayed until further notice.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its final investigation report into the grounding of the tanker Nanny in the Chesterfield Narrows, Nunavut.

Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated that the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites may help solve communication challenges in the arctic.

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No 09 on collision happened due to BRM misconnect,

The UK MAIB issued last year Safety Digest including lessons learnt from maritime accidents.

KVH Industries, Inc., is doubling the capacity for two of the three global C-band beams of its mini-VSAT Broadband network, further enhancing the world's most extensive C/Ku-band maritime VSAT network.

MTN Communications announced that Carnival Corporation has signed a new agreement for the provision of Internet services to its guests and crew.

Do we know what our crew really wants? InterManager has launched a new survey on crew communication to draw a picture of what crew really wants. There is a lot of talk about communication especially Internet (broad band) for crew, however it is interesting to find out if we actually know our crew needs.The data from this survey will benefit seafarers and the wider industry by giving a full picture of the communications facilities provided at sea, allowing companies and their staff to benchmark provision by sector and across the industry.InterManager invites maritime community to paricipate anonymously on its new survey hereQuestions include seafarer IT skill levels, the provision, type and location of communications on board and what effects seafarers perceive the availability of onboard communications facilities to have on crew members.InterManager Secretary General, Captain Kuba Szymanski, said: "Please help us to grasp the situation and get a clearer picture of what communications facilities are available or needed within the shipping industry."Completed pdf survey answers can be either:1. Scanned and emailed [email protected] or;2. Posted to FUTURENAUTICS (in bulk) at: Futurenautics Ltd, c/o 77 Salisbury Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 1EY, United Kingdom. Futurenautics will reimburse the cost of postage.

Crisis Communications; Experience from recent incidents

Guidance on the Validity of Radio communications Equipment Installed and Used on Ships