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OCIMF Guidelines on Capabilities of ERS

Revised - September 2013 According to current regulations, oil tankers must have prompt access to computerised, shore-based damage stability and residual structural strength calculation programmes. While other vessel types are not currently regulated the principles outlined in this paper may apply to other vessel types, such as gas and chemical tankers.The means by which this access is arranged is not described in the legislation. The scope of services to be rendered is only described briefly and too vaguely to enforce a performance standard. Capability of the service provider is not addressed in the legislation.Classification Societes and other entities offer such services to the ship operator, but variations in the level and scope of service provided have been noted. Operators may even elect to provide this service internally without the assistance of external service providers.Emergency Response Services (ERS) are rarely used, and as such may not attract appropriate priority of emphasis in vessel management. Merely having a service agreement in place does not ensure that, when needed, the quality of service provided meets the need.Recognising the potential hazards associated with the lack of consistency in the provision and utilisation of ERS, the OCIMF Marine Technical Sub-Committee was tasked to form a ...

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Emergency Response Service on the Iridium Satphone

Free SOS Service Iridium Communications Inc. announces the GEOS emergency response service is now available to Iridium ExtremeTM satellite phone customers. At no additional cost to customers, Iridium has integrated the GEOS service into the SOS button on the Iridium Extreme.Launched in September 2011, the Iridium Extreme is the most advanced, rugged satellite phone in the market and is the first to offer an SOS button. As part of the Iridium ForceSM vision for future personal mobile communications, this GEOS service is an enhancement to the phone's location-awareness services available at launch."The GEOS service is one of the many new innovations we are delivering to partners,"said Joel Thompson, vice president, product management, Iridium."Iridium worked with a select group of portal providers who developed location tracking and messaging services for the launch of the Iridium Extreme. Since then, the Iridium Extreme has seen much greater demand from customers than we had anticipated and we wanted to provide them an additional level of protection. With the launch of the GEOS Emergency Response service, Iridium Extreme customers now have several options to manage their communications during an emergency situation. Since the SOS button is programmable, customers have the ability to use the GEOS ...

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