Tag: GMDSS

UN Agencies ITU, ICAO, and IMO have expressed their “grave concern” over increase in jamming and spoofing of satellite navigation systems.  

Inmarsat Maritime and Maritime London have established SEA-CARE, a new working group of stakeholders from industry, regulators, and the UK government with a goal to scrutinise maritime safety and how pooling information can improve it. 

Long Range Identification & Tracking (LRIT) is a system which requires applicable ships to transmit their identity and position every 6 hours.

For more than three decades, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has required mariners and regulators to implement the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) as the mandated framework for ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship emergency communications on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) vessels, highlights Wouter Deknopper, VP & GM Maritime Line of Business, Iridium.

The 2024 edition of The Future of Maritime Safety Report from Inmarsat Maritime reveals that Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) distress calls decreased by 7.6% in 2023 over the previous year.

Resolution MSC.496(105) adopted modifications to SOLAS Chapter IV, effective from 1st January 2024. These changes facilitate the utilization of modern GMDSS communication systems, rendering the obsolete ones outdated.

Lloyd's Register published a statutory alert, in which highlights that a revised SOLAS Chapter IV containing requirements for radiocommunications applies to new and existing ships on or after 1 January 2024. 

Intellian Technologies and Inmarsat Maritime have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a GMDSS safety terminal, designed for operation over Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band network.

Kyle Hurst, the Director of Maritime Safety & Security Services at Iridium Communications, underscores the perils inherent in the maritime sphere, emphasizing the imperative of a robust onboard system that operates seamlessly irrespective of location, weather conditions or other challenges.

The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 107th session (31 May to 9 June 2023), approved comprehensive guidance regarding VHF radiocommunication equipment.