Navigation and communications

De toutes les conventions internationales ayant trait à la sécurité maritime, la plus importante est la Convention internationale de 1974 pour la sauvegarde de la vie humaine en mer, mieux connue sous le nom de Convention SOLAS, qui couvre une large gamme de mesures destinées à améliorer la sécurité de la navigation.

La Convention est aussi la plus ancienne : la première version fut adoptée en 1914 à la suite du naufrage du Titanic qui entraîna la perte de plus de 1 500 vies humaines. Par la suite, quatre nouvelles versions de la Convention SOLAS ont été élaborées. La version actuelle a été adoptée en 1974 et est entrée en vigueur en 1980. La présente publication commémore le 50e anniversaire de l’adoption de la Convention SOLAS de 1974, un instrument international de premier plan en matière de sécurité maritime.

La présente édition reproduit le texte récapitulatif de la Convention, son Protocole de 1988 et tous les amendements entrés en vigueur au plus tard le 1er juillet 2024. En outre, cette édition comprend les Interprétations uniformes aux règles de la Convention SOLAS, qui ont été adoptées par le Comité de la sécurité maritime.

Of all the international conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most important is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, better known as SOLAS, which covers a wide range of measures designed to improve the safety of shipping.

The Convention is also one of the oldest of its kind: the first version was adopted in 1914 following the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Since then, there have been four more versions of SOLAS. The present version was adopted in 1974 and entered into force in 1980. This publication commemorates the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, a prominent international instrument for maritime safety.

This edition of the publication presents a consolidated text of the Convention, its Protocol of 1988 and all amendments that have entered into force on or before 1 July 2024. Additionally, this edition includes the unified interpretations of SOLAS regulations approved by the Maritime Safety Committee.

As a result of the modernization of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) in 2022, several performance standards have been revised, consolidated, revoked or newly adopted. Most of these performance standards will be implemented as from 1 January 2024, in line with the entry into force of the amendments to SOLAS chapter IV and other related instruments.

The latest developments under SOLAS chapter V include amendments to the performance standards for shipborne voyage data recorders and simplified voyage data recorders, and revised performance standards for electronic chart display and information systems, which will introduce new IHO S-100 product specifications.

The present publication incorporates all performance standards for shipborne radiocommunications and navigational equipment and systems, including revisions or amendments thereto adopted up to June 2023.

NAVTEX es un servicio internacional automatizado de impresión directa para la difusión de radioavisos náuticos y meteorológicos y otros mensajes de información urgente dirigida a los buques. Es el método principal utilizado para transmitir información sobre seguridad marítima de conformidad con las disposiciones del Convenio internacional para la seguridad de la vida humana en el mar, 1974. Se creó para disponer de un medio económico, sencillo y automático de recibir información sobre seguridad marítima y alertas de búsqueda y salvamento en los buques que naveguen en alta mar y en aguas costeras. En esta edición se incluye el procedimiento para la retirada de las estaciones NAVTEX existentes, si un Estado costero decide hacerlo.

El presente manual está destinado a las Administraciones marítimas, la gente de mar, los propietarios de buques y otras partes interesadas que participan en la preparación, la transmisión y la recepción de información sobre seguridad marítima.

La edición de 2023 del Manual entró en vigor el 1 de enero de 2023 y contiene las Normas de funcionamiento revisadas para la recepción de información sobre seguridad marítima e información relacionada con la búsqueda y el salvamento en ondas hectométricas (NAVTEX) y ondas decamétricas (resolución MSC.508(105)) y el texto revisado de los Criterios aplicables cuando se provea un servicio NAVTEX (resolución MSC.509(105)).

NAVTEX is an international automated directprinting service for promulgation of Maritime safety information such as navigational warnings and meteorological information to ships. It is a principle method for broadcasting maritime safety information, and Search and rescue alerts when there is an incident, in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974. It has been developed to provide a low-cost, simple and automated means of receiving Maritime safety information on board ships at sea and in coastal waters. This edition includes, in particular, the procedure to withdraw existing NAVTEX stations, should a coastal State decide to do so.

This Manual is intended for use by maritime Administrations, seafarers, shipowners and others concerned with preparing, broadcasting and receiving Maritime safety information. The 2023 edition of the Manual came into effect on 1 January 2023 and includes the revised Performance standards for the reception of Maritime safety information and Search and rescue related information by MF (NAVTEX) and HF (resolution MSC.508(105)) and the revised Criteria for use when providing a NAVTEX service (resolution MSC.509(105), annex 4).

Desde principios del siglo XIX comenzó la publicación de códigos de señales, con el fin de proporcionar un sistema común a los navegantes para la comunicación en el mar aceptado a nivel internacional. Cada señal incluida en el Código internacional de señales tiene un significado completo, lo cual garantiza que situaciones específicas relativas a la seguridad puedan comunicarse claramente por varios medios, incluso cuando surgen dificultades de idioma.

Desde la publicación de su primera edición, en 1965, el Comité de seguridad marítima (MSC) de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) ha adoptado enmiendas y, en consecuencia, se han publicado cuatro ediciones posteriores. En la cuarta edición del Código (2005) se incluyen todas las enmiendas adoptadas hasta el MSC 73, celebrado en diciembre de 2000. Desde entonces, el Código internacional de señales no ha sido enmendado y la presente edición contiene solamente mejoras editoriales de menor importancia y una portada nueva. Así pues, tanto la edición de 2005 como la presente edición del Código se consideran válidas.

SafetyNET is an international automatic direct-printing satellite-based service for the promulgation of maritime safety information including navigational warnings and meteorological information and other urgent safety-related messages to ships, as well as search and rescue-related information, and fulfils an integral role in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

This edition of the Manual, renamed the International SafetyNET Services Manual, incorporates changes introduced to the Inmarsat satellite network and services including the Inmarsat Fleet Safety service, which has been recognized as a mobile satellite service for use in the GMDSS by adoption of resolution.

Le service SafetyNET est un service international automatique d’impression directe qui consiste à diffuser par satellite des renseignements sur la sécurité maritime (RSM), notamment des avertissements de navigation, des renseignements météorologiques et d’autres messages urgents concernant la sécurité à l’intention des navires, ainsi que des renseignements relatifs à la recherche et au sauvetage. Ce service fait partie intégrante du système mondial de détresse et de sécurité en mer (SMDSM).

La présente édition du Manuel, rebaptisé Manuel sur les services SafetyNET internationaux, incorpore les modifications apportées au réseau et aux services satellitaires Inmarsat, notamment le service Inmarsat Fleet Safety, qui a été reconnu comme un service mobile par satellite à utiliser dans le SMDSM, par l’adoption de la résolution MSC.450(99).

This IMO model course addresses the competences and the training required for seafarers to maintain safe navigation through the use of information from navigation equipment and systems to assist command decision-making at the Management Level as specified in table A-II/2 of the STCW Code.

El presente manual es una guía práctica para todas las personas interesadas en elaborar radioavisos náuticos o en transmitir pronósticos y avisos meteorológicos en el marco del Sistema mundial de socorro y seguridad marítima (SMSSM).

This Manual provides a practical guide for anyone who is concerned with drafting navigational warnings or with the issuance of meteorological forecasts and warnings under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

There are two sections in the revised IMO model course on Maritime English: Core section 1: General Maritime English (GME), and Core section 2: Specialized Maritime English (SME), both of which contain a number of detailed teaching syllabi. GME means that the first stage of Maritime English instruction could be general. SME means that the second stage of Maritime English instruction could be maritime-specific.

The Code on Alerts and Indicators, 2009 is intended to provide general design guidance and to promote uniformity of type, location and priority for alerts and indicators required by the SOLAS Convention, including relevant performance standards, and by the MARPOL Convention, as well as by other associated instruments and codes.

The Code will benefit designers and operators by consolidating in one document the references to priorities, aggregation, grouping, locations and types, including colours and symbols, of shipboard alerts and indicators.

This new Code updates, revises and replaces the Code on Alarms and Indicators, 1995.

Le Recueil de règles relatives aux alertes et aux indicateurs, 2009 a pour objet de fournir des recommandations d'ordre général en matière de conception et de promouvoir l'harmonisation des types, des emplacements et de la priorité des alertes et des indicateurs qui sont prescrits par la Convention SOLAS, y compris les normes de performance y relatives, et par la Convention MARPOL, ainsi que par divers instruments et codes et recueils connexes.

Le Recueil sera utile aux concepteurs et aux exploitants car il réunit dans un document unique les références aux priorités, à l'agrégation, au groupement, à l'emplacement des alertes et des indicateurs de bord et à leurs types, y compris leurs couleurs et les symboles.

Ce nouveau Recueil met à jour, révise et remplace le Recueil sur les règles relatives aux alarmes et aux indicateurs, 1995.

The course is organized under the three functions at the operating level of responsibility. Specifically, this course covers the minimum standard of competence for officers in charge of a navigational watch on Fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over, operating in unlimited waters.

The Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREG 1972) has been accepted by many States since it was adopted in 1972 and entered into force in July 1977. It was amended in 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993 and 2001. This publication contains the fully consolidated text of the 1972 Convention. It supersedes the 2002 consolidated edition.

حظيت اتفاقية عام 1972 للوائح الدولية لمنع التصادم في البحار (اتفاقية لعام 1972) بقبول العديد من الدول منذ اعتمادها عام 1972 ودخلت حيز النفاذ في تموز/يوليو 1977. وعُدِّلت هذه الاتفاقية في أعوام 1981 و1987 و1989 و1993 و2001. وتتضمن هذه المطبوعة النص الجامع لكل تعديلات اتفاقية عام 1972. وتحل محل طبعة عام 2002 الجامعة للتعديلات.

Les communications ayant trait à la navigation et à la sécurité entre le navire et la terre et inversement, entre les navires et à bord des navires doivent être précises, simples et sans ambiguïté, de façon à éviter les confusions et les erreurs; il est nécessaire de normaliser la langue utilisée.

En vertu de la Convention internationale de 1978 sur les normes de formation des gens de mer, de délivrance des brevets et de veille, telle que modifiée en 1995, l'aptitude à utiliser et comprendre les SMCP de l'OMI fait partie des compétences requises pour la délivrance du brevet d'officier chargé du quart à la passerelle à bord des navires d'une jauge brute égale ou supérieure à 500.

As navigational and safety communications from ship to shore and vice versa, from ship to ship, and on board ship must be precise, simple and unambiguous so as to avoid confusion and error, there is a need to standardize the language used.

Under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as revised in 1995, the ability to use and understand the IMO SMCP is required for the certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more.

This Model Course is based on IMO Model Course 1.25, “General Operator’s Certificate for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System”, covering training organization, teaching aids and technical facilities. It is intended to provide trainees with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills sufficient to perform the functions of second-class radio-electronics personnel.