Navigation and communications

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.