Le présent Manuel constitue un guide pratique pour la préparation de messages relatifs aux renseignements sur la sécurité maritime et la diffusion d'avertissements de navigation et/ou de prévisions ou d'avertissements météorologiques dans le cadre du Système mondial de détresse et de sécurité en mer (SMDSM).

This course provides training in the operational use of integrated bridge systems (IBS) and integrated navigational systems (INS). Designed for officers in charge of a navigational watch the course enhances safety and environmental protection by instructing on the correct use of these systems and highlighting potential risks from improper use. Flexible in design it can be adapted to trainees’ experience levels ensuring comprehensive understanding. This Read More

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 per Read More

The GMDSS Manual provides in a single comprehensive publication an explanation of the principles upon which the GMDSS is based including the radiocommunication requirements and recommendations for its implementation the operational performance standards and technical specifications to be met by GMDSS equipment and the procedures for and method of operation of the various radio services that form the GMDSS and the Master Pla Read More

This model course is practical and theoretical and consists of a series of exercises performed on a ship handling simulator. Classroom lectures to provide the necessary theoretical background for the exercises are included. Particular items dealt with in these lectures are illustrated either by including them as part of an exercise or by a separate simulator demonstration. Bridge teamwork is dealt with either as interactive Computer Based Training (CBT) or lecture.

Le service NAVTEX est un service automatique d’impression directe destiné à être utilisé dans le monde entier pour l’émission d’avertissements concernant la navigation et la météorologie et d’informations urgentes à l’intention des navires. Il s’agit de la principale méthode utilisée pour la diffusion des renseignements sur la sécurité maritime et d’alertes de recherche et de sauvetage en cas d’incident conformément aux dispositions de la Conven Read More

Des codes de signaux ont été publiés depuis le début du XIXe siècle afin de fournir aux marins un système commun de communication en mer accepté au niveau international. Chaque signal du Code international de signaux a une signification complète ce qui garantit que les situations spécifiques liées à la sécurité peuvent être clairement communiquées par divers moyens même en cas de difficultés linguistiques. Depuis sa première édition publiée e Read More

Codes of signals have been published since the beginning of the 19th century to provide mariners with an internationally accepted common system for communication at sea. Each signal within the International Code of Signals has a complete meaning which ensures that specific situations related to safety can be clearly communicated through various means even when language difficulties arise. Since its first edition published in 1965 amendments t Read More

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 Read More

Both the safety of shipping and the cleanliness of oceans are promoted in many ways one of which is the continuing development of routeing measures to control the navigation of vessels and to monitor their progress. The measures that are described or defined in parts A and H of this publication are individually described in parts B (traffic separation schemes and inshore traffic zones) C (deepwater routes) D (areas to be avoided) E (other routei Read More