- •Maritime Communications
- •Imo smcp 2001
- •Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (ais) Transponder 1
- •Digital Selective Calling 3
- •1. (Part 1) maritime communications – introduction
- •1. 1 General
- •1. 2 Technical Information From: http://www.Goals.Com/ClassRm/SailSci/seacom.Htm: Communication at Sea
- •Inmarsat system
- •External communications - Intership Frequencies
- •General
- •1.3 Voice Radiocommunications
- •1.3.1 General
- •False Distress Transmissions
- •1.3.2 Communications Priorities
- •1.4 Operating Procedures – Using imo Standard Phrases (smcp 2001)
- •1.4.1 General
- •1.4.2 Smcp Message Markers
- •1.4.3 Message Checks
- •1.4.4 Some Useful Words and Phrases in Conducting vhf Communications
- •1.4.5 Phonetic Alphabet
- •1.4.6 Numbers
- •1.4.7 Dtg (date, time, utc)
- •1.4.8 Position
- •Longitude zero - three - one degrees two – zero minutes west
- •1.4.9 Courses, distances, speed
- •1.4.11 Standard organizational phrases:
- •1.5 Linguistic structure of marine radiotelephone conversations
- •1.5.1 Introduction
- •2. Exchange of messages
- •1.5.2 Exchange
- •2. (Part 2) conduct of maritime radiotelephone conversations
- •2.1 Introduction
- •1. Initial call
- •5. Switch over procedure
- •9. End procedure
- •This is
- •2.4 Other phrases in conducting exchanges
- •I read you 5 (excellent)
- •Readability 4
- •2.5 Other examples of vhf exchanges:
- •This is
- •2.7 Transcripts of real vhf communications
- •Marlin: I’m just now on Delta Bravo 17*. Over.
- •Ep: Marlin. This is Elbe Pilot. Good evening to you.
- •Communication event No. 4
- •Ep: Marlin. This is Elbe Pilot. Good evening to you.
- •Sea dog: Next port of call will be Hull. Hull. April 14 daybreak. Over.
- •3. (Part 3) distress, urgency and safety procedures
- •1. The distress signal mayday spoken three times,
- •2. The words this is,
- •3. The name and call sign of the vessel in distress spoken three times.
- •19 Persons on board
- •Repetition of a Distress Message
- •I am proceeding to your assistance
- •19 Persons on board
- •In smcp 2001 distress communications (spoken or written, those conducted via vhf, mf, hf or gmdss, etc.), are dealt with in:
- •Part a (External Communications) – chapters dealing with distress communications: a1/1 Distress traffic
- •1 Standard Distress Message
- •3.5.2 (Smcp cont’d)
- •3.5.3 Smcp (cont’d)
- •1 Standard distress message
- •I am on fire after explosion
- •3.5.4 (Smcp cont’d)
- •4. (Part 4) search and rescue communications
- •It is a good practice to log all radio transmissions to and from your station. Also, writing down messages before you send them ensures that all information gets transmitted correctly.
- •Vhf communications in sar operations
- •5. (Part 5) routine communications
- •Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (ais) Transponder What is a Universal ais?
- •How Does it Work?
- •Ais Frequencies
- •Imo Carriage Requirement
- •Uscg Response Policy
- •Distress Relays
- •Imo Flowcharts
- •Dsc Forum
- •Dsc Operational Procedures for Ships Contents
- •Introduction - Where these procedures came from
- •Distress Transmission of dsc distress alert
- •Actions on receipt of a distress alert
- •Distress traffic
- •Transmission of a dsc distress relay alert
- •Acknowledgment of a dsc distress relay alert received from a coast station
- •Acknowledgment of a dsc distress relay alert received from another ship
- •Cancellation of an inadvertent distress alert (distress call)
- •Urgency Transmission of urgency messages
- •Announcement:
- •Transmission of the urgency message:
- •Reception of an urgency message
- •Safety Transmission of safety messages
- •Transmission of the safety message:
- •Reception of a safety message
- •Public correspondence dsc channels for public correspondence
- •Transmission of a dsc call for public correspondence to a coast station or another ship
- •Repeating a call
- •Acknowledgment of a received call and preparation for reception of the traffic
- •Reception of acknowledgment and further actions
- •Testing the equipment used for distress and safety
- •Special conditions and procedures for dsc communication on hf General
- •Distress
- •Urgency
- •Public correspondence on hf
- •The First Digit of an mmsi
- •Maritime Identification Digits (mid)
- •Ship Station Identities
- •Group Ship Station Call Identities
- •Coast Station Identities
- •Group Coast Station Call Identities
- •Iamsar Manual: (extract from: http://rofficer.Narod.Ru/docs/iamsar_c.Htm )
- •2.27 Sar Operations Messages
- •International maritime organization
- •1 Introduction
- •2 Distress relays
- •3 All coast stations call
- •4 Authorization
- •5 Flow diagrams
- •Ship Reporting Systems
- •7. 1 Marep/posrep
- •Mandatory ship reporting system in the straits of malacca and singapore
- •Vesterrenden - Western Channel
- •Vessel Traffic Service (vts)
- •7.3 Polrep
- •8. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (gmdss)
- •Vtmis Glossary of Terms & Abbreviations
- •Video Courses:
PACIFIC HIGH CY2632
THIS IS
SPLIT RADIO
OUTI read you 5 (excellent)
or
PACIFIC HIGH CY2632
THIS IS
VANCOUVER COAST GUARD RADIO
OUT
Readability 4
2.5 Other examples of vhf exchanges:
2.5.1 Call by vessel (Calling Station)
NEWHAVEN RADIO, NEWHAVEN RADIO, NEWHAVEN
RADIO.
THIS IS
MARLIN, MARLIN, DL2352.
ON VHF CHANNEL 16
OVER
I.b Reply by coast station (Responding Station)
MARLIN, DL2352
THIS IS NEWHAVEN RADIO
GO
AHEAD
OVER
2.5.2 The message – Calling Station
NEWHAVEN RADIO
MARLIN, DL2352. REQUEST
TELEPHONE CALL CONNECTION
OVERThis is
II.b The message – Responding (coast) station
MARLIN, MARLIN, DL2352
THIS IS NEWHAVEN RADIO
GO AHEAD
STAND BY - 5 MINUTES
OVER
2. 6 BROADCASTS*** (under construction)
For further information and more examples consult:
Peter Kluijven: http://home.planet.nl/~kluijven/
SMCP Training Module, SMCP Language Training, Marine Technology Based Training, MarineSoft, Rostock, Germany, www.marinesoft.de
Weeks. F., Glover, A., Johnson, E., Strevens, P. (1988) SEASPEAK, Training Manual. Essential English for Maritime Use. Pergamon Press, Oxford
Pritchard, B. (2000) MARITIME ENGLISH, Del Bianco Editore, Udine
Kluijven, P. (2003) IMLP
STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES, 2001, IMO, London
2.7 Transcripts of real vhf communications
Real conversation, however, may differ very much from the standard concerning their overall format, details of exchange, structure and wording used in the turns, wording of moves or acts, and sometimes even terminology. For transcripts of real VHF communications see end of Section I. (TRANSCRIPTS OF REAL VHF COMMUNICATIONS).
For comparison purposes, transcripts of recorded versions of similar VHF conversations are shown below to study the difference between the ITU / IMO standards for marine communications and actual or real Maritime English used at sea. Study the differences in format, exchanges, turns and acts.
Note: Names of stations and other data are fictitious and bear no connection whatsoever to real names or data.
E.g. 1
Setting: Harbour approach
channel / fairway
Speakers: MV MARLIN
(non-native), Deutsche Bucht (DB) VTS (non-native)
Topic(s): First
notice of arrival
MARLIN:
C
– 4 - X – N, C – 4 - X – N. Over
DB:
Marlin
. Deutsche Bucht. Good afternoon.
MARLIN:
Ah.
Good afternoon, Sir. I’m just passing Delta Bravo 13. Over
DB:
Yes.
Your maximum draught?
MARLIN:
My
maximum draught is 5.5 metres. Er…, last port Felixtowe.
Destination
Hamburg. Over
DB: Yeah.
And ETA Light (?=vessel) of Elbe?
MARLIN:
ETA
Elbe 19.30. Over
DB:
OK,
thank you. Please call me again abeam of Delta Bravo 17.
MARLIN:
Roger,
Sir. I will give you a call back on Delta Bravo 17.
DB:
Thank
you. Good voyage.