ГЛАВА 8 ENGLISH FOR GMDSS STUDENTS
SAFETY COMMUNICATION
Safety procedure ( marker word: Securite) is to be used when the station sending it has a message to transmit containing an important navigational or meteorological warning.
SEASPEAK
Ex.1 Study the following format messages---------------------------------------------------------------------
Standard Safety Message in the GMDSS
SECURITE SECURITE SECURITE
All stations (or all ships in a particular area, or a specific station) – 3 times
This is…..(MMSI of the vessel plus name/call sign or other identification)
The text of the safety message.
Out
Example:
SECURITE SECURITE SECURITE
All stations All stations All stations
This is two-one-three-one-six-eight-zero-zero-five
Motor vessel “Pacific Champion”, call sign: Mike Kilo Romeo Papa
Drifting container sighted, position: latitude 52 degrees 00 minutes North,
Longitude 005 degrees 25 minutes West, at time: 0915 UTC.
All ships are recommended to keep a sharp lookout.
Out
Note the phrases frequently accompanying navigational warnings:
Vessels are requested/are recommended/must
- keep (well) clear of the area.
- avoid the area.
- give a wide berth.
- give a berth of 1 mile.
- navigate/proceed with caution.
- keep a sharp lookout.
Ex. 2 Prepare the following messages for transmission by radiotelephony. -
1) 280717 UTC Nov.
Lyngby Radio Navigational warning 027
Kattegat - Aarhus bight
During the period from 29th Nov. to 2nd Dec. minesweeping exercise will be carried out west of Samsoe.
During the exercise mines containing no explosives wiil be laid. Recovery floats attached to the exercise.
Mines could,however, be dangerous if handled wrongly. Wide berth is requested and fishing in the area is
not recommended.
2) 262049 UTC Nov.
Lyngby Radio Navigational warning 025
The Sound-Drogden channel isolated danger buoy in position 5537.15 N 01241.9E is unlit.
3) 140920 Nov.
Ruegen Radio Navigational warning 044
Dangerous wreck in 5446.16N 01329.25E foul ground within an perimeter of 100 metres.
Waterdepth above the wreck 34 metres.
Cancel Ruegen Radio Navigational warning 43.
4) 071905 UTC Dec
Stockholm Radio Navigational warning 378
Northern Baltic. East cardinal light buoy Armbaagen Oestra in position 5935N 1955E unreliable.
5) 201303 UTC Aug.
Lyngby Radio Navigational warning 339
Great Belt, Route Tango, TSS Korsoer-Sproegoe
Rebuilding of light OESTERRENDEN N-W-26 in progress
Psn. 5521.8N, 1101.4E. Unauthorized navigation is prohibited within
150 metres from the position. Divers are engaged.
Great caution is requested.
6) 201343 UTC Aug.
Lyngby Radio Navigational warning 348
Great Belt, Route Tango
Racon on RAMSOE TUE light psn 5538.5N, 01049.8E
Inoperative.
7) Netherlands Coastguard
Navigational warning No 13 301325 UTC Aug
TSS off TERSCHELLING – GERMAN BIGHT
Coastal zone
Exceptional transport/rig move
Tug SMITLLOYD-92 towing the rig ENSCO-92 from psn. 5331.5N
00559,0E to psn 5330.5N 00601E. There will be a 500 metre
safety zone in force around the transport. Shipping is instructed
to keep clear of the transport and give a wide berth.
8) Netherlands Coastguard
Gale warning No 81 300820 UTC Aug.
Dover. This evening. Southwest 7.
Ex. 3 Make up and transmit messages based on the following situations. Use appropriate sections of the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases. -
Danger messages
“The master of every ship which meets with dangerous ice, a dangerous derelict, or any other direct danger to navigation, or a tropical storm, or encounters sub-freezing air temperatures associated with gale force winds causing severe ice accretion on superstructures, or winds of force 10 or above on the Beaufort scale for which no storm warning has been received, is bound to communicate the information by all the means at his disposal to ships in the vicinity, and also to the competent authorities at the first point on the coast with which he can communicate”