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Annex - 8-1
QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE MARITIME DISTRESS SYSTEM
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1. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its fifty-eighth session (MSC 58/25, paragraph 9.13) approved the revised questionnaire on the maritime distress system annexed. The revised questionnaire covers both the existing maritime communications system and the GMDSS and is intended for use during the latter's transition period (from 1 February 1992 to its full implementation on 1 February 1999).
2. Member Governments are urged to complete the attached questionnaire in respect of distress and safety incidents occuring to ships under their States' flag, adding any other information which, in their opinion, would contribute in improving the maritime distress system.
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QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE MARITIME DISTRESS SYSTEM
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1. The purpose of this questionnaire is to enable the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications to assess the effectiveness of the maritime distress and safety system and to recommend improvements where necessary.
2. Member Governments are urged to complete the questionnaire in respect of ships under their flag, adding any other information which, at their discretion, would provide lessons to be learnt concerning the application of the maritime distress and safety system.
3. In addition, Member Governments are encouraged to pass any relevant information they may be in possession of on casualties concerning foreign ships to the country in which such ships are registered.
1. (a) Name and flag of casualty
(b) Type of ship, gross register tonnage (GRT) and GMDSS sea area or sea areas for which radio equipment was installed.
(c) Date and time of incident {local time and UTC)
2. Brief description of
(a) incident,
(b) position,
(c) GMDSS sea area,
(d) weather conditions
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3. Description of distress and safety radiocommunications, including particulars of the following items:
(a) means of communication (radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, INMARSAT SES, DSC, EPIRB) and frequencies used for: - distress alert by ship: - distress relay by RCC: - SAR Co-ordinating communications:
(b) use of alarm signal
(c) contents of distress message:
(d) RCC(S), ships, coast station or coast earth stations which acknowledged distress message (state time and position).
(e) language difficulties:
4. If the ship was abandoned, description of distress radiocommunications and location signals from survival craft:
5. If a satellite EPIRB or EPIRB was used for alerting and/or locating survivors, give details (frequency, type of activation, etc.) and which LUT/CES or coast station received the alerting signal:
6. Description of on-scene radiocommunications, including surface/air communications:
7. Any unusual, or additional, radiocommunication aspects, apparent shortcomings and/ or lessons to be learnt: |
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