In order to provide information on shore-based facilities for space and terrestrial communication services for the GMDSS, the information provided by Governments in accordance with regulation IV/5.2 of the 1988 SOLAS amendments, in response to MSC/Cir.468 or revisions thereof, is being included by IMO in the Master Plan for the GMDSS (GMDSS/Cir.1 as it may be revised) given at annex 5.

The Master Plan includes:

.1 the list of VHF coast stations for sea area A1;

.2 the list of MF coast stations for sea area A2;

.3 the list of HF coast stations for sea areas A3 and A4;

.4 the list of INMARSAT CESs;

.5 the list of COSPAS-SARSAT MCCs;

.6 operational and planned NAVTEX services;

.7 distress message routeing in the INMARSAT/RCC ship-to-shore distress alerting networks;

.8 SESs commissioned for RCC operations;

.9 HF NBDP MSI broadcast schedule;

.10 the list of proposed and operational SafetyNET services;

.11 maritime SAR regions, RCCs and associated shore-based facilities; and

.12 information on shore-based facilities in the GMDSS.