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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 29^th Nov. to 2^nd 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”