SUB-COMMITTEE ON
RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AND SEARCH
AND RESCUE
4th session
Agenda item 3.3
COMSAR 4/3/13
10 May 1999
Original: ENGLISH
GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFEETY SYSTEM
Operational and technical co-ordination provisions of MSI services
Proposed amendments to NAVTEX Manual
Note by the Chairman, International NAVTEX Co-ordinating Panel
SUMMARY
Executive summary: This document contains amendments to NAVTEX Manual (IMO Publication 951).
Action to be taken: Paragraph 3
Related documents: NAVTEX Manual
1 Based on operational experiences gained by the NAVAREA and National Co-ordinators, the Chairman of the IMO NAVTEX Co-ordinating Panel proposes the following amendments to the NAVTEX Manual (IMO Publication 951).
2 The amendments are:
.1 Contents on page v, for Annex 4, change to read ....A.706 (17), as amended, - World-Wide Navigational....;
.2 paragraph 3 of the Introduction, change to read ....resolution A.706 (17) and the WMO Manual on Marine Meteorological Forecasts and Warnings for the High Seas under the GMDSS. It has also been included....;
.3 paragraphs 3.2.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.3, change NAVAREA to NAVAREA/METAREA;
.4 paragraph 4.3, first line, change to read ....designed MAXIMUM range of about 400 nautical miles;
.5 paragraph 6.2, delete (e.g. OMEGA messages might be rejected in a ship which is not fitted with an OMEGA receiver);
