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A notice to mariners (NtM [1] or NOTMAR, [2]) advises mariners of important matters affecting navigational safety, including new hydrographic information, changes in channels and aids to navigation, and other important data. [3] Over 60 countries which produce nautical charts also produce a notice to mariners.
Map of the 21 NAVAREAS into which all the world's oceans are divided. Each serves to allocate responsibility for sending Marine and Safety Information (navigational warnings) to ships at sea, as part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). A list of Navtex stations.
Each station transmits a NAVTEX broadcast six times a day, including two rebroadcasts of the general forecast. A NAVTEX broadcast includes maritime navigation warnings, weather forecasts, ice warnings, Gulf Stream locations, radio navigation information, rescue messages, and marine advisories. Each station has 2 NAVTEX transmitters.
Warnings are sent using methods such as NAVTEX and Inmarsat-C. [5] Once a warning is no longer relevant, the notice is cancelled. Longer-term hazards are converted into a notice to mariners. [5] The highest level of warning is a Navigational Area warning. There are also Sub-Area warnings, Coastal warnings, and Local warnings.
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Navtex is an international, automated system for instantly distributing maritime safety information (MSI) which includes navigational warnings, weather forecasts and weather warnings, search and rescue notices and similar information to ships. A small, low-cost and self-contained "smart" printing radio receiver is installed on the bridge, or ...