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International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention(ISM Code) International Ship and Port facility Security Code (ISPS Code) International Grain Code (Grain Code) Caribbean Cargo Ship Safety Code (Caribbean Code) Crew Accommodations, ILO Convention 92,153; Cargo Gear, ILO Convention 152
The long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) of ships was established as an international system on 19 May 2006 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as resolution MSC.202 (81). [1] This resolution amends Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) , regulation 19-1 and binds all governments ...
Marine radio was the first commercial application of radio technology, allowing ships to keep in touch with shore and other ships, and send out a distress call for rescue in case of emergency. Guglielmo Marconi invented radio communication in the 1890s, and the Marconi Company installed wireless telegraphy stations on ships beginning around 1900.
The Long Range Certificate is an internationally valid certificate issued to radio station operators. It entitles the holder to participate in marine communications on leisure crafts using Marine VHF , Medium Frequency , High Frequency radios and Inmarsat satellite communication as agreed in Global Maritime Distress and Safety System .
Mozah at the port of Bilbao. Mozah is a Q-Max LNG carrier operated by Qatargas II. The vessel was built in 2008 by Samsung Heavy Industries and is tied with her sister ships for the largest LNG carrier in the world. [1]
The WSB call sign had been held by two ships (the SS Francis H. Leggett, shipwrecked off Oregon's coast on September 18, 1914, and later the Firwood, a ship destroyed by fire near Peru on December 18, 1919 [3]) before being assigned to The Atlanta Journal for use by its Atlanta, Georgia, broadcast radio station in 1922.
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Ship stations (MMS) in the radio-room on board of the German research vessel RV Polarstern A ship station (or ship radio station ) is a radio station located on board a sea vessel. The ITU Radio Regulations define it as "A mobile station in the maritime mobile service located on board a vessel which is not permanently moored, other than a ...