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NAVAREA, Sub-Area, and Coastal warnings are regulated by the WWNWS, and the level of warning determines the area it will be broadcast in. Local warnings, not regulated by the WWNWS, are generally restricted to in-shore areas. [7] A broadcast applicable to an entire NAVAREA is also extended 700 miles (1,100 km) beyond it, to alert incoming shipping.
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).
NAVAREAs, also described as Navigational areas, [1] are the maritime geographic areas in which specific governments are responsible for broadcasting navigation warnings. . Weather warnings have a similar system using MET
The Inmarsat C SafetyNET service is a satellite-based worldwide maritime safety information broadcast service of high seas weather warnings, NAVAREA navigational warnings, radionavigation warnings, ice reports and warnings generated by the USCG-conducted International Ice Patrol, and other similar information not provided by NAVTEX. SafetyNET ...
A NAVTEX receiver prints an incoming message NAVTEX message for the Baltic Sea. NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX), sometimes styled Navtex or NavTex, is an international automated medium frequency direct-printing service for delivery of navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent maritime safety information (MSI) to ships.
“A Red Flag Warning is in effect for today, meaning conditions will be favorable for extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding.” The warning is in effect from 1 p.m. Tuesday ...
Sécurité: A radio call that usually issues navigational warnings, meteorological warnings, and any other warning needing to be issued that may concern the safety of life at sea, yet may not be particularly life-threatening. Pan-pan: This is the second most important call. This call is made when there is an emergency aboard a vessel, yet there ...
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.