RENDERING ASSISTANCE
* Initial Action by Assisting Craft *
Vessel Assisting
>METHODS of DISTRESS NOTIFICATION
An alarm signal or distress call from another vessel at sea,either directly or by relay.
A distress call or message from craft.This usually occurs by relay from a CRS.
Alert sent from a vessel’s alerting equipment and then relayed shore-to-ship.
Visual signals or sound signals from a [...]
What is SART?
SART is a small, buoyant battery powered, omnidirectional radar receiver and transmitter, capable of registering radar waves from a radar onboard a ship or an aircraft.
The most essential purpose of the SART is to provide the main means of locating a survival craft, or life boats, after sea damage, or sea wreck. A [...]
Eurofix is a differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) on Loran C introducing a concept for Loran C/GPS integration and expansion of DGPS coverage.
It integrates radio navigation and communication system which combines Loran C and DGPS by sending differential satellite correction to users as time, modulated signal information. Loran C or Chayka stations are upgraded to [...]
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13 Comments »The following items should be checked shortly before arrival of the helicopter, and the result reported to duty officer/master on the bridge. Non-conformances should be reported to the master immediately.
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Switch on and check the helicopter communication.
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Control that all baffles to the accommodation are closed.
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Control that all doors to the stores rooms and accommodation are closed.
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Control [...]
In tidal areas adequate UKC may only be attainable during the period that the tide has achieved a given height. Outside that period the area must be considered no go. Such a safe period, called the tidal window, must be clearly shown so that the OOW is in no doubt as to whether or not [...]
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