2.7 Coordination procedures
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2.7 Coordination procedures

  2.7.1 In order to make the best use of automated reception facilities and to ensure that the mariner receives at least the minimum information necessary for safe navigation, careful coordination is required.

  2.7.2 In general, this requirement for coordination will be met by the standard operational procedures of IMO, IHO, WMO, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO). Cases of difficulty should be referred, in the first instance, to the most appropriate parent body.

  2.7.3 Administrations broadcasting maritime safety information should provide details of services to the IMO, which will maintain and publish this as part of the GMDSS Master Plan.

  2.7.4 The coordination of changes to operational NAVTEX services and of the establishment of new stations is undertaken by the Coordinating Panel on NAVTEX Services of the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue on behalf of the Maritime Safety Committee.

  2.7.5 The coordination of changes to operational SafetyNET services and of the authorization and registration of information providers is undertaken by the International SafetyNET Coordinating Panel of the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue on behalf of the Maritime Safety Committee.

  2.7.6 Administrations should design their broadcasts to suit specific service areas8. The designation of service areas is an important part of the coordination process since it is intended that a ship should be able to obtain all the information relevant to a given area from a single source. The Maritime Safety Committee approves NAVAREAs/METAREAs and service areas for the International NAVTEX and SafetyNET service as advised by IHO and WMO.

Parent topic: 2 – Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information
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