Technical Circular No.18 | 2016

Subject: AMSA Marine Notice Reg. Receiving Maritime Safety Information off Australian Coast.

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  • Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued Marine Notice 13/2016 (copy attached) advising all ships transiting NAVAREA X or navigating off the Australian coast to ensure that they receive all Maritime Safety Information (MSI) necessary for the intended voyage.

  • Australia uses the Inmarsat’s SafetyNET EGC as the primary means of promulgating MSI and does not provide a NAVTEX service.

  • Ship Masters are advised to ensure their Inmarsat-C Enhanced Group Calling (EGC) receivers are configured to receive MSI messages for NAVAREA X and the coastal warning areas appropriate to their intended voyage when navigating off Australian coast. Also ships are required to receive MSI whilst in port.

  • All types of MSI to be received for the coastal warning areas need to be selected (e.g. navigational warnings, weather information, etc.).

  • Ships can also obtain the latest MSI via internet on http://www.amsa.gov.au/search-and-rescue/distress-and-safety-comms/msi/msi-email/index.asp
    At this link, an option is available to have the latest MSI forwarded to an email address.

  • To ensure vessels have received all current MSI, particularly when entering NAVAREA X for the first time, entering a new coastal warning area or prior to departing a port, AMSA recommends that ships compare the current list of MSI received via e-mail with that received via SafetyNET.

  • Ship owners / managers are advised to bring the above to the notice of the ship masters/navigating officers for compliance.

Enclosure:

AMSA Marine Notice 13/2016 Reg “Receiving Maritime Safety Information (MSI)”.

Disclaimer

This Technical Circular and the material contained in it is provided only for the purpose of supplying current information to the reader and not as an advice to be relied upon by any person.
While we have taken utmost care to be as factual as possible, readers/ users are advised to verify the exact text and content of the Regulation from the original source/ issuing Authority. 

  

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