Unit 1 1
Lesson 1 Distress Calling-Fire 1
Lesson 2 Grounding and Listing 6
Lesson 3 Collision 9
Unit Exeucise 13
Unit 2 14
Lesson 4 Co-ordinatingSAR-operations 14
Lesson 5 Meteorological Information 19
Unit Exercise 23
Unit 3 25
Lesson 6 Helicopter Rescue 25
Lesson 7 Icebreaker Assistance 29
Unit Exercise 34
Unit 4 36
Lesson 8 Communication with VTS 36
Lesson 9 Approaching Harbour 41
Lesson 10 Pilot Requiring and Embarking 46
Unit Exercise 50
Unit 5 52
Lesson 11 Entering Harbour 52
Lesson 12 Handover of Watchkeeping Resonsibilities 59
Lesson 13 Oil Pollution Investigation 64
Unit Exercise 68
Unit 6 70
Lesson 14 Damage Control-Grounding 70
Lesson 15 Fire-Fighting 74
Lesson 16 In-Boat Procedures 78
Unit Exercise 81
Vocabilary 83
Unit 1 GMDSS Overview 93
Lesson 1 Abbreviations used in the GMDSS 93
Lesson 2 Basic Concept of the GMDSS 102
Lesson 3 GMDSS Functions 108
Lesson 4 Communications Used in the GMDSS 113
Unit 2 Terrestrial Communication Systems 117
Lesson 5 Digital Selective Calling(DSC) 117
Lesson 6 General Procedures for Narrow-Band Direct-Printing Telegraphy in the Maritime Mobile Service 122
Lesson 7 Maritime Mobile Radio Telephony(RT) 127
Lesson 8 Search and Rescue Radar Transponder 133
Unit 3 Satellite Communication Systems 139
Lesson 9 Inmarsat Communication Systems 139
Lesson 10 Inmarsat-A Telex Services 144
Lesson 11 Inmarsat-A Telephone Services 149
Lesson 12 Inmarsat-A Data and Facsimile Communications 154
Lesson 13 Procedures for Inmarsat-A Distress,Urgency and Safety Calls 157
Lesson 14 Inmarsat-C Communication Services 162
Lesson 15 Inmarsat Traffic Accounting and Billing Arrangement 168
Lesson 16 Cospas-Sarsat System 173
Unit 4 Distress Urgency and Safety Communications 177
Lesson 17 Distress Communications 177
Lesson 18 Urgency and Safety Communications 189
Unit 5 Maritime Safety Information 194
Lesson 19 General Introduction of MSI 194
Lesson 20 Navigational Warnings 199
Lesson 21 Weather Reports 206
Unit 6 Selections of 1995 Amendments to the 1978 STCW Convention 221
Lesson 22 Radiocommunication and Radio Personnel 221
Lesson 23 Standards Regarding Radio Personnel 224
Lesson 24 Training Related to the General Operator s Certificate 228
Unit 7 Selections of SOLAS Convention 233
Lesson 25 Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangcmts and Safety of Navigation 233
Unit 8 Selections of Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR)(1993 Edition) 239
Lesson 26 Co-ordination of Search and Rescue Operations 239
Unit 9 Selections of IMO Resolution A.474(XII) 246
Lesson 27 Proper Use of VHF Channels at Sea 246
Unit 10 Composition 253
Lesson 28 Useful Sentences for Telex Communication 253
Lesson 29 Telex 257
Lesson 30 Distress Urgency and Safety Telex Messages 268
Lesson 31 Service Request and Service Report 277
APPENDIXES 286
APPENDIX 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TELEX MESSAGE 286
APPENDIX 2 VOCABULARY 302