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ISSN 2083-6473
ISSN 2083-6481 (electronic version)
Editor-in-Chief
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Prof. Tomasz Neumann
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TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
Gdynia Maritime University
3, John Paul II Avenue
81-345 Gdynia, POLAND
e-mail transnav@umg.edu.pl
Key Points of the Modernized GMDSS System
1 Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland
ABSTRACT: The article presents the reasons and the entire process of work on the modernization of the GMDSS system. The main legal and technical aspects of the modernization of the GMDSS system were discussed as well. New devices and systems of the modernized GMDSS system were described. On the basis of the key points of the modernized GMDSS, an attempt was made to evaluate the entire project.
KEYWORDS: GMDSS Modernization, e-Navigation Solutions, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), Navigational Data (NAVDAT) , World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), VHF Data Exchange System (VDES), Iridium Satellite System, GMDSS Equipment
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RESOLUTION MSC.496(105), AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, IMO, 2022
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Resolution A.1001(25), Criteria for the provision of mobile satellite communication systems in a global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS), IMO
NCSR 3/11, ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME RADIOCOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY - Recognition of Iridium mobile satellite system as GMDSS service provider, IMO, 2015
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Citation note:
Korcz K.: Key Points of the Modernized GMDSS System. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 17, No. 1, doi:10.12716/1001.17.01.14, pp. 139-146, 2023
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