Maritime safety information
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Maritime safety information is information that is broadcast to mariners by official agencies for their safety.
Maritime safety messages consist of messages such as weather warning, warnings about dangers to navigation, failure of navigation devices.
These messages are broadcast over the INMARSAT
satellites as part of SAFETY NET, over the NAVTEX
broadcast system and various radio telephone systems as well as the international High Frequency narrow band direct printing service.
For the purpose of distributing this information the world is divided into NAVAREAS where information from official providers such as national Met services and Hydrographic offices is filtered before being broadcast on the system to mariners.
Maritime safety messages consist of messages such as weather warning, warnings about dangers to navigation, failure of navigation devices.
These messages are broadcast over the INMARSAT
Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global, mobile services. It provides telephony and data services to users worldwide, via portable or mobile terminals which communicate to ground stations through eleven geostationary telecommunications satellites...
satellites as part of SAFETY NET, over the NAVTEX
Navtex
NAVTEX is an international automated medium frequency direct-printing service for delivery of navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent marine safety information to ships...
broadcast system and various radio telephone systems as well as the international High Frequency narrow band direct printing service.
For the purpose of distributing this information the world is divided into NAVAREAS where information from official providers such as national Met services and Hydrographic offices is filtered before being broadcast on the system to mariners.