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GMDSS Compliance for Barbados
 
Barbados is GMDSS Sea Area A1 and A2 Compliant in accordance with the Policy on Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) for Barbados.
 
Extract from the  Policy on GMDSS for Barbados.
 
 
 Shore Based Facilities

Before Barbados can declare compliance with a GMDSS Sea Area, it must have the shore-based facilities operational. The Government of Barbados intends to establish a GMDSS Coast Station (8PO) at the Barbados Coast Guard Coast Station which would be GMDSS Sea Area 1 and Sea Area 2 compliant. The Barbados Coast Guard would operate this Coast Station and would be responsible for all the SAR, MSI, and GMDSS functions. The Government of Barbados would negotiate with the NAVTEX station covering its Sea Area to ensure that Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is available to vessels within its jurisdiction.

The Shore-based facility at the HMBS PELICAN Barbados Coast Guard Base 8PO/ 8PZ at Spring Garden, St. Michael, has been upgraded to become fully GMDSS compliant for Sea Area A1 and A2.

May 2008  
 MARS (Maritime Mobile Access and Retrieval System) Database for Barbados

  ITU MARS Database

The MARS System has been developed by the ITU with the purpose of providing the Maritime Community, in particular those entities that are involved in Search and Rescue (SAR) activities with the most up-to date data registered in the ITU Master Ship Station database. The ITU requires the Authority to collect information about vessels being licensed and what equipment is being used. This information is held on the MARS Database which can then be accessed by the Port Authorities and Search  and Rescue organizations worldwide.
 
 

Updated: 7 April 2011