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UK To Improve Maritime Safety Information Service

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

08 January 2007

The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced last week that it will launch a new and improved Maritime Safety Information (MSI) service on 1st February 2007.

The main benefits of the new service will be:

  • Two additional inshore forecasts and a new forecast area for the Isle of Man.
  • New condensed one hour schedule to reduce a delay in delivery.
  • New weather information updated every six hours available in eight daily broadcasts.
  • New gale warnings, strong wind warnings and navigational warnings to be broadcast as soon as the Coastguard receives them.
  • Broadcasts to be made in local time.

NAVTEX will be the prime means for disseminating MSI. Radio telephony broadcasts on VHF and MF will complement this service. Full MSI will be available on NAVTEX and by two daily broadcasts on VHF and MF. New gale warnings, strong wind warnings and navigational warnings will continue to be broadcast on receipt by radio telephony.

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