Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dzt6s Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T05:43:08.275Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Digital Selective Calling: The Weak Link of the GMDSS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

Anthony H. Patterson  and
Philip S. McCarter
Anthony H. Patterson
Affiliation:
School of Maritime Studies, Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Philip S. McCarter
Affiliation:
School of Maritime Studies, Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is causing serious problems for Search and Rescue (SAR) providers. Administrations must seriously consider the humanitarian and legal implications of continuing the implementation of DSC. They may be in violation of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979, and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, by knowingly implementing communications technology that may jeopardize lives at sea even though the primary intent of DSC is to establish a suitable distress alerting method. States may very well open themselves to legal liability if loss of life or environmental damage can be linked in any way to the known faults of DSC.

Keywords

1. Communications2. Search & Rescue3. Safety4. Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 28 - 41
Copyright
© 1999 The Royal Institute of Navigation

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)