Home Products GMDSS VSAT NDB – Non-Directional Beacon TVRO and Digital Entertainment Systems Services News Contact Us About Us GMDSS Home GMDSS GMDSS What is GMDSS? GMDSS is short for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. The system is international and uses a wide range of communication technologies to ensure fast and automatic alerting of rescue authorities ashore as well as ships nearby, in case of a marine distress situation. Contact us GMDSS consists of several different safety systems. These are based on different communication technologies, including DSC, NAVTEX and INMARSAT. Satco Communications is a certified worldwide provider of GMDSS equipment used in the marine and offshore industry. Our highly skilled service engineers provides on board installation, service, repair and survey. Satco Communication also provides mandatory maintenance agreement to continuously fulfill all GMDSS requirements and prevent non-functioning equipment onboard. Contact us All ocean-going passenger and cargo ships above 300 gross tonnage engaged in international traffic, is required to operate with equipment conform to the standards within the GMDSS. By complying with the system’s standards, ships nearby and rescue authorities quickly will be alerted with minimal delay if needed. With GMDSS equipment installed, the ship is safer at sea. It provides for automated alerting and location if the crew doesn’t have the time to send out a distress call. Because of this, the ship is more likely to receive assistance in a distress situation. GMDSS also requires the ships to receive broadcasts of maritime safety information for proactive handling of possible distress events, as well as to carry EPIRBs which will be released from sinking ships and alert rescuers about location and identity. GMDSS News and Articles: Signed contract for VSAT hire, Iridium and Tecdis on MV Grinna Delivered Tecdis on MV Kristin New Sailor100 TVRO antenna and dual TECDIS system delivered S-band Radar to Simon Møkster Shipping Navigation and Communication Package to MS Eidholm Elvegata 15 NO-4306 Sandnes Norway Phone: +47 97984000 Fax: +47 51622426 Email: satco@satco.no Web: http://satco.no Recent News and Articles Signed contract for VSAT hire, Iridium and Tecdis on MV Grinna Delivered Tecdis on MV Kristin Contract with Astilleros Gondan for Dual TVRO system Contract with HavYard for TVRO Antenna TVRO Installations on Møkster Ships Furuno FAR2117 X-Band radar to MV Kine Triax TDX system on Rem Vision Categories GMDSS NDB News TVRO VSAT Copyright 2013-2014 Satco Communication | All Rights Reserved