Global Maritime Distress Safety System - Australian Government

Description

You must comply with these guidelines if you intend to install a ship earth station and you are the operator of a regulated Australian vessel or a foreign vessel that is one of the following:

  • in an Australian port
  • entering or leaving an Australian port
  • in the internal waters of Australia
  • in the territorial sea of Australia, other than in the course of innocent passage.

These guidelines set out the specifications for the installation of a ships earth station and operation of maritime mobile and satellite services.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Administering agency

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Navigation Safety and International Division

Contact details

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