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Inmarsat 423 Inmarsat Inmarsat and the Mariner Introduction The publicity accompanying the complete implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) on 1 February 1999 showed almost as much attention to nostalgia for the phasing out of Morse telegraphy, as it did to the new System and its satellite communications components. It is therefore timely to look at the work of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat) and its important role in the GMDSS, and the services it provides to the global shipping community. Origins of Inmarsat Inmarsat owes its existence to the decision of the world shipping community in the early 1970s to take advantage of the new satellite technology to enhance communications at sea, especially for distress and safety of lift. Conventional maritime radio communications had long been subject to delays and interference due to atmospheric conditions or congestion of frequencies. The development of satellite communication technology in the 1960s provided an opportunity to overcome these limitations and to improve safety of life at sea and shipping communications generally. The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (now the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)) convened an international con- ference in London in 1975-76 to determine how maritime satellite services http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-3522
eISSN
1571-8085
DOI
10.1163/157180899X00237
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Abstract

423 Inmarsat Inmarsat and the Mariner Introduction The publicity accompanying the complete implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) on 1 February 1999 showed almost as much attention to nostalgia for the phasing out of Morse telegraphy, as it did to the new System and its satellite communications components. It is therefore timely to look at the work of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat) and its important role in the GMDSS, and the services it provides to the global shipping community. Origins of Inmarsat Inmarsat owes its existence to the decision of the world shipping community in the early 1970s to take advantage of the new satellite technology to enhance communications at sea, especially for distress and safety of lift. Conventional maritime radio communications had long been subject to delays and interference due to atmospheric conditions or congestion of frequencies. The development of satellite communication technology in the 1960s provided an opportunity to overcome these limitations and to improve safety of life at sea and shipping communications generally. The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (now the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)) convened an international con- ference in London in 1975-76 to determine how maritime satellite services

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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