The following information can be of help to the staff of Regional and Sub-Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres, as well as to the senior management of the National Maritime Authorities. All files were prepared with a view to obtain essential awareness of the subject in order to make quick progress in proper development and effective use of available shore-based communications facilities for search and rescue operations.  Please read the abstract and download the files you need.  If for some reason you forgot the password to open the file for reading and printing please request your password by e-mail: gmdss@vlas-flc.com.

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R-MRCC MOMBASA	THE KENYA REGIONAL MARITIME RESCUE COORDINATION CENTRE Inauguration 05 May 2006	press releases:  Inauguration of R-MRCC Mombasa. May 6, 2006.  The Nation (Nairobi).  http://allafrica.com/stories/200605080075.html. Title: Kenya: Rescue Centre Opens At Port. Click on me 5 May 2006.  Afrol News.  http://www.afrol.com/articles/19151. Title: Kenya to fight piracy off Somalia's coast. Click on me 5 May 2006. Independent Online.  http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1146837603679B255.Title: Anti-piracy centre established in Kenya. Click on me  11 May 2006.  Indoshipping Gazette.  http://www.indoshippinggazette.com. Title: IMO BOSS COMMISSION NEW SAR CENTRE. Click on me  5 May 2006.  IMO NEWS.  http://www.imo.org. Briefing 14, New MRCC helps close gap in Indian Ocean SAR coverage. Click on me  12-05-2006. Inmarsat Ltd News.  http://about.inmarsat.com/news. Title: Opening of Kenya centre fills Africa maritime rescue gap. Click on me
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GMDSS SHORE-BASED FACILITIES - COMMITMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS TO THE IMO SOLAS CONVENTION.

PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL COMPONENT FOR THE GMDSS IN AFRICA.

AFTER NEARLY TWENTY FIVE YEARS SINCE THE  GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS STILL IN NEED OF UPGRADING SHORE BASED COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - THE MOST ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF RESCUE SERVICES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA (SOLAS).