National GMDSS Implementation Task Force to Meet
Meeting to take place in Arlington, VA on 7 January 2010.
DATE/TIME: Thursday morning 7 January 2010 at 9:30 am
LOCATION: RTCM Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia (see rtcm.org/visit.php )
CHAIRMAN: Capt. Jack Fuechsel, USCG (Ret)
FOR INFO: Jack Fuechsel at 703-527-0484 or e-mail: [email protected]
1. Distribute documents
• U.S. Paper submitted to COMSAR on GMDSS Modernization
• Maritime Organizations Contacted re Small Vessel Radio Safety Initiative
• Inmarsat Proposal to Phase Out Inmarsat B 31 December 2014
• USCG Safety Alert on Unapproved EPIRB Battery Replacements
• RTCM Summary of UK Offshore Safety Equipment Carriage Requirements
• BOATUS News Release Offering SPOT Assist Maritime Service
• UK Hydro Announcement of Admiralty e-Navigator Services
2. Review Summary Record of 1 October 2009 Task Force meeting (distributed earlier)
3. Coast Guard Report on pending GMDSS issues
o Welcome RDML Robert Day, CG6 and CAPT David Dermanelian CG62
o Search and Rescue Issues needing Task Force Support – CAPT McBride
o Developments on E-Navigation and AIS/ECDIS Regulations– Jorge Arroyo
o Status of Long Range Identification & Tracking Program – LCDR Chris Shivery
o Status of Rescue 21 Coastal VHF-DSC Program – Gene Lockhart
o Status of MF-DSC Coastal Network Upgrade Project – CAPT Dermanlian
o Preparation for IMO COMSAR Meeting – Russ Levin
o GMDSS Modernization – RADM Ed Gilbert
4. FCC Report on pending GMDSS issues – Ghassan Khalek
o Progress on Task Force MMSI Management Recommendations
o FCC Action on Task Force Petition for Use of Handhelds Ashore
o FCC Action on RTCM Petition for Small Data VHF Messaging
o FCC Action on Riverside, California Petition for land VHF services
5. Inmarsat Report – GMDSS Prospects for Broadband Service – Frank August
6. Globe Wireless Review of Their HF Email Technology – Deborah McCormac
7. RTCM Report – Bob Markle
o RTCM SC-110/101 on incorporating GPS in VHF-DSC Handhelds
o RTCM SC-110 on Emergency Beacons
o RTCM SC-121 on Automatic Identification Systems
o RTCM SC-123 on VHF Digital Small Message Services
o RTCM SC-128 on Satellite Emergency Locating Devices
8. Reports and Issues: Service Agents & Manufactures Task Group - Ralph Sponar
o Ad hoc group on “Qualified” Technical Support
o NMEA Position on Universal MMSI Database
9. Reports and Issues:
o Recreational Vessel Task Group – Jack Fuechsel
o Sea Tow Automated Radio Check Service – Charlie Zaloom
o Campaign to encourage Boaters to Register for MMSI and Connect GPS
o Campaign that All Vessels Offshore Carry VHF Radio or EPIRB/PLB
o Note UK approach to Offshore Safety Equipment Carriage Requirements
10. Reports and Issues: Commercial Vessel Task Group - Nino Martini
o Should DASS satellites provide return acknowledgement to EPIRB alerts?
11. Reports and Issues: Training Task Group – Owen Anderson
12. Other Business, Confirm next meeting date Thursday morning 20 May 2010 during the RTCM Annual Meeting at the Catamaran Hotel in San Diego, California.