UNSINKABLE?

SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA

(SOLAS)
 SOLAS
CONVENTIONS
SOLAS 1914

● November 12, 1913

● Signed on January 20, 1914 at
London
● Minimum standards for radio
communication and lifesaving
equipment on passenger ships
SOLAS 1929

● April 16, 1929

● Requirements for safety measures on
cargo ships, in addition to passenger
ship requirement, ship construction,
lifesaving equipment, fire prevention
and fire fighting, wireless telegraphy
equipment, navigation aids and rules to
prevent collisions. It entered into force in
1933.
● Passive Fire Protection: fire proofing and
fire prevention
SOLAS 1948

● Fire Detection and fire extinguishing

SOLAS 1960

● It was adopted on 17 June 1960 and

entered into force on 26 May 1965
● Active Fire Protection: Ship structures
stability, machinery and electrical
system, navigation, fire safety, carriage
of dangerous cargo, ship management,
other safety related subjects
SOLAS 1974

● 21 October to 1 November, 1774 and

entered into force in 1980
● It included not only the amendments
agreed up until that date but a new
amendment procedure - the tacit
acceptance procedure- designed to
ensure that changes could be made
within a specified period of time.
NTC Radio Operator Licensing
Priority of Radio Messages
 CALLING AN EMERGENCY:

“Call word (3x), the captain of the ship gives

the name of the station he is addressing, then
the ship callsign and type. He follows this with
nature of the emergency, his intentions, his
position and altitude, and any other useful
information such as the number of people on
board of the ship.” (also for pilot)
 EXAMPLE

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Southampton

approach, this is Autoair 3, a Piper Malibu. We
have a complete engine failure, attempting
forced landing at Beaulieu disused airfield.
Current position is one mile north of
Lymington, altitude 1500 feet, heading 340.
Two people on board.
 EXAMPLE

Pan Pan, Pan Pan, Pan Pan! Bristol Approache,

this is G-Dash, A Rockwell Commander. We
have rough running engine, and are diverting
to Bristol Airport. Present position is one mile
west abeam Cleveland, Flight Level 50,
Heading 160. Three people on board.
OPERATIONAL RADIO CODES
International Phonetic Alphabet
It is a system of substituting words for
corresponding letters and allows messages
to be transmitted and received through
noisy conditions.
International Phonetic Alphabet