STANDARD MARINE

COMMUNICATION PHRASES

BY: 3CL JARA, 3CL NAZARRO, 3CL JALOS, 3CL

HERRERA, 3CL ITE, 3CL INDONILLA
 INTRODUCTION
The Standard Marine Communication Phrases
(SMCP) is a set of key phrases in the English
language (which is the internationally recognised
language of the sea), supported by the
international community for use at sea and
developed by the International Maritime
Organization (IMO).It is vital in ensuring effective
communication at sea.
PURPOSE
The Standard Marine Communication Phrases
(SMCP) has been compiled:
- to assist in the greater safety of navigation and of
the conduct of the ship
- to standardize the language used in communication
for navigation at sea
in port-approaches, in waterways, harbours and on
board vessels with multilingual crews
to assist maritime training institutions in meeting the
objectives mentioned above
 PART B OF SMCP
Part B of the SMCP (Standard Marine
Communication Phrases) includes other on-
board standard safety-related phrases which
are useful for maritime English instruction.
These phrases are in addition to the essential
phrases for navigational communication
found in Part A. PART B covers further on-
board standard safety-related Phrases which,
supplementary to PART A, may assist
mariners in meeting other basic on-board
communication requirements. Basically, the
part B of the SMCP is for on-board
communication.
 A VESSEL IS CROSSING
FROM STARBOARD SIDE. WE ARE ENTERING / WE ENTERED AREA
WE ~ NEED NOT GIVE ... .
WAY. ~ WILL STAND ON. ~
WILL ALTER COURSE TO
GIVE WAY. ~ HAVE
ALTERED COURSE TO GIVE

B1:
VISIBILITY IS WAY THE PRESENT POSITION IS ~
...KILOMETRES/ LATITUDE ..., LONGITUDE ... .

OPERATIVE
NAUTICAL MILES ~ BEARING ... DEGREES,
DISTANCE ... KILOMETRES /
A WEAK / STRONG SHIP NAUTICAL MILES.

HANDLING
(TIDAL) CURRENT IS
SETTING .... DEGREES
TRUE COURSE /
GYRO COMPASS
COURSE /
A VESSEL IS ~ OVERTAKING MAGNETIC
… (CARDINAL POINTS) OF US. ~ COMPASS COURSE
DRAFT FORWARD / AFT IS ... IS ... DEGREES.
ON OPPOSITE COURSE. ~
METRES
PASSING ON PORT SIDE /
STARBOARD SIDE.
 ACCIDENT IN ENGINE ROOM
/ IN NO. ... HOLD / IN NO. ... EXPLOSION / FIRE IN ... . .
TANK / IN ACCIDENT WITH CARGO.
SUPERSTRUCTURE/ IN FALL FROM .../ INTO ... .
ACCOMMODTAION / IN ... ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT IN ... . .
SPACE / ON DECK / LEAKAGE OF GAS / ... .
OUTBOARD / ON PIER / ON
VISIBILITY IS ... / IN OPERATE THE GENERAL
...KILOMETRES/ EMERGENCY ALARM
NAUTICAL MILES
B2:
NUMBER OF PERSONS /
PASSENGERS / CREW
SAFETY ON
MEMBERS AT
ASSEMBLY STATION ...
BOARD
TRANSMIT A SECURITE /
IS COMPLETE.
PAN-PAN / DISTRESS
ALERT / MAYDAY AND
NUMBER OF ALL PERSONS / REPORT. A SECURITE /
REPORT NUMBER OF ALL
PASSENGERS / CREW PAN-PAN / DISTRESS
PERSONS / PASSENGERS / CREW
MEMBERS AT ASSEMBLY ALERT / MAYDAY WAS
MEMBERS AT ASSEMBLY
STATION ...IS ... TRANSMITTED.
STATIONS.
 WHAT IS THE IMO-CLASS OF THESE
CHECK THE HOLD(S) /
GOODS?
HATCH COVER(S) /
THE IMO-CLASS OF THESE GOODS IS: ... .
DERRICK(S) / ... FOR
THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS IMO - CLASS ...
DAMAGE AND REPORT.
GOODS.
THE HOLD(S) / HATCH
THESE GOODS ARE FLAMMABLE /
COVER(S) / DERRICK(S) / ...
POISONOUS / ... .
IS / ARE IN ORDER
THE (MAXIMUM) HANDLE THESE GOODS WITH CAUTION
WHAT IS THE DEADWEIGHT
LOADING RATE / OF THE VESSEL?
DISCHARGE RATE IS:
... TONNES PER HOUR B3: THE DEADWEIGHT IS ...
TONNES
CHECK THE ~ PROPER
SEGREGATION OF GOODS. ~
CARGO AND
CORRECT TECHNICAL NAMES
IN DOCUMENTS. ~ CORRECT
CARGO
MARKS / LABELS. ~
COMPATIBILITY OF IMO-CLASS
HANDLING WHAT IS THE CAPACITY
OF THE CRANE?
THE CAPACITY OF THE
... GOODS
CRANE IS ... TONNES.
PREPARE THE VESSEL FOR
LOADING / UNLOADING.
OPEN ALL HATCHES BEFORE UNLOCK THE HATCH COVERS.
LOADING / UNLOADING.
 THE OFFICER / CREW WILL
SAY "THIS IS A ROLL ATTENTION PLEASE! ATTENTION
CALL", AND S/HE WILL PLEASE! THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN
CALL OUT THE WITH AN IMPORTANT
PASSENGERS INDIVIDUALLY ANNOUNCEMENT. I REPEAT, THIS IS
BY THEIR NAMES. WHEN YOUR CAPTAIN WITH AN
YOUR NAME IS CALLED IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
IF YOU SEE ANYBODY OUT, PLEASE ANSWER
FALL OVERBOARD, LOUDLY "HERE".
ACT AS FOLLOWS: -
B4:
GENERAL INFORMATION ON
CALL OUT "MAN CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS
OVERBOARD"

IF YOU DETECT A FIRE,

PASSENGER
SMELL, FUME OR SMOKE ACT
IMMEDIATELY AS FOLLOWS: -
CARE
LADIES AND
CALL OUT "FIRE !" - OPERATE
GENTLEMEN. THIS IS
THE NEAREST FIRE ALARM
CAPTAIN ... SPEAKING. I
HAVE PLEASURE IN
INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS
INFORMING YOU THAT
REQUIRE ALL PASSENGERS TO BE
ALL SAFETY
ASSEMBLED IN A DRILL WHICH
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT EQUIPMENT IS IN FULL
HAS TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN 24
FIRE IS THE GREATEST WORKING ORDER.
HOURS OF DEPARTURE
HAZARD ABOARD SHIP
 REMEMBER!
POOR COMMUNICATION IS THE ROOT
CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS IN THE
SHIPPING INSDUTRY!