Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

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Facility Location : Ridge Road campus, St. John's

Commissioned in 1994 and upgraded in 2012, the global maritime distress and safety system simulator is used to replicate emergency radio operations conducted on the bridge of a ship. The simulator is desktop based and is supplemented by a live instruments lab.

Features of this simulator include:

  • Simulation software - Poseidon Pharos Version 7.3.3
  • Ten student work stations
  • Furuno FM8500 VHF radio
  • Lo-Kata Navtex 2
  • Furno DSC 6A MF DSC terminal
  • Furuno Inmarsat C Felcom II
  • Furuno DP5 Radio Telex
  • Furuno FS-1562-15 SSB transceiver
  • Skanti DSC 3000 VHF DSC
  • Sailor RT4822 DSC
  • Furuno VHF FM8 radio telephone
  • Furuno VHF DSC SDC-8V
  • Alden Marine Satfind 406 EPIRB 3
  • JRC NCR-330 Navtex receiver
  • Raymarine 250E VHF DSC
  • Raymarine Ray54 VHF DSC
  • Simrad RD68 VHF DSC