Regulations Maritime Radio Service
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Regulations Maritime Radio Service Version 1.0 Issue Date: 30 December 2009 Copyright © 2009 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). All rights reserved. P O Box 26662, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) www.tra.gov.ae TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 Article (1) Definitions 1.1 In applying these Regulations, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise, whereas any term undefined in the following shall be defined in line with the Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003 as amended its Executive Order and Radiocommunications Policy: 1.1.1 “Applicant” means any Person who has applied for a License or an Au- thorization in accordance with the Telecom Law or other Regulatory In- struments issued by the Authority. 1.1.2 “Application” means the request for issuance of a License or an Authorization, received at the Authority on prescribed forms as per the procedure in vogue. 1.1.3 “Assigned frequency” means the centre of the frequency band assigned to a station by the TRA. 1.1.4 “Authorization” means a frequency spectrum Authorization granted by the TRA. 1.1.5 “Authorized User” means a Person that has been granted an Authorization by the TRA. 1.1.6 “Baseline” means “normal baseline”, as defined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, 1982), including fringe islands. 1.1.7 “Base Station” means a land mobile radio which is fixed. 1.1.8 “Class Authorization” means the Authorization which permits the operation of Wireless Equipment by any Person within designated frequency bands subject to the terms and conditions stipulated by the TRA. 1.1.9 “Coast Station” A land station in the maritime mobile service. 1.1.10 “DSC” Digital Selective Call: is primarily intended to identify ship-to- ship, ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship radiotelephone and radio telex calls. DSC calls can also be made to individual stations, groups of stations, or “all stations” in ones reach. Each DSC-equipped ship, shore station and group is assigned a unique 9- digits Maritime Mobile Service Identity. 1.1.11 “Emergency Position- Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)” means the Station in the maritime mobile service, the emission of which is intended to facilitate search and rescue operations. Page 2 of 16 TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 1.1.12 “GMDSS” means the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. 1.1.13 “Maritime Mobile Service” A mobile Radiocommunication Service between coast stations and ship stations, or between ship stations, or between associated on-board communication stations: survival craft stations and emergency position-indicating radio beacon stations may also participating in this service. 1.1.14 “MMSI” Maritime Mobile Service Identity is a series of nine digits which are transmitted over the radio path in order to uniquely identified ship. 1.1.15 “Maritime Radio Navigation Service” A radio navigation service intended for the benefit and for safe operation of ships. 1.1.16 “On Board Communication Station” A low power station in the maritime mobile service intended for use for communication on board a ship, or between a ship and its life boats and life-rafts or operations, or for communications with a group of vessels being towed or pushed, as well as for line handling and mooring instructions. 1.1.17 “Person” will include ‘juridical entities’ as well as ‘natural persons’. 1.1.18 “Port Operation Service” A maritime mobile service in or near a port, between coast station and ship station , or between ship stations , in which messages are restricted to those relating to the operational handling the movement and safety of ships and, in emergency , to the safety of persons 1.1.19 “Port Station” A coast station in the Port Operation Service 1.1.20 “Radiocommunication Service” means the transmitting or receiving of Radio Frequency which may be used for the conveyance of data, or messages or voice or visual images, or for the operation or control of machinery or apparatus. 1.1.21 “Radio Regulations (RR)” means the publication issued by the International Telecommunication union and ratified by the States through the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference. RR consists of four volumes; volume 1 for articles, volume 2 for appendices; volume 3 for resolutions and volume 4 for recommendations. 1.1.22 “Regulatory Instruments” means any instrument issued by the Authority under its powers, and includes without limitation; Regulations, violation decisions, directives, instructions, guidance and recommendations and regulatory policies. 1.1.23 “Secondary Basis” means not to cause harmful interference to other radio stations and not to claim protection from other radio stations. Page 3 of 16 TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 1.1.24 “Ship Movement Service” A safety service in the maritime mobile service other than a port operating service, between coast stations an ship stations, or between ship stations in which messages are restricted to those relating to the movement of ships. 1.1.25 “Ship Station” A mobile Station in the Maritime Mobile Service located on board a vessel which is not permanently moored, other than a survival station. 1.1.26 “Ship Station License” means an Authorization issued by the TRA for Ship Station going to international waters. 1.1.27 “Station” means an installation operated by an Authorized User, for carrying on a Radiocommunication Service. 1.1.28 “Temporary Authorization” means an Authorization issued by the TRA which permits the use of assigned frequency for a period up to 90 days. 1.1.29 “UAE” means the United Arab Emirates including its territorial waters and the airspace above. 1.1.30 “Wireless Equipment” means a category of Telecommunication Apparatus used for Radiocommunication Service. Article (2) Permitted Usage 2.1 Usage of Maritime Radio Service is allowed for the following, subject to terms and conditions as given on the TRA Authorization and applicable Regulatory Instruments. 2.1.1 Shore-to-ship (port operations) 2.1.2 Shore-to-ship (coast station public correspondence). 2.1.3 Shore-to-ship (private agencies) 2.1.4 Inter ship communications. 2.1.5 On board communications. 2.1.6 Distress, safety and calling channels. 2.1.7 Search and rescue 2.1.8 Automatic Identification System(AIS) 2.1.9 Buoys Page 4 of 16 TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 Article (3) Maritime Authorization Types 3.1 The usage of any Maritime Radio Service in the UAE shall require a valid Au- thorization issued by the TRA. The Application shall be submitted to offices of the TRA through the TRA online system or other paper or electronic means as accepted by the TRA. The Application processing fees and annual spectrum fees as given in the Spectrum Fees Policy or Regulations shall apply. 3.2 The TRA categorizes the vessels into three types; small boat, coastal ship and international ship. This categorization is based on the navigation license, area of operation, call sign and MMSI requirement, gross tonnage, etc. Article (4) Contents of the Authorization 4.1 The small boat Authorization shall contain the Authorization number, owner’s name and address, name of the boat as given on the registration, equipment details, frequency channels and the dates of issue and expiry. 4.2 The coastal ship and Ship Station (international) Authorization shall be issued on the same format. These Authorizations shall contain the Autho- rization number, owner’s name and address, name of the vessel as given on the registration, equipment details with corresponding frequency bands and the dates of issue and expiry. Other details as applicable shall be call sign, MMSI, DSC, AAIC and class of ship. Article (5) Radio Frequency usage 5.1 The following frequency ranges are identified for vessels and their uses: Small Boat VHF radio • Channel 16 (156.80 MHz simplex) for emer- (Pleasure craft gency and distress calling only and fishing boat) • Channel 88 (157.425 MHz simplex) for voice communications Small Boat VHF radio • All VHF Marine channels (other than Pleas- ure craft and fish- ing boat) Page 5 of 16 TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 Sh ip MF radio • 415-526.5 kHz main use is for MF telegra- (Coastal and phy, but also NBDP; use shall be in accor- dance with the Geneva-85 Plan GE85-MM- International) R1, of the year 1985 • sub-bands between 1606.5-3800 kHz main use is for MF telephony, but also NBDP and DSC HF radio • 1.6-30 MHz VHF radio • 156.025-162.025 MHz subject to the channel usage as given in these regula- tions • 117.975-137 MHz for aeronautical and locating signals UHF radio • 457.525 MHz, 457.550 MHz, 457.575 MHz, 467.525 MHz, 467.550 MHz, 467.575 MHz for on board communica- tions with a maximum radiated power of 1 Watt when ship is within 3 nautical miles of the UAE Baseline EPIRB / PLB • 406-406.1 MHz Radar Transponder • 2930-2950 MHz • 9200-9500 MHz Radar • 2900-3100 MHz • 5460-5650 MHz • 9200-9500 MHz • 13.4-14 GHz (only on case to case evalu- ation) Page 6 of 16 TRA Regulations- Maritime Radio Service, Version 1.0 5.2 The following VHF channel plan based on RR Appendix 18 (Annex-1) shall be used for making Assignments Application Channel (Frequency) Distress, Safety and Calling Ch-16 for emergency and distress call- ing only Ch-70 for Digital Selective Calling (DSC) only Safety of Navigation (Inter-ship) Ch-13 Search and Rescue (Air-Ship) Ch-6, Ch-67, Ch-73 Inter- ship Ch-8, Ch-9, Ch-10, Ch-13, Ch-72 Port operations (Simplex) Ch-11, Ch-12, Ch-13, Ch-14, Ch-68 (for ship movement) Port operations