List of IMO COMSAR Circulars (more docs coming soon!)
Unpublished documents: COMSAR Circulars are available for free below or at http://docs.imo.org/Category.aspx?cid=376.
| Reference |
Date |
Title |
| COMSAR/Circ.3 |
19/04/96 |
Relations between NAVAREA Coordinators and Rescue Coordination Centres |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.22 |
20/06/00 |
Guidance on data fields for SAR databases |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.23 |
20/06/00 |
Guidance for central alerting posts (CAPs) |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.25 |
15/03/01 |
Procedure for responding to DSC distress alerts by ships |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.29 |
27/05/02 |
Guidance for the voluntary use of the standardized questionnaires and formats for reporting false alerts in collecting data on false alerts |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.31 |
06/02/03 |
Guidance for Mass Rescue Operations (MROs) |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.35 |
21/05/04 |
Recommendations on medium frequency/high frequency (MF/HF) digital selective calling (DSC) test calls to coast stations |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.37 |
28/02/05 |
Guidance on minimum communication needs of Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCCs) |
| COMSAR/Circ.41 |
16/10/07 |
Analysis of Maritime Safety Information Promulgated via the EGC SafetyNET system and recommendations on improving its quality |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.45 |
04/02/09 |
Guidance on distress alerts |
COMSAR.1/Circ.50
Rev.3 |
13/01/12 |
*Distress priority communications for RCC from shore to ship via Inmarsat |
COMSAR.1/Circ.51
Rev.5 |
31/03/14 |
List of NAVAREA Coordinators |
COMSAR.1/Circ.53
Rev.2
|
22/07/13 |
List of Land Earth Station (LES) Operation Coordinators in the Inmarsat System |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.55 |
30/11/12 |
Guidance for entering and updating information on search and rescue services into GISIS and on how to get access to the information for operational use |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.56 |
30/11/12 |
Guidance on smartphone and other computer device SAR applications |
| COMSAR.1/Circ.57 |
24/06/13 |
Guidance on the use of the graph in figure N.14, appendix N of IAMSAR Manual, Volume |