[:es]La Asociación quiere recordar a sus Miembros sobre los peligros de depender excesivamente en un único método de posicionamiento
El uso ahora universal del GPS en los buques de todo tipo ha contribuido significativamente a la seguridad y precisión de la navegación marítima.
Sin embargo, los constantes informes de noticias sobre la supuesta interferencia de las señales GPS por Corea del Norte, así como la capacidad de otras fuentes de interferencia de la señal, preocupa a los gobiernos y a los sectores del transporte marítimo y de la aviación en su conjunto.
Estos informes sirven para poner de relieve el riesgo de que los buques dependan únicamente del GPS para posicionamiento y refuerzan la importancia de utilizar todas las ayudas a la navegación disponibles de acuerdo con lo requerido por las regulaciones de los Convenios SOLAS y STCW. En particular, se debe animar a los oficiales de navegación a emplear métodos tradicionales de la navegación, incluidas las observaciones celestes.
The now universal use of GPS by vessels of all description has made a significant contribution to the safety and accuracy of marine navigation. However, continuing news reports of alleged jamming of GPS signals by North Korea, as well as the potential for other sources of signal interference is of widespread concern to governments and to the shipping and aviation industries as a whole.
Fuente de información
Loss Prevention
Email: lossprevention.ukclub@thomasmiller.com[:en]
The Association would like to remind its Members of the dangers of over-reliance on a single method of position fixing.
The now universal use of GPS by vessels of all description, has made a significant contribution to the safety and accuracy of marine navigation.
However, continuing news reports of alleged jamming of GPS signals by North Korea, as well as the potential for other sources of signal interference is of widespread concern to governments and to the shipping and aviation industries as a whole.
These reports serve to highlight the risk of vessels being solely reliant on GPS for position fixing and reinforce the importance of utilising all available aids to navigation as required by SOLAS and STCW regulations. In particular, navigating officers should be encouraged to practice traditional methods of navigation, including celestial observations.
Source of Information
Loss Prevention
Email: lossprevention.ukclub@thomasmiller.com
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