GMDSS is primarily a system based on:
Ship-to-ship Distress communications using MF or HF radiotelephony.
VHF digital selective calling from ship to shore.
Distress, Urgency and Safety communications carried out by the use of narrow-band direct printing telegraphy.
The linking of search and rescue authorities ashore with shipping in the immediate vicinity of a ship in Distress or in need of assistance .
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