🔍 Key Concepts

• GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) overall purpose • The types of communications GMDSS is designed to support: distress, urgency, safety, routine • Difference between a single specific function and a system concept that combines several functions

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Is GMDSS focused on just one link in the distress chain, or does it cover the entire process from alerting nearby ships to involving shore authorities? • Look at each option: do any describe only one part of what GMDSS does, or do some describe a broader, more complete idea? • Think about what SOLAS requires GMDSS to ensure for any ship in distress, regardless of where it is.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which options describe only one aspect of distress alerting. • Identify whether GMDSS is limited to ship‑to‑ship or ship‑to‑shore, or if it is intended to integrate both. • Check which choice best matches the idea of a global, coordinated distress and safety communications system.