Ship Security Alert System
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Pirates Beware!
The DSAS Ship Security Alert System is part of the PurpleFinder® Guard suite of products, and fully compliant with SOLAS Regulation XI-2/6 adopted by the Conference of Contracting Governments to the SOLAS Convention, 1974 (7-13 December 2002). Regulation XI-2/6 requires ships to be provided with a ship security alert system. The intent of the ship security alert system is to send a covert signal from a ship which will not be obvious to anyone on the ship who is not aware of the alert mechanism. It is of use therefore in circumstances where a ship wishes to inform a person ashore of a problem with a minimum number of persons onboard aware of the action.
The DSAS Ship Security Alert System is a self-contained unit consisting of a compact integrated Inmarsat/GPS transceiver, power management unit and back-up batteries, constructed within a ruggedised polycarbonate enclosure in turn protected by a stainless steel casing, and having multiple external panic alarm points. Of portable dimensions, the DSAS unit is easily installed, and with no visible external antenna the unit does not resemble typical Satcom equipment, therefore with such a degree of concealment is likely to escape pirate/hijacker/terrorist attention.
SOLAS Regulation
XI-2/6 Ship Security Alert System
Regulation XI-2/6
applies to the following types of ships on international voyages:
- passenger
ships, including high-speed passenger craft;
- cargo
ships, including high-speed craft, of 500 gross tonnage and upwards;
- mobile offshore drilling units.
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All ships in the above
general category shall be provided with a ship security alert system, as
follows:
- ships
constructed on or after 1 July 2004
- oil
tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high speed
craft, of 500 gross tonnage and upwards constructed before 1 July 2004, not
later than the first survey of radio installation after 1 July 2004; and
- other
cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards and mobile offshore drilling
units constructed before 1 July 2004, not later than the first survey of
radio installation after 1 July 2006.