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GMDSS Compliance for Barbados

Barbados is GMDSS Sea Area A1 and A2 Compliant in accordance with the Policy on Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) for Barbados.

Extract from the Policy on GMDSS for Barbados.

Shore Based Facilities

Before Barbados can declare compliance with a GMDSS Sea Area, it must have the shore-based facilities operational. The Government of Barbados intends to establish a GMDSS Coast Station (8PO) at the Barbados Coast Guard Coast Station which would be GMDSS Sea Area 1 and Sea Area 2 compliant. The Barbados Coast Guard would operate this Coast Station and would be responsible for all the SAR, MSI, and GMDSS functions. The Government of Barbados would negotiate with the NAVTEX station covering its Sea Area to ensure that Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is available to vessels within its jurisdiction.

The Shore-based facility at the HMBS PELICAN Barbados Coast Guard Base 8PO/ 8PZ at Spring Garden, St. Michael, has been upgraded to become fully GMDSS compliant for Sea Area A1 and A2.

May 2008

MARS (Maritime Mobile Access and Retrieval System) Database for Barbados

ITU MARS Database

The MARS System has been developed by the ITU with the purpose of providing the Maritime Community, in particular those entities that are involved in Search and Rescue (SAR) activities with the most up-to date data registered in the ITU Master Ship Station database. The ITU requires the Authority to collect information about vessels being licensed and what equipment is being used. This information is held on the MARS Database which can then be accessed by the Port Authorities and Search and Rescue organizations worldwide.

Updated: 7 April 2011

Barbados signs Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Agreement with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at a meeting held at the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Chief Telecommunications Officer of Barbados, Mr Reginald Bourne (left) and the Director of ITU's Telecommunications Development Bureau, Mr Brahima Sanou (right), are congratulated by the Secretary General of the CTU, Ms Bernadette Lewis after the signing of the CIRT Agrreement.

Government Notices

Government Notice - 2019 Licences

The following types of licences are renewable in January 2019 as they will expire on December 31, 2018

Licensees have until January 30, 2019 to renew their licences.

From January 31, 2019 to March 31, 2019 these licences may be renewed but a 25% late payment fee will be payable.

From April 01, 2019, unpaid licences may be revoked by the Minister responsible for Telecommunications:

1. Sellers and Dealers;
2. Citizen Band Operators;
3. Amateur Radio Operators;
4. Model Equipment Owners;
5. General Radio Communications;
6. Fishing Vessels and all other Ship Stations;
7. Coast Stations;

Date: 16 November 2018

Legislation

Link - Legislation Tab at left - Computer Misuse Act, Fair Trading Act, Electronic Transaction Act, General Orders, Financial Management and Audit Rules 2011, etc.

HIPCAR Tab added at left - Model Text for Cybercrime, e-Commerce, Freedom of Information, Licensing Regulations etc.

Update: 30 November 2012