VMS Solutions with Globalstar 

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Globalstar Black Boxes are DFO approved and offer your maritime business a variety of advantages. Globalstar VMS solutions allow your vessel to fish within the guidelines of the VMS regulations. And you can be more productive and manage your offshore business better with an included Globalstar Satellite phone

Globalstar offers two VMS solutions:

•    Blue Oceans Satellite Systems – Asset Tracking and Remote Equipment Monitoring
•    WI Sys – Vessel Management and Transportation Solutions
 

What is VMS?
A Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) is a tracking device that is mounted on-board a vessel with the ability to automatically transmit the location data of the vessel to an authorized third party. The VMS equipment is more widely known as the so-called "Black Box" among the fishing industry. Since the systems operate automatically they do not require any input or training for the crew.

VMS systems utilize an inbuilt Global Positioning System (GPS) to collect the location data of the vessel and transmit this information at predetermined interval via modern satellite systems to a Central Monitoring Centre.

In Canada, this information is sent to Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and only used in case of violation or emergency. All the data is treated securely and confidentially.

Who Does This Affect?
Fishermen of certain areas and species have already been mandated as of April 2004. According to Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO), some of these areas and species include:
All commercial fishing vessels in NAFO Divisions 2J, 3K, 3L, 3P's, 3Pn and 4R from 35' -64'11'' in length
All commercial fishing vessels in NAFO Divisions 0, 2, 3 and operating vessels longer than 65'' in length
The VMS system is required to be operating once the fishing vessel commences fishing operation for 2004 throughout the entire fishing season.
Updates of the latest legislation regarding VMS can be found on the web sites of: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): Acts, Orders, Regulations Department of Transport: Small Commercial Vessel Unit

Blue Oceans - Voyager M1500

Blue Oceans' DFO approved Voyager M1500 Tracking Satellite Phone offers your maritime business a variety of advantages. The Voyager lets you speak and hear clearly with a crystal-clear voice signal, access the Internet and read e-mail while allowing remote or shore-based contacts to track vessel position. The Voyager M1500 is a federal government-approved Vessel Monitoring System
Blue Oceans provides cutting edge capabilities for asset tracking and remote equipment monitoring. Markets served include forestry/pulp and paper, natural resource exploration, offshore and onshore oil and gas production, and long haul fleet management. Specializing in marine communications, Blue Oceans provides approved Vessel Monitoring Systems and related services to meet the needs of commercial fishers and professional mariners



*Source: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada