THE IMO STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES
THE IMO STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES
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IMO 标准海洋通讯短语
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2015
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通讯作者:
J. M. Díaz
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作者:
J. M. Díaz
The adoption of the IMO standard marine communication phrases (SMCP) as IMO resolution A.918 (22) in 2001 marks the end of a stage that started as far back as 1973, the year that IMCO as it was then called decided, through the Maritime Safety Committee at its 27 session, that the common language to be used in the maritime context should be English and that it was necessary to establish the level of knowledge of this language and the vocabulary required to be able to navigate safely. In the specific context of Vessel Traffic Services, the need to use a standard language is established in a series of regulations of different types, mainly IMO resolutions, IMO instruments and IALA Recommendations and Model Courses. It seems obvious that both the VTS operators currently working and the candidates to this post must have the necessary knowledge to use and understand the IMO standard phrases for marine communications in compliance with international regulations, as, if mariners are obliged to understand and use these phrases, the VTS operators, who have to interact with them, will have to use the same restricted language. The following pages give a summary of the applicable regulations which may prove useful to set the background to the problem of training mariners and VTS operators in standard technical marine English.