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The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Services

METAREA III

 

Issuing Service:
France/Greece (Scheduled bulletins and warnings for the western Mediterranean Sea are prepared by France)
Coverage:
Atlantic waters east of 35°W, from 7°N to 48°27'N, and east of 20°W from 7°N to 6°S, including the Straits of Gibraltar - The Mediterranean and Black Seas, east of the Straits of Gibraltar
Satellite Ocean Regions (scheduled bulletins): AOR (E) Broadcast (UTC): 1000, 2200

 

MAPS AVAILABLE
METAREA III (INMARSAT C) - Forecast Areas (METEO France/Hellenic National Meteorological Service)
Algeria - Coastal Forecast Areas
Croatia - Weather Forecast Areas
Egypt - Coastal Forecast Areas
France - Forecast Areas for METAREAS I, II and III
France - Areas of responsibility of CROSS stations
Germany - Forecast Areas for METAREAS I, II and III
Italy - Weather Forecast Areas
Morocco - Weather Forecast Areas
Spain - Weather Forecast Areas for High Seas and Western part of the Mediterranean
Tunisia - Coastal Shipping and Fishing Areas
Turkey - Fleet Forecast Areas
Ukraine - Western Black Sea Forecast Areas

 

NAVTEX Stations

COUNTRY STATION NAME POSITION SLOT
BULGARIA Varna 43°4'N 27°46'E [J]
CROATIA Split (Hvar I.) 43°30'N 16°29'E [Q]
CYPRUS Cyprus 35°03'N 33°17'E [M]
EGYPT El Iskandariya (Alexandria) 31°11'N 29°52'E [N]
FRANCE La Garde (CROSS) (MRCC) 43°06'N 05°59'E [S][W]
GREECE Irakleio (Crete) 35°20'N 25°07'E [H]
Kerkyra 39°45'N 19°52'E [K]
Limnos 39°52'N 25°04'E [L]
ISRAEL Hefa (Haifa) 32°49'N 35°00'E [P]
ITALY Augusta 37°14'N 15°14'E [V]
Cagliari 39°14'N 09°14'E [T]
Roma 41°48'N 12°31'E [R]
Trieste 45°41'N 13°46'E [U]
MALTA Malta Radio 35°49'N 14°32'E [O]
ROMANIA Constanta (Constantza) Radio 44°06'N 28°37'E [L]
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EUROPE) Novorossiysk 44°36'N 37°58'E [A]
SPAIN Valencia (Cabo de la Nao) 38°43'N 00°09'E [M][X]
TURKEY Antalya 36°53'N 30°42'E [D][F]
Istanbul 41°04'N 28°57'E [B][D][M]
Izmir 38°21'N 26°35'E [C][I]
Samsun 41°17'N 36°20'E [A][E]
UKRAINE Kerch 45°23'N 36°28'E [B]
Odesa 46°29'N 30°44'E [C]

 

Radio-Facsimile Broadcasts

COUNTRY STATION NAME CALL SIGN
POSITION
GREECE Olympia

ITALY Roma
IAR
41°48'N 12°31'E

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

National Contact Points for the WMO GMDSS Marine Broadcast System

Contact: Mr Michael Myrsilidis
Address: Marine Meteorology Section
Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS)
El. Venizelou 14
16777 ATHENS
Greece
Email: mmirsi@hnms.gr
Telephone: +30-210 9699013
Fax: +30-210 9628952
+30-210 96949646

 

Port Meteorological Offices and Weather Routeing Services

Azores Congo Madeira (Portugal) Senegal
Benin Democratic Republic of the Congo Mauritania Sierra Leone
Côte d'Ivoire France Nigeria Spain
Canary Islands (Spain) Gabon Portugal Togo
Cape Verde Ghana Sao Tome and Principe  

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Metarea IV

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