Egyptian Authority for Maritime Safety (EAFMS)
Navigation Systems
Gulf of Suez Vessel Traffic Information Management System (VTIMS)
- GOS VTIMS allows identification and monitoring of vessels, strategic planning
of vessel movements and provision of navigational information and assistance and
also assists in prevention of pollution and co-ordination of pollution and co- ordination
of pollution response.
- It provides timely vessel traffic movement, ports operations and apply the related
laws.
Egyptian regional Net for Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) Project
- The project aims at the improvement, organization and safety of navigation in territorial
water, to the satisfaction of maritime transport increasing demand and regular flew
of vessels traffic. It secures one meter accuracy in positioning, especially in
ports operations, approaching areas and congested waterways in Safaga, Hurghada,
Tiran Straits, Gobal, Entrances of the Gulf of Suez and Aqaba Gulf. It reaches five
meters accuracy in general navigation.
- It is composed of six reference stations, three of which in the northern coast (Marsa
Matrouh, Alexandria and Port Said) and the others in the Gulf of Suez, Aqaba and
Red Sea (Ras Ghareb, UM Essayed in Sharm El-Sheikh and El Qusier).
- A main control center in Max, Alex. Supervises and monitors the technical status
and define the troubleshooting in the six stations. It serves the maritime and territorial
survey to position oil companies, sites and to supply pipe lines and pavements of
dessert and territorial roads in the range of correction stations.
GULF of Suez Search and Rescue System (SAR)
- It provides the capabilities to address efficiently any crisis related to maritime
incidents or accidents.
- AS distress signals is received from a vessel to main SAR center, an operation is
launched immediately to search for the vessel, position it and render the necessary
assistance to save it.
- It exploits GOS VTIMS resources to fulfill successfully its duties in GOS, northern
Red Sea and in Alexandria port for 25 miles in the Mediterranean.