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Once receiving the signal the national authorities of the area notified
dispatch appropriate military or law-enforcement forces to deal with the

terrorist or pirate menace.

Legislation on Ship Security Alert System (SSAS)

In December 2002, International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted
some changes within which Ship Security Alert System (SSAS), as was
determined in Regulation 6. It also required IMO to produce guidance on
the implementation and instructions on the handling of covert alerts from

SSAS instrumentation.

The SSAS alerts are to be sent by the security staff, necessarily at routine
priority, from the ship to its Administration directly or other proper
recipient designated by the Administration.

These routine priority SSAS alerts might be chosen by Administrations to

have from their flag ships addressed to Maritime Rescue Coordination
Centres in their own region or to other targets such as ship owners or
managers.

Satellite service of Inmarsat C, mini-C and D+ would help affirm the full
accessibility of processing the messages of Ship Security Alert System

(SSAS), while the existing outdated GMDSS would require an update
provided by its manufacturers or agents.

SSAS solutions which are available on the Inmarsat network inevitably
render more flexibility in the routing of SSAS alerts. In accordance with
the requirements of the IMO, these alerts could be sent to any

destination, which might be a rescue co-ordination centre, or a national
security organisation or the ship owner or any other third-party
organisation but necessarily selected by the flag administration.

The security staff can deliver the Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) to
fax, email, telex, GSM phone, or even to other Inmarsat terminals for the

sake of ship security complying with the legislation specified in
Regulation 6.

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