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Abbreviation
PT
IntlOrg

PORTUGAL

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PT - Portuguese National Maritime Authority

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The National Maritime Authority System (SAM) corresponds to the institutional framework of Entities, Bodies and Services, that have coordination, executive, advisory or law enforcement functions, whose purpose is to guarantee compliance with the law in maritime spaces under national sovereignty and jurisdiction. This Framework includes agencies at local, regional and national level, responsible for the coordination, advice and law enforcement.

GMDSS GENERAL OPERATOR COURSE
Institution
Language
English
Portuguese
Type
On-site
Maritime Search and Rescue planning Course
Institution
Language
English
Portuguese
Type
On-site
Navigation and maritime safety course level 1
Institution
Language
Portuguese
Type
On-site
Fast boat operators course Practical/Skipper Module
Institution
Language
English
Portuguese
Type
Maritime Search And Rescue Planning Course For Sar Controllers And Search Recue Units
Institution
Language
English
Portuguese
Type
On-line

Virtual-Regional Maritime Traffic Centre (V-RMTC)/Trans-Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN)

The V-RMTC is a virtual network connecting Maritime Operation Centres of member Navies. Through the system, based on commercial hardware and a software developed within the Italian Navy, it is possible to share among participants selected unclassified information related to merchant shipping (bigger than 300 tons). The hub of the V-RMTC is located in Rome, at the Italian Maritime Operation Centre (MOC) of the Fleet Command Headquarter (CINCNAV). The MOC gathers and merges the information received, broadcasts a single near-real time recognized picture to all V-RMTC participating Navies. The community has 33 member Navies. V-RMTC: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, the US. T-RMN: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Peru. Following Navies may also join - Ghana, Qatar, Australia, Japan, Cameroon, and Ecuador.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Safety Including Vessel Traffic Management
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance

Portugal-Spain ESPPS Exchange of Situational Picture of Neighbouring External Border Sections between the National Coordination Centres

Source: GNR Website

According to the EUROSUR regulation, the national coordination centres of neighbouring Member States shall share with each other, directly and in near real time, the situational picture of neighbouring external border sections. In this regard the information collected from the national surveillance systems in the neighbouring border sections of Portugal and Spain is shared directly and in near real time among them, contributing to improve the situational awareness and to increase reaction capability.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance
Countries involved

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