Knock Neivs

Queen Mary II

Who Participates in Amver?

ManyMany Different Kinds of Vessels Different Kinds of Vessels

Pride of Baltimore II

Amver Communication Paths

Public CoastStation

InternetE-mail

Amver’sTELEX Number

SatelliteShips

INMARSAT-C

Amver

Ships

AmverSEAS Server atNational Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)

Fleet Numerical Meteorology And Oceanography Center

(FNMOC)

For both NOAA (AmverSEAS) and FNMOC weather observations only the position information is forwarded to Amver

E-mail sent via address:amvermsg@amver.orgamvermsg@amver.com

InternetE-mail

InternetE-mail

Satellite

Satellite

FTP

InternetE-mail

National Weather Service (NWS)

Land Earth Station (LES)

AmverSEASINMARSAT-C

InternetE-mail

ISP

Ships

Fax at AMR

Coast GuardOne Network

(CGOne)

Rescue Coordination Center(RCC)

SAROPS/Amver

SURPIC

InternetE-mail

InternetE-mail

CHILREP

JASREP

Certain U.S. PublicCoast Stations

CGMSServer

Coast GuardFacilities

Ships

InternetE-mail

InternetE-mail

Lloyds Register FariplayVessel Information Data Load

Updates twice a month

Total Message Count forMay 2014 911,646

Polestar 28%

Non Major 11%

AMVERSEAS 5%

LRIT 45%

FNMOC 6%

Station12 2%

AT&T 1%Rejects 1%

Globe Wireless 2%

JASREP 1%

AUSREP 0% CGMS 0% CHILREP 0%

Fax 0%Mobile

Marine 0%

NOVOSHIP 0%

AmverSEAS (SEAS 2000)Sending Weather Observationsto the National Weather Services and Amver

AmversSEAS.lnk•Amver teamed up with NOAA to encourage

vessels to participate in both the weather

observation program and Amver by providing

weather observation and position messages via

INMARSAT C satellites.

•Ships that meet the system requirements may

send combined Amver/Weather observation

messages free of charge.

Amver Message StatisticsMessages received per day

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Amver Daily Processing Statistics July 7, 2014

Results for Julian day: 188

Total messages received: 32,175 Absolute Rejects: 348 Total messages processed: 31,827 Number committed/processed by AMP: 29,247 (92% Amver Processed) Number passed to rv/vr3: 2580 (8% Corrected by the DCS Staff) Vessel not in database, NICSD: 186 Duplicate message detected: 2050

Failure conditions breakdown – (Messages with no AMP commit Resolution)

Message is missing required lines: 645 Could not properly predict track line: 415 Position report contains track lines: 7 Deviation report invalid: 15 Deviation check exceeds boundaries: 998 Port of arrival in message did not match database: 56 Reported current position time exceeds day boundaries: 191 Sail plan has no similar voyages in database: 41 Vessel not on plot: 32 Current position in sail plan exceeds deviation check boundaries: 2 Failed to obtain all required data for report type: 209

The Amver System at the OSCSAR Controllers

• Have one point of login to run an Amver SURPIC through SAROPS

• Vessel Voyage Information and Reporting Information• Immediate access to vessel characteristic IHS Registar

Fairplay information and Owner Info• Medical information from the SAR-Q is stored in the

Amver database

System Support• 24-hour Customer support• Round the clock duty analyst to address any system and

or commutation problem• Four full-time support staff• NimsoftClient for problem notification • Enterprise Support staff trained to execute emergency

SURPICs in the event of network down-time• Full system redundancy in the event of hardware failures• State-of-the-Art Hardware and Technology• Disaster Recovery

Positioning the Vessels in TimeThis is an example Amver Sail Plan that is used by an Amver process that runs every fifteen minutes. This process moves the vessel in time along it’s intended SP leg according to it’s last reported course and speed. Producing a surpic_table of DR’d positions for all on plot vessels.

Report Validation Vessel Routing (RVVR)

Amver On Plot StatisticsVessels On Plot Per Day April 2004 to July 2014

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Why Amver works…7804 Vessels On Plot World Wide Observed at 12Z on 03/11/2014

Amver Vessels On Plot January 2014

For trend analysis, the Amver system takes a daily global "snapshot" of participating vessels.  Using only

the position, latitude, and longitude, a density plot is developed.  This density plot is a total of all daily vessel

positions for a specific month displayed within a global grid of cells.  Each cell approximates a one-degree

square (60 minutes in latitude and longitude).  Major trade routes and highly traveled coastal and ocean

areas of the world become evident, as well as those areas with very few sailings.

Legend

Each colored dot displayed on the chart approximates a one-degree cell (60 minutes of latitude by 60

minutes of longitude) and is referred to as a "cell" in the legend below.

Monthly density plot totals:

Red Cells : The monthly plot totaled over 51 vessels

Orange Cells : The monthly plot totaled

between 13 and 51 vessels

Green Cells : The monthly plot totaled between 4 and 12 vessels

Blue Cells : The monthly plot totaled 3 or fewer vessels

Empty Cells : No vessels

Surpic Vessel Summary

Amver Awards Program

1515

2020

BLUE pennant for a vessel completing its first

year of participation and being honored for the

first time.GOLD pennant for a vessel completing five

consecutive years of eligibility for an Amver

award

PURPLE pennant for a vessel completing ten

consecutive years of eligibility for an Amver

award.A ship completing fifteen years of consecutive Amver

award eligibility will receive a wooden plaque in

addition to the certificate and company letter.

A ship completing twenty years of consecutive

Amver award eligibility will receive an engraved

pewter-alloy plate.

From the AMVER Website

Amver Cases Reported 337Number of survivors rescued: 398Lives Assisted: 125

Top Six Owner Countries Diverting:Japan (31) USA (40)Greece (22)Germany (25)Norway (9)Great Britain (11)

Number of ships on average daily plot: 5,474Highest daily number of ships on plot: 7,650Ships receiving participation awards: 7,613

Bulk Carrier Makes First Amver Rescue of 2014

24 Chinese seafarers abandoned ship

and were rescued by an Amver ship

440 miles west of Guam on Monday,

January 20, 2014. The Chinese

seafarers abandoned their 500-foot

cargo ship after experiencing flooding

and engine failure late Sunday evening.

AMVER Ship Saves Four Atlantic Rowers

Four Atlantic rowers were plucked from

their disabled rowboat by the AMVER

participating bulker Hedvig Bulker

1,356 miles west of Puerto Rico on

Thursday, January 23, 2014.

Lives saved by AMVER ships to date in 2014: Lives saved by AMVER ships to date in 2014: 519519

AmverWhen preparing to visit a vessel please

reach out to us and check to see if the vessel is enrolled and reporting to Amver.

Thank the master and crew for their Amver participation or ask them to join.

Additional information: http://www.amver.com

Email: benjamin.m.strong@uscg.mil

Amver.com/Amver Blog

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