Procedures for port State control 2021, 2022 Edition

SafetyNET is an international automatic direct-printing satellite-based service for the promulgation of maritime safety information including navigational warnings and meteorological information and other urgent safety-related messages to ships, as well as search and rescue-related information, and fulfils an integral role in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). This edition of the Manual, renamed the *International SafetyNET Services Manual*, incorporates changes introduced to the Inmarsat satellite network and services including the Inmarsat Fleet Safety service, which has been recognized as a mobile satellite service for use in the GMDSS by adoption of resolution MSC.450(99).

The *Mission Coordination* volume assists personnel who plan and coordinate SAR operations and exercises. A new edition of the IAMSAR Manual is published every three years. The 2022 edition includes amendments, adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and approved by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 103rd session in May 2021 by means of MSC.1/Circ.1640, which become applicable on 1 June 2022.

This publication presents engineering specifications for fire safety equipment and systems required by SOLAS chapter II-2 concerning: - international shore connections - personnel protection - fire extinguishers - fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems - fixed foam fire-extinguishing systems - fixed pressure water-spraying and water-mist fire-extinguishing systems - automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm systems - fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems - sample extraction smoke detection systems - low-location lighting systems - fixed emergency fire pumps - arrangement of means of escape - fixed deck foam systems - inert gas systems - fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems.