IMO STANDARD MARINE

COMMUNICATION PHARASES

GROUP 4
INTRODUCTION

Poor communication is the root cause of accidents within the

shipping industry. English may not be spoken fluently
between all members of a mixed nationality crew or between
ship and shore: Standard Marine Communication Phrases
(SMCP) is a set of key phrases developed by the IMO to
support non-native speakers of English. This course aims to
help those seafarers who have reached lower intermediate
level of English but who still need to improve their language
skills.
OBJECTIVES

1. give seafarers a better understanding of the language

rules and conventions used in SMCP;
2. immerse learners in a number of realistic emergency
situations where they have to respond correctiv: and
3. allow learners to record and re-record their responses so
individuals can work on pronunciation of difficult words and
phrases.
1.GENERAL TERMS

ABONDON VESSEL
ADRIFT

ASSEMBLY STATION

To evacuate a vessel from

crew and passengers
Floating, not controlled,
following a distress
without a clearly
determinable direction
Place on deck, in mess rooms, etc., assigned
to crew and passengers where they have to
meet according to the muster list when the
corresponding alarm is released or
announcement made
 A sea room to be kept for safety
around a vessel, rock, platform,
When a wind blows
ete., or the place assigned to a
round anticlockwise
vessel when anchored or lying
(opposite of veering)
alongside a pier etc.

BACKING(OF WIND) BERTH

BEACH(TO) BLAST

To run a vessel upon a A sound signal made

beach to prevent its with the whistle of
Sinking in deep water the vessel
 BLIND SECTOR
Areas which cannot be
scanned by the radar of the
vessel because they are
shielded by parts of Its
superstructure, masts, etc.
BOARDING ARRANGEMENT
All gear, such as pilot ladder,
accommodation ladder. hoist,
etc., necessary for a safe transfer
of the pilot
BOARDING SPEED
The speed o a vessel adjusted
to that of a pilot boat at
which the pilot can safely
embark
 BRIEFING CARDINAL BOUY CASUALTY CLOSE COUPLED TOWING

A concise explanatory
information to crew and
passengers.
CAPSIZING
A seamark, i.e. a buoy, Case of death or serious
indicating the north, iniury to a person in an
east,south or west from a accident or shipping disaster,
fixed Point, e.g. a wreck. also said of a distresced
COMPTIBILITY(OF GOODS) vessel.
CONVOY
A method of towing vessels through
polar ice by means of icebreaking
tugs with a special stern notch
suited to receive and hold the bow
fo the vessel to be towed
CPA

Turning of a vessel upside states whether different A group of vessels which sail
down while on water. goods can be stowed together, e.g through a canal Closest point of approach
together in one hold. or ice
 COW

Crude oil washing. A system of

cleaning the tanks by washing
them with the cargo of
Crude oil while it is being
discharged
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 BLIND SECTOR
Areas which cannot be
scanned by the radar of the
vessel because they are
shielded by parts of Its
superstructure, masts, etc.
BOARDING ARRANGEMENT
All gear, such as pilot ladder,
accommodation ladder. hoist,
etc., necessary for a safe transfer
of the pilot
BOARDING SPEED
The speed o a vessel adjusted
to that of a pilot boat at
which the pilot can safely
embark
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