From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
IMSO Director General Meets with High Commissioner Bethel
By Bahamas High Commission London
Feb 5, 2016 - 12:14:20 PM
From left to right: High Commissioner Bethel, Bahamas Liaison Officer to IMO Bernis Pinder and Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) Captain Moin Ahmed. (Photo: Bahamas High Commission London)
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Captain Moin Ahmed, Director General of the International Mobile
Satellite Organization (IMSO) paid a courtesy call on His Excellency
Eldred Bethel on Thursday, February 4th at Bahamas House in London.
In
recently taking up his post in 2015, Captain Ahmed outlined the mandate
of IMSO along with goals and objectives for 2016. Captain Ahmed gave an
update on the workings of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System
(GMDSS) and discussed the way forward on keeping and reducing the
operational cost of the Long Range Identification and Tracking System
(LRIT).
The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
acts as the LRIT Coordinator, appointed by IMO to ensure the operation
of the international system for the Long Range Identification and
Tracking of Ships (LRIT) worldwide by auditing and reviewing the
performance of the system.
IMSO is the inter-governmental
organization whose primary purpose is the oversight of certain public
satellite safety and security communication services provided by mobile
satellite communication systems.
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