5 Communication requirements for the system, including frequencies on which reports should be transmitted and information to be reported:
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5 Communication requirements for the system, including frequencies on which reports should be transmitted and information to be reported:

 The communications required for the COPREP are as follows:

  • (a) The call to the shore-based authority shall be made on the VHF channel assigned to Vessel Traffic Service in the Portuguese Coast, or by the other available means based on the following contact information:

CALL: Roca Control
TELEPHONE: 351–214464830
FAX: 351–214464839
E-mail: oper.vts@imarpor.pt
VHF CHANNELS
Primary channels: 22 and 79 Secondary channel:69
CALL SIGN: CSG229
MMSI: 00 263 3030

  • (b) The language used for communication shall be Portuguese or English, using the IMO Standard Marine Communications Phrases, where necessary.

  • (c) Information of commercial confidentiality may be transmitted by non-verbal means.

Parent topic: Annex – Mandatory Ship Reporting System “Off the Coast of Portugal – COPREP”
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