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Art. 87 - Information Displayed on the Signal Station Board:

As each vessel passes a signal station, the VTMS system updates the signal station boards to
provide convoy progress the following information (Table 6) for a vessel as it passes the

station.
Information of vessels (as vessel name, convoy position, SC ID number. call sign, speed,
location and meteorological data) will be displayed to the signal station operators on signal

station PCs.
 First Line indicates the convoy direction and the current time.

 Second Line indicates the Meteorological, Emergency and the Navigational
information for all the stations scrolled from right to left.

 Third Line indicates Type and Time of the preceding vessel.

 Fourth Line indicates Type and Time of the vessel currently passing in front of the
signal station.
STATE BOARD REPRESENTATION
Table No. 1
State of Northbound or Southbound convoy

S B
N

South / North Bound Current time

….......……
Meteorological, Emergency and Navigational information

Preceding vessel type Preceding vessel time

Transiting vessel type Transiting vessel time

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