Section 101: Master to notify hazards to navigation

101. Master to notify hazards to navigation (1) Where the master of a Mauritius ship encounters a danger to navigation specified in subsection (2), he shall send information of the danger by any means of communication at his disposal to the appropriate shore-based authorities via a coast radio station, and repeat the information to such ships in the vicinity as may be practicable. (2) The dangers to navigation referred to in subsection (1) are— (a) dangerous ice; (b) a dangerous derelict; (c) a hurricane, typhoon, cyclone or other similar storm; (d) air temperatures below freezing point associated with gale force winds causing severe ice accretion on the superstructure of ships; (e) winds of force 10 or above on the Beaufort scale for which no storm warning has been received; and (f) any other direct danger to navigation. (3) The information referred to in subsection (1) shall— (a) be sent on the authority of the master of the ship in English, or by means of the International Code of Signals, and where it is transmitted by radio, it may be sent in one of the working languages of the International Telecommunications Union and, where language difficulties are encountered, the Organisation Standard Communication Phrases may be used; and (b) when sent on the authority of the master of the ship by means of radio, be preceded by such safety signal or code sequence as may be prescribed and be in such format as may be prescribed. M62 – 51 [Issue 2] Merchant Shipping Act (4) Every person in charge of a radio station or in charge of radio communication on board a Mauritius ship shall, on receiving a signal indicating that a message is about to be sent under this section, refrain from sending messages for a time sufficient to allow other stations to receive the message, and transmit the message in such manner as may be prescribed.