Sécurité

How it is used

Pronounced 'say-cure-ee-tay' and usually written SECURITE. Coast stations and VTS use it for navigational warnings, and ships use it to warn others, for example about a floating container. It has the lowest priority of the three signals.

Example sentences

1. Sécurité, sécurité, sécurité, all ships, this is Istanbul Traffic: a navigational warning follows.

2. We sent a sécurité message about a drifting container in the traffic lane.

Common collocations

• sécurité message
• safety message
• navigational warning
• all ships

Related terms

• maydayThe international radio distress signal, spoken three times, used when a ship, aircraft or person is in grave and imminent danger and needs immediate help.
• pan-panThe radio urgency signal, spoken three times, used when there is an urgent problem concerning the safety of a ship or a person but no grave and imminent danger.
• channel 16The international VHF frequency (156.8 MHz) reserved for distress, urgency and safety calls and for first contact between stations. Ships at sea keep listening on it at all times.
• GMDSSGlobal Maritime Distress and Safety System: the international system of radio and satellite equipment and procedures that lets ships send distress alerts and receive safety information anywhere at sea.

More terms: Radio Communication & SMCP

• VHF
• SMCP
• say again