Maritime Operations/Operational Center (MOC)

Maritime Operatinos Center performs the activities related to: monitoring and control of maritime traffic through VTMIS system, communications through the GMDSS equipment and radio service Barradio (VTMIS, MRCC, CRS) for the purpose of safety of navigation, safety of human lives and protection of marine environment from pollution; gathering of hydrographical, oceanographic and meteorological data and their radio transmission; radio service on navigable waterways for the purpose of maritime traffic and transmission of Notices to Mariners on the conditions on navigable waterways.

Contacts – Maritime Operations Center

VTS (Vessel traffic Services):

Phone: 030 315 386

Fax: 030 313 600

Mobile: +382 67 642 179

VHF CH 11/16/87

E-mail: vts@pomorstvo.me 

MRCC / ORS ‘’BARRADIO’’

Phone: 030 313 088

Fax: 030 313 600

Mobile: +382 67 642 179

VHF CH 12/16/24

Inmarsat C ID 426200016

Maritime Safety Service Emergency Number: 129

E-mail: barradio@pomorstvo.me                       

Activities of the MOC Bar for the purpose of performing the duties within the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System and coverage of sea areas A1 and A2:

Ensuring coordination during search and rescue operations at sea,

Monitoring and control of maritime traffic in accordance with the VTMIS procedure,

Ensuring coordination in cases of emergency response to marine pollution from vessels,

Transmission of weather and navigational warnings,

Transmission of weather forecasts and radio notices,

Providing communication during medical assistance to ships “MEDICO”,

Updating information on ships movements within “Adriatic Traffic Reporting System”,

Radio-direction by Radio-direction finder in the VHF maritime area.

Control and Monitoring of Maritime Traffic Service uses state of the art sensors for tracking of ships including: solid state radars, VHF transceivers, meteorological stations, AIS base stations, Radio-direction finder and independent redundant link system. VTMIS sensors are located on Mavrjan, Black Cape (Crni rt) and Obosnik.

Vessel Traffic Service provided is IS (Information Service), and Coastal VTS is established to cover territorial sea area of Montenegro in accordance with the adopted Rulebook and internationally proclaimed VTS procedure. 

Control and Monitoring of Maritime Traffic Service, in order to promote safety of navigation and protection of sea from pollution from vessels, also includes the following activities:

1.          collection of data on maritime objects and maritime traffic,

2.          providing information to maritime objects,

3.          providing navigational advice and support during navigation to maritime objects.