NIS - Nautical Info Service Croatia

Ihre Sicherheit auf See - Charteryacht oder eigene Yacht

Das kroatische Ministerium für Meeresangelegenheiten, Transport und Infrastruktur 
hat eine der Sicherheit auf See dienende App herausgebracht,
die viele nützliche Infos und eine Notruf-Funktion enthält.

Notruf via SMS inklusive Positionsübermittlung
Wetterberichte
Nachrichten für Seefahrer
Übersicht aller Marinas
Liste aller Bojenfelder und ihrer Betreiber samt Telefonnummern
Verzeichnis der Tankstellen
Verzeichnis der Hafenämter

12 Sprachen
u.a. Deutsch

Name der kostenlosen App: Nautical Info Service Croatia für

smart phones mit Android system

iPhones

Nautical Info Service Croatia

Nautical Information Service (nIS) is a multilingual free application for smart phones published by Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure held for leaders of yachts and boats, fishermen, divers, swimmers and other people who spend time on the coast and at sea. nIS has been developed that user of applications could give harbormaster’s offices and other safety services of navigation and prevention of marine pollution, especially to search and rescue at sea service, substantial and detailed information in a simple and quick way, but also in order to provide user at any time and at every place readily available information relevant to his own safety at sea and along the coast.

Using nIS application time required for the reaction of the safety services of navigation with accidents or other emergencies at sea is significantly reduced, it is easier to identify the perpetrators of maritime violations, and users have always accurate data on sea conditions, contact the nearest emergency public services, as well as ports, anchorages or similar at the precise location where is currently located. nIS is a particularly useful application for those persons who dare to go to sea alone, because with this applications at sea no one is alone. Application nIS allows you to reduce the danger to yourself and others, but also to get immediate help when you really need it.

Application nIS is designed to operate at any time and on any location on the sea.

The application works even when you do not have Internet access because the content of the application loads on the smartphone when you have a access to wireless internet or Wi-Fi network, and is available to you when you don’t have such a connection. For communication with the search and rescue service at sea, nIS uses short text message (SMS) and phone call to the toll-free number 195 witch is available for all mobile operators almost at every part of the territory.

nIS enables dialing a phone number for reporting distress, urgency or safety 195 MRCC Rijeka with automatic delivery of location of the caller via short text message (SMS) which essentially reduces the time of search for injured persons, so far the highest quality weather forecast for seafarers high resolution (ALADIN) for each hour in the period of 72 hours realized in collaboration with the Meteorological and hydrological Service, the possibility of reporting maritime violations or other emergency at sea events with text, photography, short movie and location of event.

nIS as applications for marine support and alerting emergency services was developed in cooperation with
mobile operators – Croatian Telecom, VIP-net and TELE2, the Meteorological and hydrological Service and the Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia.

The application is designed

for smart phones with the Android system

as well as

for iPhone mobile devices

and is made in a multilingual version in Croatian,
Slovenian, English, German, Italian, French, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian.

Among other contacts nIS includes working hours and geographical location of public services, ports, marinas, nautical anchorages, petrol stations, hyperbaric chambers, medical institutions and other for safety at sea essential public and commercial services.

The application will contribute to the safety of human lives and property at sea, and to facilitate availability of public services of safety at sea.