---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.1081"
title: "47"
number: "80.1081"
heading: "Functional requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.1081"
---

# §80.1081. Functional requirements.


Ships, while at sea, must be capable:

- (a) Except as provided in §§ [80.1087(a)(1)](/cfr/47/80.1087.md?p=a-1) and [80.1091(a)(4)(iii)](/cfr/47/80.1091.md?p=a-4-iii), of transmitting ship-to-shore distress alerts by at least two separate and independent means, each using a different radiocommunication service;
- (b) Of receiving shore-to-ship distress alerts;
- (c) Of transmitting and receiving ship-to-ship distress alerts;
- (d) Of transmitting and receiving search and rescue co-ordinating communications;
- (e) Of transmitting and receiving on-scene communications;
- (f) Of transmitting and receiving signals for locating;
- (g) Of transmitting and receiving maritime safety information;
- (h) Of transmitting and receiving general radiocommunications to and from shore-based radio sytsems or networks; and
- (i) **Of transmitting and receiving bridge-to-bridge communications.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.