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CH16
Maritime Safety Companion
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your maritime safety companion. Worldwide rescue centers, GMDSS MAYDAY messages, Man Overboard and Passage Plan voyage declaration.
CH16 by Global SAR Hub is the essential maritime safety app for every seafarer.
Instantly access contact details for over 350 maritime rescue coordination centers (MRCC, MRSC, JRCC, JRSC) worldwide. View Search and Rescue Regions (SRR) on an interactive map and identify the center responsible for your current position in real time.
Generate IMO/GMDSS-compliant MAYDAY and PAN PAN distress messages with audio playback. Activate Man Overboard (MOB) mode to record a GPS position and guide you back to the drop point.
NEW - Passage Plan: declare your route and automatically notify all rescue centers along your way, in their own language. An essential step for your safety at sea.
Get notifications when you cross into a new SRR zone. Save your vessel and captain information to automatically include them in your messages and passage plans. Available in 6 languages. Works offline.
Key features:
• Global directory of 350+ maritime rescue centers
• Interactive SRR zone map with automatic detection
• GMDSS-compliant MAYDAY / PAN PAN message generator
• Audio playback of distress messages
• Man Overboard mode with GPS tracking and DMD format
• Real-time MOB map view
• Passage Plan: multilingual voyage declaration to RCCs
• Persistent vessel and captain profiles
• Voice recording of vessel name
• SRR zone change notifications
• Multilingual country search
• 6 languages: EN, FR, ES, PT, IT, DE
• Full offline mode
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.globalsarhub.com/terms-of-use.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.globalsarhub.com/privacy-policy.html
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• Notifications: receive important information and alerts from Global SAR Hub.
• Passage Plan: before sending, the list of relevant Rescue Coordination Centers (MRCC) is shown, with a confirmation step. Home port added.
• Passage Plan history: review your declarations, edit them, mark a voyage as ended, or cancel them.
• Multiple vessel profiles: manage several boats and choose the one to use.
• Clearer EPIRB / PLB labels.
• Completed translations, stability improvements and bug fixes.
Fair winds and safe seas with CH16!
The developer, Global SAR Hub, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Size
- 83.5 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- CH16 Pro Lifetime 24,99 zł
- CH16 Pro 4,99 zł
- Provider
Global SAR Hub
- Global SAR Hub has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
282384455 - Address
60 RUE FRANCOIS 1ER
75008 PARIS
France - Phone Number
+33 749123076 - Email
contact@globalsarhub.com
- Copyright
- © 2026 Global SAR Hub SAS