ENDEAVOR Telephone Service

All telephone communication aboard ENDEAVOR is from the ship's chartroom. When calling from the vessel, bridge personnel will advise which system is most appropriate for your needs. The deck officer will make a log entry if the outgoing call is to be billed to the chief scientist otherwise all calls must be made on a credit card, calling card, reversed charge or third number billing basis.

Service Number Remarks
Iridium Since incoming calls are billed
to the ship, please contact the
Marine Superintendent or the
captain for the number
  • Capable of voice and data (2400 baud)
  • Good quality
  • World wide coverage
  • Service independent of vessel's heading
  • Cost: $1.50/min - paid by ship side user
Inmarsat-B 011-874(1)-330-347110 voice
011-874(1)-330-347111 fax
  • Capable of voice, facsimile and data (9600 baud)
  • Excellent quality
  • World wide coverage
  • Service independent of vessel's heading
  • Cost: Between $1.94/min and $2.58/min
Cellular Since incoming calls are billed
to the ship, please contact the
Marine Superintendent or the
captain for the number
  • Capable of voice and facsimile
  • Good quality
  • Coverage up to 100 miles from the US coast where cellular service is available
  • Service independent of vessel's heading
  • Cost paid by ship side user
Message relay   Brief messages for business or emergency purposes can be passed between the captain and the Marine Superintendent for relay. When the ship is at sea, daily communication between the Marine Office and ship takes place at 0845 (RI time).
(1) Note: For Inmarsat calls 874 designates the Western Atlantic satellite. Use 871 for the Eastern Atlantic satellite and 872 for the Pacific satellite. Contact the Marine Superintendent or captain if it is not obvious which satellite the ship will be using.



Marine Technical Services Group
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island



This page last updated: Thursday, January 25, 2007
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