Area of Operation From the 18th December 2012 the operational area of Stornoway MRCC covers the approximate area from the Gulf of Corryvreckan, West to 30° West, North to 61° North, East to 5° West and South to Cape Wrath.
This area includes all the Scottish mainland coast and sea lochs between the the northern tip of Jura and Cape Wrath, the Caledonian Canal as far as Fort Augustus, all of the Outer Hebrides and the Inner Hebrides north of Jura.

Stornoway MRCC also has the capacity to temporarily extend the area to the South, having access to remote radio sites which are normally under the operational control of Belfast MRCC. This is designed to assist Belfast MRCC during busy periods or a major incident, to take some of the routine calls and relieve some pressure on the Coastguards in Belfast. Likewise, Belfast MRCC are able to do the same and take control of some of the remote radio sites normal operated from Stornoway.

Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts There has recently been a change to the broadcast times for some of the remote radio sites on Mull and around Oban.
Stornoway Coastguard now transmits the MSI Broadcasts on the Glengorm (North Mull), Torrosay (Southeast Mull) and Tiree aerials.
The times of the broadcasts have also changed for these areas and there is an announcement of VHF Channel 16 at 01:10 local time and every three hours there after.
More information about the location of the remote radio sites and their MSI broadcast channels can be found on the "MSI Broadcast Map" page.