RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION - Canadian Coast Guard

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GMDSS Sea Areas – Canada In Canada, as a result of consultations with the Canadian marine industry, it has been decided to implement sea areas A1 on the east and west coasts. Outside of A1 will be an A3 sea area with an A4 sea area in the Arctic. Consideration was given to the implementation of an A2 sea area, but due to budgetary constraints and the marine industry’s preference for sea areas A1 and A3, sea area A2 is not being planned at this time. Communications between GMDSS Vessels & Non-GMDSS Vessels Since February 1, 1999, GMDSS larger ships have been maintaining an automated listening watch on GMDSS VHF/DSC Ch 70 and MF/DSC 2187.5 kHz. This at times creates the situation, where vessels fitted with traditional, non-GMDSS radio equipment, may have had difficulties alerting or contacting a GMDSS ship. The Coast Guard is addressing this by monitoring both GMDSS and traditional distress frequencies. Canadian Coast Guard MCTS Centres will continue to monitor 2182 kHz and CH 16 for distress, urgency, safety and calling purposes for the foreseeable future. Further, the Coast Guard and Transport Canada encourage all vessels to fit VHF/DSC in the interest of increased safety. Important Safety Notice concerning VHF/DSC After having received a distress, urgency or safety broadcast announcement on VHF/DSC Channel 70 the VHF/DSC equipment will automatically switch the DSC radio to VHF Channel 16 for the subsequent voice announcements. Mariners who are required by the VHF Practices and Procedures Regulations to monitor a specific VTS sector frequency should return the radio to the appropriate working frequency after determining, on Channel 16, the impact of the VHF/DSC alert broadcast announcement on their vessel's’ operations. It has been determined that vessels maintaining a listening watch on a VTS sector frequency, per the requirements of the VTS Zone Regulations may, if navigating in congested waters, temporarily discontinue DSC watchkeeping on VHF/DSC Channel 70 until the required manoeuvre has been completed. Vessels inadvertently or accidentally transmitting a distress/urgency/safety broadcast on VHF/DSC must cancel the distress/urgency/safety broadcast on VHF Channel 16. Intentionally sending a false distress alert carries penalties under both the Canada Shipping Act and the Radiocommunication Act. VHF/DSC equipment must be programmed with the correct Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) numbers (reference Radio Station licensing and MMSI numbers section in Part 4 also reference page 1-5 for the MCTS Centres’ MMSI numbers). Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Centres To help ease the transition to GMDSS and bridge the communication gap between the two systems, Canadian Coast Guard MCTS Centres will continue to monitor the current distress and safety channels VHF Ch 16 and MF 2182 kHz for the foreseeable future. Once Canada’s sea areas have all been implemented, lower cost DSC equipment is available, and it is determined that these services are no longer required, these listening watches may be discontinued. This decision will be evaluated at that time. To supplement the broadcasting of Maritime Safety Information (MSI) on NAVTEX and INMARSAT EGC, MCTS Centres will continue safety broadcasts using the existing VHF continuous marine broadcast system. 4-10
CANADIAN NAVTEX SERVICE NAVTEX Service is available from the following transmitting sites: Site Position Range (NM) ID Tofino 48 55N 125 32W 300 H Prince Rupert 54 17N 130 25W 300 D The service uses the frequency 518 kHz for the broadcast of the following subject-Indicator content: (A) Navigational Warnings (E) Meteorological forecasts (B) Meteorological Warnings (H) Loran-C messages (C) Ice Reports (K) DGPS Notices to Shipping (D) Search and Rescue Reports Broadcast time and content is shown in individual MCTS Centre listings. 4-11
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART 1 - FOR
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PART 5 - ENVIRONMENT CANADA MARINE
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PART 1 FOREWORD ADVANCE NOTICES In
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CANADIAN MARITIME MOBILE SAFETY AND
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MMSI: 00 316 0014 PART 2 COMOX, BRI
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MCTS Comox / VAC Broadcasts TIME PS
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MCTS Inuvik / VFA - Ship/Shore Comm
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MMSI: 00 316 0013 PRINCE RUPERT, BR
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MCTS Prince Rupert / VAJ - Broadcas
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MCTS Prince Rupert / VAJ - Broadcas
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MCTS Tofino / VAE - Ship/Shore Comm
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Page 45 and 46: COMMUNICATIONS Radiotelephone proce
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Page 67 and 68: VANCOUVER VTS ZONE SECTORS AND BOUN
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Page 123 and 124: Table 4: Port meteorological office
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Page 127 and 128: Table 5: Abbreviations used by MSC
Page 129 and 130: PACIFIC COAST Marine Weather Foreca
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MARINE FORECAST AREAS Eastern and W
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CANADIAN ICE SERVICE (CIS) Ice Fore
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Ice charts The following list descr
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TABLE 3 U.S. WEST COAST LORAN-C CHA
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