RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION - Canadian Coast Guard

III.
What and When You Report
A. Sail plan message should be sent on or before departure.
B. Position Reports should be sent within twenty-four hours of departure and subsequently no less frequently
than every forty-eight hours until arrival.
C. Arrival Reports should be sent immediately prior to or upon arrival at the Port of Destination.
D. Reports are to be sent during the Radio Officer’s normal duty hours.
E. At the discretion of the vessel, reports may be sent more frequently than the above schedule, as, for example,
in heavy weather or under other adverse conditions.
IV.
Report Format
As previous Amver participants will note, the format described below represents a change which serves two purposes:
First, the new format will permit the automated data processing system to enter your information into Amver more
accurately and efficiently. Second, the new format conforms with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) proposed
standard, thus reducing the number of different formats in use. As other systems also adopt the IMO format, we will have
moved closer to a single format worldwide.
V. Amver System Communications Network
The following methods are recommended for ships to transmit Amver Sail Plan, Position, Deviation and Arrival reports.
Details are available on the Amver Website at http://www.amver.com
Electronic Mail via the Internet: Amver’s address is: amvermsg@amver.com
AMVER/SEAS “Compressed Message” via Inmarsat-C thru TELENOR:
Amver address: NOAA telephone number entered in the ADDRESSBOOK. For information, please see the instruction
sheet for your brand of Inmarsat-C transceiver. AMVER/SEAS software can be downloaded from the Internet at:
http://seas.amveerseas.noaa.gov/seas/goosplots.html
or requested from:
TELENOR Satellite Services
1101 Wootton Parkway, 10 th Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20852
301-838-7800
Internet E-Mail: customercare@telenor-usa.com
HF Radiotelex Service of U.S. Coast Guard Communications Stations: Full information on how to send Amver
messages this way can be found at: http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/egcomms/call.htm.
HF Radio at no cost via Coast Guard Contractual Agreements with the following companies:
Globe Wireless Super Station Network
Mobile Marine Radio (WLO)
Telex: Amver Address: (0) 230 127594 AMVERNYK
Telefax: To the USCG Operations Systems Centre in Martinsburg: 304-264-2505
If messages are relayed through Canadian Coast Guard Ships no ship charge will be assessed. All Amver messages
forwarded via the stations listed, should be addressed to Amver Vancouver, rather than COAST GUARD New York, to
ensure that no charge is applied in delivery.
VI.
Amver Voyage Report Types
There are four types of Amver Reports – Sail, Arrival, Position, and Deviation Reports.
A. Reporting format. Each line of Amver Report text starts with a line identifier. Line identifiers are “Amver” or
a single letter. The line identifier and the data items on the line are each separated from each other by a single
slash (“/”). Lines are terminated by two slashes (“//”).
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