PART 4 - Canadian Coast Guard
PART 4 - Canadian Coast Guard
PART 4 - Canadian Coast Guard
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VI.<br />
Amver Voyage Report Types<br />
There are four types of Amver Reports - Sail Plan, Arrival, Position, and Deviation Reports.<br />
A. Reporting format. Each line of Amver Report text starts with a line identifier. Line identifiers are “AMVER” or a<br />
single letter. The line identifier and the data items on the line are each separated from each other by a single<br />
slash (“/”). Lines are terminated by two slashes (“//”).<br />
B. Reporting data. Amver participants need to be familiar with four types of reports - Sail, Arrival, Position, and<br />
Deviation Reports. Note that Amver permits sail plan and departure to be combined into a single report.<br />
Amver accepts sail plan information separately - for example, several days prior to departure. Report identifiers<br />
are as follow:<br />
AMVER/SP// Sail Plan & Departure<br />
AMVER/PR// Position Report<br />
AMVER/FR// Arrival Report.<br />
AMVER/DR// Deviation Report.<br />
C. Details. Paragraph IX includes a discussion of each report type. Each example is followed by an explanation.<br />
Note that not all the lines in the example are necessary for each type of report. The required and optional lines<br />
are discussed in each section.<br />
VII. Other Required Information<br />
Amver also needs other information, which might be useful in an emergency. This includes data such as the ship length,<br />
communications equipment, radio watch schedule, speed, rig, and so forth. This information is collected separately once,<br />
by completion of the Search and Rescue Questionnaire (SAR-Q) found on the Amver web site at http://www.amver.com<br />
which is then retained in the automatic data processing system, periodically validated, and used only for search-and-rescue<br />
purposes.<br />
VIII. Release of Information<br />
All voluntary information collected under these instructions will be only released to recognized search-and-rescue<br />
authorities. Information regarding vessels required to participate in Amver will be forwarded to the U.S. Maritime<br />
Administration, via the keyword MAREP on the Y-Line.<br />
IX.<br />
Description of Voyage Reports<br />
An example and explanation of each of the four types of Amver reports follows. Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes<br />
at the end of the section.<br />
A. Sail Plan & Departure Report. The “L” lines contain routing and “turnpoint” information needed by Amver.<br />
Amver needs data about every intended turnpoint, but also accepts information about any points along the intended<br />
track, even though they might not be turnpoints. Turnpoint information is needed by Amver to maintain plot<br />
accuracy.<br />
EXAMPLE:<br />
EXPLANATION:<br />
AMVER/SP// Required -<br />
A/SANDY JOAN//ABCD//<br />
AMVER/SP//<br />
B/110935Z// A /vessel/name/International Radio Call Sign//<br />
E/145// B /intended time of departure or departure time // (1)<br />
F/126// G /port of departure/latitude//longitude// (2)<br />
G/NORVOROSK/4510N/03820E// I /port of destination/latitude//longitude/estimated time<br />
of arrival//(1) (2) (3)<br />
I/GIBRALTERGI/3600N/00600W/140730Z//<br />
L/RL/140/4130N/02910E/112000Z// L / ...... route information ...// (1) (3) (4)<br />
L/RL/140/4010N/02620E/112300Z//<br />
Z // end of report<br />
L/RL/140/3630N/02330E/120330Z//<br />
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