CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE CHART PATCHES

Colour Web Patches are free to the mariner, and given the quality of many printers, should reproduce well. They will be available in real time all around the world.

CHS welcomes your feedback on this service at chsinfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca .

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - CUMULATIVE CHART CORRECTIONS

The cumulative Notices to Mariners corrections for charts can now be accessed at

www.notmar.gc.ca/search/notmar-eng.php .

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - Current chart edition dates

CHART EDITIONS
The three terms described below are used to indicate the publication status of Canadian charts.

NEW CHART - "NEWCHT"
The first publication of a Canadian chart embracing an area not previously charted to the scale shown, or embracing an area different from any existing Canadian chart.

NEW EDITION - "NEWEDT"
A new issue of an existing chart containing amendments essential to navigation in addition to those issued in Notices to Mariners and making existing editions obsolete.

REPRINTS
A new issue of the current edition of a chart incorporating no amendments of navigational significance other than those previously promulgated in Notices to Mariners. It may also contain amendments from other sources provided they are not essential to navigation. Previous printings of the current edition remain in force.

The current chart edition dates can be accessed at www.chs-shc.gc.ca/charts-cartes/paper-papier/index-eng.asp

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - PRINT ON DEMAND CHARTS - CARE AND USE

Background
By providing nautical charts to the public, the goal of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is to provide services for safe navigation in a fiscally responsible manner. As a result, CHS continues to expand its portfolio of nautical paper charts that are printed using Print On Demand (POD) technology. These charts are easily recognized by their whiter paper and the coloured logo of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. This new technology enables CHS to print charts in a more efficient manner while enhancing chart content through being able to quickly add new and important information. POD technology provides customers with up-to-date charts without the historical hand-drawn corrections or glued-on patches. Additionally, this technology eliminates out-of-stock situations which arise with the traditional printing and warehousing methods. In the event of a national emergency, CHS can respond to the appropriate authorities with best available information very quickly.

Care of Your POD Chart
CHS encourages its customers to handle the POD charts more carefully than the traditional lithographic charts. When plotting information on POD charts, use HB pencils and apply limited pressure. Testing has suggested that an Indian gum eraser is more effective than alternatives when used on the product. This eraser is also suitable for charts printed using lithographic processes.

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - TRANSPORT CANADA NAVIGATION SAFETY - ECDIS

Mariners are advised that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in "base or standard display" mode. Route planning and monitoring alarms for these shoal depths may not always be activated. To ensure safe navigation and to confirm that a planned route is clear of such dangers, mariners should visually inspect the planned route and any deviations from it using ECDIS configured to display "all data". The automated voyage planning check function should not be solely relied upon.

CONSOLIDATION OF MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND TRAFFIC SERVICES (MCTS) CENTRES.

The Canadian Coast Guard is consolidating and modernizing its Marine Communications and Traffic Services. These changes will result in a configuration of 12 MCTS Centres strategically located across the country. Information pertaining to consolidation will be advertised to clients by all available means.

Atlantic Region

St. John’s MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Placentia MCTS
Saint John (Fundy) MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Halifax MCTS
St. Anthony MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Labrador (Goose Bay) MCTS

Central & Arctic Region

Montreal MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Quebec MCTS
Thunder Bay MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Sarnia MCTS
Rivière-au-Renard MCTS will close; services will be provided remotely by Les Escoumins MCTS

There will be no reduction in the MCTS level of service provided to clients. Mariners should be aware that, as a result of consolidation, contact information, weather and other pertinent marine broadcast schedules may change. These changes will be advertised in RAMN, as they become available.

Mariners should check NOTMAR PART 3 on a monthly basis for updates.

CANADIAN COAST GUARD PUBLICATION - RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION (ATLANTIC, ST. LAWRENCE, GREAT LAKES, LAKE WINNIPEG AND EASTERN ARCTIC) PUBLICATION - 2013 - The Commercial Public Correspondence Service.

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ADVANCE NOTICES

The Commercial Public Correspondence Service

Effective January 1, 2014, the following changes to the Canadian Coast Guard commercial public correspondence service, provided through select Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres, will be in effect: All long distance ship-shore calls will be administered through the regular telephone service provider as acollect call. Individuals intending to placeshore-ship calls will be required to direct-dial the appropriate MCTS centre. MCTS centres providing a commercial public correspondence service are identified in RAMN, Part 2.

*501 CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS.

*502 CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE - RASTER DIGITAL CHARTS (BSB V4).

*503 TRANSPORT CANADA - ACCEPTANCE OF NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS IN ELECTRONIC FORM IN CANADA.

• The Charts and Nautical Publication Regulations, 1995 (CNPR) require the carriage and use of several nautical publications. Many nautical publications in Canada are now available in electronic form and can be downloaded from the internet in PDF (chart catalogue, Monthly Notices to Mariners (NOTMARS), List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signal, Annual Edition of Notices to Mariners, Radio aids to Marine Navigation, CCG Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters). Some vessels may carry publications in electronic form issued by another Administration (i.e., Admiralty Digital Publications) as per CNPR subsection 6(3).
• IMO circular entitled IMO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships (MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.2) allows electronic publications provided they have been issued by the IMO, an Administration or an organization authorized by an Administration. The electronic document should also “be treated in accordance with the document control procedures in the ship’s SMS including procedures for timely update.” However, as an exception, IMO does require the International Code of Signals and the IAMSAR - Volume III must be always available in hard copy to ensure accessibility and portability for emergency use.
• Under SOLAS, charts and nautical publications in electronic form can be used to meet SOLAS V carriage requirements provided suitable back-up arrangements are in place.
• The CNPR provide detailed requirements for nautical publications. Electronic nautical publications must meet the same requirements as the hard copies.
  
  For example;
  • The publication must be published, or issued, by the appropriate authority,
  • The publication must be complete for the area to be navigated and up to date.
  The electronic publication shall be readily available to the Officer of the Watch (OOW) at all times and viewable on the navigation bridge.
  
  There should be an appropriate back-up onboard. The primary system should have an emergency source of power.
  
  Updates should be applied to both the primary and back-up system as soon as practical. When in port, they should be applied prior to passage planning and commencement of the voyage.
  
  As the publications required by the CNPR must be on board, simply being able to access the publications through the internet would not be considered on board and therefore not acceptable. However, publications downloaded and saved on board or hard copies printed from official internet sources would be acceptable.

*504 TRANSPORT CANADA – SHIP SAFETY BULLETIN.

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-menu.htm/

To go online to view or download this bulletin, please click on the link below:

Subject: Marine Transportation of Packaged Dangerous Goods: Transport Canada’s New One-Window Approach to Issuing MTRB Decisions and Related TDG Equivalency Certificates
Issue: Bulletin No.: 02/2014
Date: 2014-04-08
Link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-2014-02-eng.htm

Sign yourself up for e-Bulletin to receive an e-mail notice each time a new Ship Safety Bulletin is published on our Web site.

Contact us at: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca or 1-855-859-3123 (Toll Free).

*505 TRANSPORT CANADA – SHIP SAFETY BULLETIN.

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-menu.htm/

To go online to view or download this bulletin, please click on the link below:

Subject: Transitional Provisions Related to the Issuance of Security Certificates of Proficiency End June 30, 2014
Issue: Bulletin No.: 03/2014
Date: 2014-04-28
Link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-2014-03-eng.htm

Sign yourself up for e-Bulletin to receive an e-mail notice each time a new Ship Safety Bulletin is published on our Web site.

Contact us at: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca or 1-855-859-3123 (Toll Free).

*506 ST. MARGARET'S BAY – - HUBBARDS COVE NOVA SCOTIA – AID TO NAVIGATION TO BE AMENDED.

Reference: Notice 1108(P)/2013 (Chart 4386)

Cancel first paragraph Slaughenwhite Ledge Light and Bell buoy DY52.(LL 479)

(F2014)

*507(P) ST. MARGARET'S BAY - HUBBARDS COVE NOVA SCOTIA – AID TO NAVIGATION TO BE AMENDED.

Reference: Notice 1108(P)/2013 (Chart 4386)

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently amend the following Aids to navigation in Hubbards Cove, Nova Scotia:

Slaughenwhite Ledge Light and Bell buoy DY52 (LL 479) to be reposition from 44°36’43.34”N 64°02’35.75”W to 44°37’01.74”N 64°02’21.78”W. Flash Characteristics to change from FlR to QR. Buoy size to be reduced from a 2.9m buoy to 0.6m Spar buoy.

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Regional Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation & Waterways,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL, A1C 5X1

Telephone: 709-772-5195,
Email: LlewellynD@DFO-MPO-GC.CA

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(F2014)

*508(P) FLINT ISLAND TO/À CAPE SMOKEY – LIGHT AND BELL BOUY TO BE DISCONTINUED.

Reference Chart: 4367

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following Aid to navigation:

Sydney Harbour light buoy SA, LL 776 (46° 18' 24.2"N 60° 07' 50.6"W).

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Regional Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation & Waterways,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL, A1C 5X1
Telephone: 709-772-5195,
Email: LlewellynD@DFO-MPO-GC.CA

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(G2014-029)

*509 KENORA, RAT PORTAGE BAY – SPAR BOUY ESTABLISHED.

Reference Chart: 6218

A new Green spar buoy marked KK15 has been established at 49° 45' 48"N 94° 33' 13"W.

(D2014-009)

SECTION 2
CHART CORRECTIONS

SECTION 3
RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION CORRECTIONS

*510 CANADIAN COAST GUARD PUBLICATION - AMENDMENT TO THE RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION (ATLANTIC, ST. LAWRENCE, GREAT LAKES, LAKE WINNIPEG AND EASTERN ARCTIC) PUBLICATION – 2013.

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IQALUIT, NUNAVUT - Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre

AMEND TABLE:

MCTS Iqaluit / VFF – Ship/Shore Communications

TO READ

MCTS Iqaluit / VFF – Ship/Shore Communications

SECTION 4
SAILING DIRECTIONS AND SMALL CRAFT GUIDE CORRECTIONS

ARC 402 — Eastern Arctic, First Edition, 2014 —

Sailing Directions booklet ARC 402 — Eastern Arctic, First Edition, 2014  is now available as a Print-on-Demand (POD) product. This new booklet cancels and replaces Sailing Directions, Arctic Canada, Volume II, Fourth Edition, 1985  and the remainder of Sailing Directions, Arctic Canada, Volume 3, Fifth Edition, 1994.

(C2014-009.01)

ATL 102 — Newfoundland — East and South Coasts, Second Edition, 2008 —

Chapter 2 — Paragraph 112
Delete: “110 m (361 ft) … (8 to 14 ft) alongside.”
Replace by: 51 m (167 ft) long with depths of 3.3 to 4 m (11 to 13 ft) alongside.

(N2014-03.4)

Chapter 4 — Paragraph 13
Delete: “A fog signal (5.2) … points 183°.”

(N2014-03.5)

Chapter 4 — Paragraph 14
Delete: “A fog signal (4.2) … light structure.”

(N2014-03.6)

Chapter 4 — Delete paragraph 52
Replace by: 52 At Forest Field, about 2 miles NE of Cox Point, there is a Public wharf 26 m (85 ft) long with depths of 0.8 to 1.1 m (3 to 4 ft) alongside its north side. Gravel and rock breakwaters extend off the outer end of the wharf and from the shoreline close north of the inner end of the wharf. A boat ramp 4.8 m (16 ft) wide is located at the inner end of the south side of the wharf.

(N2014-03.7)

ATL 103 — Newfoundland — Southwest Coast, Second Edition, 2010 —

Chapter 1 — Paragraph 24
Delete: “A fog signal … horn points 197°.”

(N2014-03.8)

Chapter 1 — Paragraph 34
Delete: “A fog signal (78.51) … NE end of Little Green Island.”

(N2014-03.9)

Chapter 3 — Paragraph 50
Delete: “A fog signal … omni directional.”

(N2014-04.0)

Chapter 5 — Paragraph 71
Delete: “A fog signal … light structure.”

(N2014-04.1)

ATL 106 — Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy, First Edition, 2001 —

Chapter 2 — Paragraph 59, after “vertical clearance”
Delete: 43 m
Replace by: 39 m

(A2014-006.7)

ATL 108 — Gulf of St. Lawrence (Southwest Portion), First Edition, 2006 —

Chapter 3 — In the vicinity of paragraph 264
Replace the POINTE-SAPIN  diagram with the new one provided in Section 4  of this Monthly Edition.
http://www.notmar.gc.ca/eng/services/notmar/ed05Pointe_Sapin_Diagram.pdf

(A2014-008.4)

Chapter 3 — Paragraph 264, after “outer end of the east breakwater.”
Delete: “Another light (1159.5) … 6.7 m high,”
Replace by: A light (1162.3) is shown from a skeleton tower at the outer end of the western breakwater. Another light (1159.5) is shown at an elevation of 8.8 m from a skeleton tower,

(A2014-008.2)

Chapter 3 — Delete paragraph 265
Replace by: 265 A sector light (1159.6)  is shown from a skeleton tower to the NE of the Pointe-Sapin harbour. The white sector indicates the preferred approach.

(A2014-008.3)

ATL 109 — Gulf of St. Lawrence (Northeast Portion), First Edition, 2006 —

Chapter 1 — Paragraph 26
Delete: “A fog signal (225.2) … horn points 009°.”

(N2014-04.2)

Chapter 1 — Paragraph 70
Delete: “A fog signal (223.2) … horn points 345°.”

(N2014-04.3)

Chapter 1 — Paragraph 128
Delete: “A fog signal (230.09) … horn points 146°.”

(N2014-04.4)

Chapter 4 — Paragraph 74
Delete: “A fog signal (191.5) … Devil Head.”

(N2014-04.5)

ATL 111 — St. Lawrence River — Île Verte to Québec and Fjord du Saguenay, Third Edition, 2007 —

Chapter 2 — In the vicinity of paragraph 4, Table 2.2 Summary of air obstructions for this booklet
Delete all information relating to Chicoutimi and replace with the following:

(Q2014-015.1)

Chapter 3 — Paragraph 136
Delete: (2003) of 1.7 m
Replace by: (2013) of 0.6 m

(Q2013-064.1)

Chapter 3 — After paragraph 136
Insert: 136.1 Caution. — Mariners are cautioned that depths may be less due to silting. The approach channel to the small craft basin is particularly subject to silting. Mariners should contact the marina clubhouse for the latest information about depths.

(Q2013-064.2)

Chapter 3 — Adjacent to paragraph 136.1, add a caution pictograph.

(Q2013-064.3)

ATL 112 — St. Lawrence River — Cap-Rouge to Montréal and Rivière Richelieu, Third Edition, 2009 —

Chapter 2 — Paragraph 217, after “shortage of pilots, etc.), the”
Delete: Montréal

(Q2014-016.1)

Chapter 2 — Paragraph 217, after “turn by calling”
Delete: “Montréal Traffic”
Replace by: “Québec Traffic”

(Q2014-016.2)

CEN 303 — Welland Canal and Lake Erie, First Edition, 1996 —

Chapter 5 — Delete paragraphs 65 and 66
Replace by: 65 Put-In-Bay, OH, a harbor on the south side of the bay, is used principally for fruit shipments and excursion business. Ferry service is available to Sandusky, Port Clinton, and Kelleys Island. The approach to the harbor is marked by lighted and unlighted buoys. A dredged channel, marked by buoys, leads west along the piers on the south side of the bay.

(C2014-006.01)

CEN 304 — Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River, First Edition, 1996 —

Chapter 1 — Delete paragraph 165
Replace by: 165 Generally, only local and pleasure craft use the channel on the north side of Belle Isle. The lower entrance is marked by a lighted buoy which marks a 6-foot [1.8-m] shoal that extends 0.5 [0.4] mile from the west end of Belle Isle. Scott Middle Ground is an extensive shoal area, with depths to 1 foot [0.3 m], between Belle Isle and the U.S. shore. Natural channels marked by buoys lead north and south of the shoal. The north channel has a controlling depth of about 18 feet [5.5 m]. Above Scott Middle Ground, a 12-foot [3.7-m] spot is marked on its north side by a buoy in midchannel north of Belle Isle. The upper entrance to the channel north of Belle Isle is through a dredged channel marked by lighted and unlighted buoys. A fixed highway bridge (Douglas McArthur Bridge) with a clearance of 32 feet [9.8 m] crosses from Detroit to the lower end of Belle Isle.

(C2014-007.01)

Chapter 3 — Delete paragraph 97.

(C2014-008.01)

CEN 308 — Rideau Canal and Ottawa River, First Edition, 2003 —

Chapter 9 — Paragraph 142, last line
Add: An area  for water-skiing, marked with buoys, is about 70 m from the south shore, between Pont Louis-Bisson and the overhead cables  in Saraguay.

(Q2013-063.1)