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CANADIAN COAST GUARD PUBLICATION – COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON NOTICES TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) PUBLICATIONS

In an effort to continuously improve the Notices to Mariners publications and to provide the most efficient service possible, the Notices to Mariners team invites all mariners and other interested parties to submit comments and suggestions on possible improvements to its various publications and services at the following email address: Notmar.XNCR@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

*1115(P)ROBERTS BANK – NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES

Reference Chart: 3492

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently change the following aids to navigation:

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties by February 28, 2020, three months following the initial publication date of November 29, 2019. Following this date, this notice will be cancelled. Comments should be directed to the following:

A/Superintendent, Glenna Evans
Aids to Navigation & Waterways, Western Region
Canadian Coast Guard
25 Huron Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 4V9
Telephone: (250) 480-2602
Fax: (250) 480-2702
Email: glenna.evans@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.

(P2019-134)

*1116(P)LANGLEY PASSAGE, ESTEVAN GROUP – UNLIT BUOYS TO BE DISCONTINUED

Reference Chart: 3795

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

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties by February 28, 2020, three months following the initial publication date of November 29, 2019. Following this date, this notice will be cancelled. Comments should be directed to the following:

A/Superintendent, Glenna Evans
Aids to Navigation & Waterways, Western Region
Canadian Coast Guard
25 Huron Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 4V9
Telephone: (250) 480-2602
Fax: (250) 480-2702
Email: glenna.evans@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.

(P2019-131)

*1201CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE – NAUTICAL CHARTS

*1202CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE – ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS

*1203CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE – RASTER DIGITAL CHARTS (BSB V3)

*1204TRANSPORT CANADA – SHIP SAFETY BULLETIN #15/2019

A new Ship Safety Bulletin has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at www.tc.gc.ca/ssb-bsn/.

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

SSB#15/2019 – Reciprocal Arrangements Subject to STCW Convention and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001
RDIMS#15950338

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

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

*1208OKANAGAN LAKE – UNLIT BUOY REPOSITIONED

Reference Chart: 3052

The following unlit buoy has been permanently repositioned:

(P2019-130)

PART 4 – Page 55

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4.3.2 NAVTEX Services in Canada

Under GMDSS, the NAVTEX is part of the mandatory equipment carriage requirement for SOLAS vessels. Canada provides the International NAVTEX Service in English on 518 kHz from eight strategically located MCTS Centres. Additionally, Canada provides the National NAVTEX Service in French on 490 kHz from four bilingual MCTS Centres.

REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

4.3.2 NAVTEX Services

The dissemination of navigational warnings via NAVTEX is a vital component of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) as developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Canada provides the International NAVTEX Service in English on 518 kHz from nine strategically located MCTS Centres and a National NAVTEX Service in French on 490 kHz from four bilingual MCTS Centres.
As required by the international standards expressed in the IMO NAVTEZX Manual, NAVTEX transmitters must respect both a Coverage Area and a unique Service Area. Canada has provided efficient and functional NAVTEX services for decades but is now in a position to formally establish Service Areas with the overall goal to reduce broadcast area overlaps and the corresponding duplication of information.

4.3.2.1 Coverage Area

All ten Canadian NAVTEX transmitters provide an advertised Coverage Area of 300 nm, though the range of signal reception may vary based on the time of day, the season, weather and geography.

4.3.2.2 Service Area

The established NAVTEX Service Areas provide precisely defined sea areas, wholly contained within the coverage area, through which maritime safety information is provided by a NAVTEX transmitter.

4.3.2.3 Broadcast Content

The established Service Areas are intricately linked to the Environment and Climate Change Canada’s marine forecast areas, as described in Part 5 of this publication. The Service Areas ensure boundaries with no broadcast duplications of navigational warnings, meteorological warnings/forecasts, and ice information.

In cases where a marine forecast area extends beyond the Coverage Area of a NAVTEX transmitter, the entire associated marine forecast/ice information will be broadcast. Typically only navigational warnings located within the Service Area will be broadcast, though those of a regional/national scope may also be occasionally broadcast.

4.3.2.4 NAVTEX Transmitter “B1” Code

With the resulting re-allocation of areas of responsibility for each NAVTEX transmitter, mariners should note that in some cases they may need to update their NAVTEX “B1” receiver codes to ensure the continued reception of pertinent information throughout their voyage.

PART 4 – Page 57

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Figure 4-11 - NAVTEX Coverage - 300 NM - Atlantic and Central and Arctic

While the indicated coverage footprint of NAVTEX transmitters located at Pass Lake and Ferndale intersect over Lake Michigan, information specifically pertaining to Lake Michigan waters is not included on Navtex broadcasts

PART 4 – Page 58

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Figure 4-12 - NAVTEX Coverage Western Region

PART 4 – Starting at page 57

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Figure 4-11 Individual NAVTEX Transmitter Coverage and Service Area

Figure 4-11 a) Digby Island

Figure 4-11 b) Amphitrite Point

Figure 4-11 c) Pass Lake

Figure 4-11 d) Ferndale

Figure 4-11 e) Moisie

Figure 4-11 f) Chebogue

Figure 4-11 g) Port Caledonia

Figure 4-11 h) Robin Hood Bay

Figure 4-11 i) Cartwright

Figure 4-11 j) Iqaluit

Figure 4-12 Regional NAVTEX Overview - Coverage and Service Areas

Figure 4-12 a) Western Region

Figure 4-12 b) Great Lakes Region

While the indicated coverage footprint of NAVTEX transmitters located at Pass Lake and Ferndale intersect over Lake Michigan, information specifically pertaining to Lake Michigan waters is not included on NAVTEX broadcasts

Figure 4-12 c) Gulf of St Lawrence and Atlantic Region

Figure 4-12 d) Atlantic Region – Newfoundland and Labrador

Figure 4-12 e) Arctic Region