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Vlaanderen is maritiem Notices to Mariners No. 01 07 JANUARY 2021 NOTICES: 001-078 www.flemishhydrography.be Positions are given in the reference system World Geodetic System 84 (WGS84). Incorrect interpretation of the reference system can lead to errors in the position of several hundred of metres. Depths (in metres): are reduced to Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) for tidal areas and to local dock datum for non-tidal areas. Heights (in metres): drying heights are above LAT. Vertical clearance is above Mean High Water Spring (MHWS). Other heights are above Mean Sea Level (MSL). Heights for non-tidal areas are above local dock datum. Directions, bearings, leading lines and light sectors (in degrees) are true reckoned from seawards. NOTICES TO MARINERS No. 01 07 JANUARY 2021 Notices: 001-078 This is a free translation of the official “Berichten aan Zeevarenden, nr. 01 jaargang 2021” In case of dispute the Dutch text is the only valid copy. www.flemishhydrography.be Contents 1/1 NOTICES TO MARINERS 5 1/2 REGULATIONS 6 1/3 OFFICIAL RADIO MESSAGES INTENDED FOR BELGIAN MERCHANT VESSELS: THE BELMAR SYSTEM 7 1/4 BELGIAN COAST STATION OSTEND RADIO - CALLSIGN : OSU - FREQUENCIES, BROADCASTS AND LISTENING OUT 10 1/5 ISPS REGULATIONS 12 1/6 INTERNATIONAL SANITARY REGULATIONS 14 1/7 NAVAL COOPERATION AND GUIDANCE FOR SHIPPING (NCAGS) 15 1/8 RADIO NAVIGATION MESSAGES 19 1/9 RIVER INFORMATION SERVICES 19 1/10 COASTAL-WEATHER-FORECAST 19 1/11 WEATHER FORECASTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF STORMY WEATHER AND GALE FORCE WINDS 20 1/12 GNB MANAGEMENT AREA: PROCEDURE IN EXTREME WEATHER 22 1/13 ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN CASE OF A SUBMARINE ACCIDENT (DISSUB - DISTRESSED SUBMARINE) 23 1/14 TREATMENT OF MINES AND EXPLOSIVES FOUND AT SEA 25 1/15 PILOTAGE SERVICE AT THE SCHELDT ESTUARIES AND AT THE BELGIAN COASTAL PORTS 27 1/16 RESOLUTION OF EXEMPTION FROM COMPULSORY PILOTAGE SCHELDT REGULATIONS 28 1/17 INTENSIFIED COMPULSORY PILOTAGE FOR VESSELS IN THE BELGIAN TERRITORIAL SEA ANS WATERS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FLEMISH GOVERNMENT 29 1/18 PILOT REQUEST ARRANGEMENT FOR VESSELS WITH AS DESTINATION A FLEMISH PORT SITUATED AT THE RIVER SCHELDT OR THE CANAL GHENT-TERNEUZEN 34 1/19 REQUEST ARRANGEMENTS FOR VESSELS HAVING A FLEMISH PORT AS DESTINATION AND FOR A VOYAGE BETWEEN TWO FLEMISH PORTS 42 1/20 USE OF THE PILOT PLUG DURING PILOT OPERATIONS 50 1/21 WESTERN SCHELDT - FLUSHING ROADS: SPECIAL SIGNALS CONCERNING THE PILOTAGE 51 1/22 SHORE BASED PILOTAGE (LOODSEN OP AFSTAND (LOA)) IN THE EVENT OF STORM PILOTAGE 52 1/23 INDICATION OF LOCATIONS FOR SHORE BASED PILOTAGE 57 1/24 FAIRWAYS, MAIN FAIRWAYS AND SECONDARY FAIRWAYS IN THE CONTROL AREA OF THE COMMON NAUTICAL MANAGEMENT 58 1/25 WESTERN SCHELDT: LIMIT OF PARALLEL ROUTES ALONG THE MAIN FAIRWAYS 59 1/26 ANCHORAGES IN THE MANAGEMENT AREA OF THE COMMON NAUTICAL MANAGEMENT 60 1/27 WESTERN SCHELDT - OOSTGAT- SARDIJNGEUL: ADJUSTMENT OF SAILING BEHAVIOUR 73 1/28 BENEDEN- EN BOVEN-ZEESCHELDE: PERMISSION TO MOOR 74 1/29 VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS)-SCHELDT AREA: MARIPHONE (WORK) PROCEDURES AND FLYER (MFBI) 75 1/30 WESTERN SCHELDT: SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY TRANSPORTS 97 1/31 DESIGNATION OF OVERSIZED SEA VESSELS 109 1/32 ARRIVAL PROCEDURE & CHAIN OPERATION VTS-SCHELDT AREA 110 4 NtM 2021-01 1/33 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE RULES TO AND FROM ANTWERP FOR SHIPS WITH A MARGINAL DRAUGHT OR LENGTH 112 1/34 CANAL GHENT-TERNEUZEN: PASSAGE POINTS 118 1/35 CANAL GHENT-TERNEUZEN: CHAIN OPERATION - LOCKING OF SHIPS IN THE Westsluis in TERNEUZEN 119 1/36 CANAL GHENT-TERNEUZEN: RULES FOR SEA-GOING VESSELS ON THE CANAL GENT-TERNEUZEN 120 1/37 CANAL GHENT-TERNEUZEN: SEA-GOING VESSELS MOORING, DEPARTING AND/OR TURNING AT YARA 124 1/38 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE RULES FOR TIDE OR CURRENT-DEPENDENT SHIPS HEADING FOR THE WESTSLUIS IN TERNEUZEN 125 1/39 BENEDEN-ZEESCHELDE - ANTWERP SCHELDT QUAYS: SHIPS DESTINED FOR SCHELDT QUAYS ON ANTWERP ROADS UPSTREAM OF THE RIJNKAAI 127 1/40 BELGIAN COASTAL PORTS AND ACCESS CHANNELS TO THOSE PORTS: OVERSIZED COMMERCIAL VESSELS 131 1/41 BELGIAN COAST: TRAFFIC SIGNALS 132 1/42 COASTAL MARINAS: SPEED LIMIT FOR MECHANICALLY POWERED VESSELS 133 1/43 PORT OF OSTEND: SPECIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS - FLICKERING LIGHTS 134 1/44 PORT OF OSTEND: SIGNALLING INSTALLATION FOR WATER DISCHARGES 136 1/45 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE: TRAFFIC REGULATION VISARTSLUIS - PRINS ALBERTDOK - TIJDOK 137 1/46 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE: YELLOW-BLUE FLASHING LIGHT 137 1/47 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE: PORT SIGNALS AT THE BREAKWATERS AND THE OLD BREAKWATER (LEOPOLD II) 137 1/48 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE - P. VANDAMME LOCK AND VISART LOCK: SIGNALIZATION 140 1/49 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE - BOUDEWIJN-KANAAL - ROSKAM-BRIDGES (A11) AND RAILWAY BRIDGE: SIGNALIZATION 141 1/50 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS LNG BUNKER VESSEL 142 1/51 PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE: NAUTICAL CONTROL MEASURES 001-2020 – LNG PROCEDURES - ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ZEEBRUGGE 143 1/52 (DIFFERENTIAL) GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: THEORY AND PRACTICE 164 1/53 SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AND SPECIAL NATURE PRESERVE ZONES 167 1/54 SUBMARINE CABLES AND PIPELINES 169 1/55 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND COMPARABLE STATIONS 170 1/56 PROTECTION OF OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 171 1/57 OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS: WIND FARMS 172 1/58 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TANKERS THAT WISH TO SAIL TO A BELGIAN PORT 175 1/59 REPORTING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES TO THE COMMON NAUTICAL AUTHORITIY 175 1/60 TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES WITH GAS TANKERS INSIDE THE GNB WORKING AREA 177 1/61 THE WEST EUROPEAN TANKER REPORTING SYSTEM (WETREP) 182 1/62 COMMON NAUTICAL MANAGEMENT (GNB-AREA): REGULATIONS FOR TANKERS THAT REQUIRE A PILOT OR ARE UNDER PILOTAGE 187 1/63 REPORTING PROCEDURE TO THE MRCC IN CASE OF SHIPPING INCIDENTS 189 1/64 SAR COOPERATION PLANS - MSC/CIRC. 1079 - BELGIUM 190 1/65 ANCHORING OF DAMAGED VESSELS AFTER AN INCIDENT 190 1/66 FIRING PRACTICE IN THE AREA LOMBARDSIJDE: GENERAL REGULATIONS 191 NtM 2021-01 5 1/67 NIEUWPOORT: SEAWARD FIRING PRACTICE - SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE AREA 192 1/68 NORTH SEA: BELGIAN NATIONAL EXERCISES AREA FOR NAVAL VESSELS (BNOM) 193 1/69 ZONE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF EXPLOSIVES 193 1/70 BELGIAN COASTAL ZONES FOR MINE LAYING, MINE DETECTION AND MINE SWEEPING PRACTICE 194 1/71 DIVING AT SEA: PROCEDURES 195 1/72 BELGIAN TERRITORIAL SEA -CONTINENTAL SHELF - EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE: DISCOVERIES AT SEA 196 1/73 BORDER CONTROL OF THE EXTRA-SCHENGEN PLEASURE NAVIGATION 197 1/74 ZONE OF THE GNB (COMMON NAUTICAL MANAGEMENT) - PILOT PROJECT: ‘PILOT VIRTUAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION’ 201 1/75 UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE: DOVER STRAIT/PAS-DE-CALAIS REPORTING SYSTEM (CALDOVREP) 202 1/76 FRANCE - PORT OF DUNKERQUE: VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE (VTS) 206 1/77 SAILING ALONE ON THE BENEDEN-ZEESCHELDE 208 1/78 FRANCE (ATLANTIC AND ENGLISH CHANNEL COASTS): SYSTEM DE COMPTES RENDUS DE MOUVEMENTS DES NAVIRES (SURNAV REPORTING SYSTEM) 209 6 NtM 2021-01 1/1 NOTICES TO MARINERS NtM 2020-1/1 cancelled The Notices to Mariners (NtM) contains the information necessary for updating the Belgian nautical charts and nautical publications issued by the “Vlaamse Hydrografie” (Flemish Hydrography). Moreover, NtM No. 1 of every year contains general information for the benefit of shipping. The publication of a new edition of the nautical charts and the nautical publications will also be announced by the NtM. The NtM appear every fortnight and are numbered by volume from 1 to 26. Every notice is given a separate code. A reference to any given notice in the NtM consists of the year, the volume number and the notice number in the NtM. Preliminary notices have a reference number followed by the letter (P); temporary notices have a reference number followed by the letter (T). The NtM No. 2, 10 & 20 give a summary of the (P) and (T) articles that are still in force and a summary of the notices that are still in force regarding the chart correction for each chart. In addition to all that the NtM also list the "Maritime Safety Information" (MSI) that are still in force. The MSI are issued by the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center (MRCC) “Ostend - "Afdeling Scheepvaartbegeleiding” (Shipping Assistance Division) and mainly contain information about temporary beaconing problems and peculiarities at sea. The mariners need to take into account occasional restrictions in terms of preciseness or completeness of nautical publications and notices. Following art. 3 of the KB of 20 June 1977 of the execution of the law of 24 November 1975 holding approval and execution of the treaty on the international regulations to prevent collisions at sea, 1972, with additional regulations and its annexes, and art. 34 § 4 of the KB of 4 August 1981 holding police and shipping regulations for the Belgian territorial sea, the harbours and the beaches of the Belgian coast, all mariners must: • follow the general principles concerning the regulations of the shipping traffic as they appear in the annually issued Notices to Mariners No. 1. • take into account the measures applied by the functionaries and employees of the government concerning the safety of the vessels that are not subject to the KB of 20 July 1973 holding shipping regulations. • observe, regarding the shipping, all notices published by the government, in particular the Notices to Mariners and the Maritime Safety Information (MSI). Following art. 29 of the last named KB (4 August 1981), each mariner must also inform, through the quickest way, the nearest functionaries or employee of the government, about all information concerning eventual special sightings in the area of the Belgian coast and the River Scheldt that concern shipping, as well as every eventual gaps and/or errors in the nautical publications, in the interest of the safety at sea, at the following address: Afdeling KUST - Vlaamse Hydrografie (Coastal Division - Flemish Hydrography) Administratief Centrum 3 Vrijhavenstraat 8400 OSTEND, BELGIUM Tel: +32 (0)59 55 42 11 [email protected] Sightings about buoys, dangers, incidents, oil pollution, etc.