Annual Australian Notices to Mariners Dated 1 January 2013 Is Cancelled and Should Be Destroyed)
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ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN NOTICES TO MARINERS IN FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 2014 (Former Annual Australian Notices to Mariners dated 1 January 2013 is cancelled and should be destroyed) Containing Notices Numbers 1-26 and Temporary and Preliminary Notices in force The last Australian Notice to Mariners issued in 2013 was No 1297 IMPORTANT NOTICE This publication includes all significant and relevant information obtained by the Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS) at date of publication. Significant infromation is updated by fortnightly Australian Notices to Mariners. All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information, including third party information, incorporated in this product. The AHS regards third parties from which it receives infrormation as reliable, however the AHS cannot verify all such information and errors may therefore exist. The AHS does not accept liability for errors in third party information or the inappropriate use of this publication. © Commonwealth of Australia 2014 This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process, adapted, communicated or commercially exploited without prior written permission from The Commonwealth represented by the Australian Hydrographic Service. Copyright in some of the material in this publication may be owned by another party and permission for the reproduction of that material must be obtained from the owner. Notices may be copied for the purpose of inserting Notice substance on official charts and publications. Paper copies may be printed by chart agents and distributed to customers on a cost recovery basis. Participating chart agents are listed on the AHS website (www.hydro.gov.au/prodserv/distributors/distributors.htm) and in Chapter 2 of this Annual Notice as providing a 'Paper Notices to Mariners’ service. Copies of the notices may not be sold for profit without prior written agreement. ISSN 1035-6878 2 NUMERICAL INDEX No Subject Page 1 Australian Charting and Notices to Mariners............................................................................................... 4 2 Distributors for the Sale of Australian Navigational Products .................................................................... 8 3 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder .................................................................................................................. 16 4 Search and Rescue ................................................................................................................................... 17 4A Modernised Australian Ship Tracking and Reporting System (MASTREP) ............................................... 24 4B HF and VHF Marine Radio Services for Small Caft .................................................................................... 27 5 The AMVER Organisation (Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System) .................................. 29 6 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).............................................................................. 30 7 Maritime Safety Information ........................................................................................................................ 30 8 Inmarsat-C EGC System ............................................................................................................................ 35 9 Firing Practice and Exercise Areas ............................................................................................................. 35 9A Firing Practice and Exercise Areas in Papua New Guinea ......................................................................... 67 10A Differential GPS .......................................................................................................................................... 69 10B Radar Beacons (RACONS) ........................................................................................................................ 70 10C Torres Strait Tide Gauges........................................................................................................................... 73 11 Hydrographic Notes .................................................................................................................................... 75 12 Areas Dangerous Due to Mines and Unexploded Ordnance ...................................................................... 76 12A Dumping Grounds....................................................................................................................................... 78 13 Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) ..................................................................................... 79 14 Submarine Cables and Pipelines ................................................................................................................ 79 15 Oil Rigs and Offshore Structures ................................................................................................................ 80 16 Traffic Separation Schemes........................................................................................................................ 81 17 Symbols used in Australian charts .............................................................................................................. 82 18 Caution with Regard to Ships Approaching Formations etc ........................................................................ 83 19 Information Concerning Submarines........................................................................................................... 84 20 Quarantine (Pratique) and Ballast Water Pre-Arrival Report for Vessels .................................................... 92 21 Navigation in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait ............................................................................... 93 Mandatory Ship Reporting System – Covering the Torres Strait region and the Inner Route of the Great 22 99 Barrier Reef ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Pilotage Services .............................................................................. 103 24 Dumping Waste at Sea ............................................................................................................................... 106 25 Requirements for Reporting Pollution Incidents .......................................................................................... 107 26 Disposal of Garbage at Sea........................................................................................................................ 109 Temporary and Preliminary Notices............................................................................................................ 111 3 ALPHABETICAL INDEX Subject No Page Areas Dangerous Due to Mines and Unexploded Ordnance ...................................................................... 12 76 Australian Charting and Notices to Mariners .............................................................................................. 1 4 Caution with Regard to Ships Approaching Formations etc........................................................................ 18 83 Differential GPS.......................................................................................................................................... 10A 69 Disposal of Garbage at Sea........................................................................................................................ 26 109 Distributors for the Sale of Australian Navigational Products ..................................................................... 2 8 Dumping Grounds ...................................................................................................................................... 12A 78 Dumping Waste at Sea............................................................................................................................... 24 106 Firing Practice and Exercise Areas............................................................................................................. 9 35 Firing Practice and Exercise Areas in Papua New Guinea ......................................................................... 9A 67 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) ............................................................................. 6 30 Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Pilotage Services .............................................................................. 23 103 HF and VHF Marine Radio Services for Small Caft .................................................................................... 4B 27 Hydrographic Notes.................................................................................................................................... 11 75 Information Concerning Submarines .......................................................................................................... 19 84 Inmarsat-C EGC System ............................................................................................................................ 8 35 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder .................................................................................................................. 3 16 Mandatory Ship Reporting System – Covering the Torres Strait region and the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef ...............................................................................................................................................