RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION (Atlantic, St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Eastern Arctic) Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 Annual Publication Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services Important: Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 is revised on a monthly basis, when required, through Notices to Mariners, Section 3 DFO 5470 TO ALL USERS OF RADIO AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION 2013 Radio Aids to Marine Navigation website: http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Canadian Coast Guard/MCTS_Radio_Aids Important: Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 is revised on a monthly basis, when required, through Notices to Mariners (NOTMAR), Section 3. NOTMAR website: http://www.notmar.gc.ca/privacy.php We welcome your comments and suggestions on the contents and the format of Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013. Please forward your comments to: CANADIAN COAST GUARD FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA 200 KENT STREET OTTAWA, ON K1A 0E6 CANADA Note: Cette publication est aussi disponible en français The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office These Vessel Traffic Services diagrams are for the sole purpose of inclusion in Radio Aids to Marine Navigation and no further copying, selling or distributing of the copyright material, or any part of it, is permitted. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office makes the accompanying data available to the Canadian Coast Guard, Marine Communications & Traffic Services, under the terms of Licence Agreement HO 829/121030/10. © Crown Copyright and /or database rights 2012. Some Vessel Traffic Services diagrams are reproduced from the Admiralty List of Radio Signals Volume 6 by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (http://www.ukho.gov.uk). NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION Latitude and longitude positions given in this publication are in NAD 83 unless otherwise indicated. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2013 Catalogue No. Fs151-7/2013E-PDF ISSN: 1702-2770 Ottawa, Canada Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 has been revised to December 31, 2012 and supersedes Radio Aids To Marine Navigation 2012 Any inquiries as to the contents of this publication or reports of errors or omissions should be directed to the nearest regional office as indicated at the end of Part 1 of this publication. The information in this volume is grouped in five parts: Part 1: Foreword (includes advance notices, legend, frequency listing and Marine Communications and Traffic Services telephone and address information) Part 1 provides mariners with advance information on proposed changes to facilities and services. It includes the Canadian Maritime Mobile Safety and Public Correspondence communication frequencies, a legend for centre listings and the telephone/facsimile/telex directory of Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres along with the Regional offices’ addresses. Part 2: Atlantic Coast, Gulf and St. Lawrence River to Montréal, Eastern Arctic (including Hudson Bay and Strait), Great Lakes (including St. Lawrence River to Montréal) and Lake Winnipeg Part 2 lists, in tabular form, detailed operational information about individual facilities in each of the areas covered. Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres provide continuous year round communications and special services except as noted. Part 3: Vessel Traffic Services Part 3 provides consolidated information concerning Vessel Traffic Services. Part 4: General Part 4 describes the various procedures, services and systems available, together with general observations or directions for their use. This part also refers to radiotelephone procedures for the benefit of vessels equipped with radiotelephone but not carrying radio operators. The proper use of radio frequencies and procedures is essential to minimize congestion and delays on the channels available for communication. Part 5: Environment Canada Part 5 provides all relative information concerning Environment Canada's services in marine meteorology that are delivered by the Canadian Coast Guard. The main purpose of Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 is to present, in a convenient form, information on radio communications and radio navigational aids services provided in Canada by the Canadian Coast Guard. Radio facilities of other government agencies that contribute to the safety of ships in Canadian waters are also included. Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 is published in two editions: one for the Atlantic Coast, Gulf and St. Lawrence River to Montréal, Eastern Arctic (including Hudson Bay and Strait), the Great Lakes (including St. Lawrence River to Montréal) and Lake Winnipeg; the other for the Pacific Coast, Western Arctic and the Athabasca-Mackenzie Watershed area. Each edition is also available in French. Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2013 is published each April. Amendments are advertised by radio broadcast (Notices to Shipping) and/or in Notices to Mariners, Section 3. Every ship station fitted on a Canadian ship or on a non-Canadian ship engaged in the coasting trade of Canada, pursuant to the Ship Station (Radio) Regulations 1999, and all ships in waters under Canadian jurisdiction, pursuant to the Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, 1995, are required to carry the most recent applicable edition of Radio Aids to Marine Navigation. Amendment Register Radio Aids to Marine Navigation (Atlantic, St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Eastern Arctic) 2013 Annual Publication Notices to Mariners Date Amendment Inserted Amendment Inserted by Edition Edition 05/2013 May 31, 2013 CCG - HQ - JD Edition 07/2013 July 26, 2013 CCG - HQ - GD Edition 12/2013 December 27, 2013 CCG – HQ - RJ Edition 01/2014 January 31, 2014 CCG – HQ - RJ Edition 04/2014 April 25, 2014 CCG – HQ - RJ Edition 05/2014 May 30, 2014 CCG – HQ - RJ TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART 1 - FOREWORD Advance Notices 1 Canadian Maritime Mobile Safety & Public Correspondence Communication Frequencies 4 General Information on MCTS Centre Listings (includes legend) 6 Telephone, Facsimile/Telex, Address and other Information 8 PART 2 – FACILITIES INFORMATION - Atlantic, Gulf and St. Lawrence River to Montréal, Eastern Arctic (including Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait), Great Lakes (including St. Lawrence River to Montréal) and Lake Winnipeg MCTS Centres Halifax 1 Iqaluit 4 Labrador (Goose Bay) 10 Les Escoumins 12 Montréal 14 Placentia 16 Port aux Basques 19 Prescott 22 Québec 25 Rivière-au-Renard 27 Saint John 31 Sarnia 35 St. Anthony 37 St. John’s 39 Sydney 42 Thunder Bay 46 Canal and Locks Operations 48 Radiotelephone VHF coverage – Great Lakes (chart) 50 VHF Coverage for Lake Winnipeg (chart) 51 MCTS Network: Centres and Sites - Atlantic Coast – Newfoundland region (chart) 52 MCTS Network: Centres and Sites - Atlantic Coast – Maritimes region (chart) 53 MCTS Network: Centres and Sites – Gulf and St. Lawrence River – Québec region (chart) 54 MCTS Network: Centres and Sites - Hudson Bay, Strait – C&A region & Labrador – Nfld. region (chart) 55 MCTS Network: Centres and sites – Arctic – Central & Arctic region (chart) 56 Radio Beacon Stations – continuously operating 57 Radar Beacon (RACONS) – Atlantic coast, Gulf & St. Lawrence River to Montréal, Eastern Arctic 57 Radar Beacon (RACONS) – Lake Winnipeg 61 Radar Beacon (RACONS) – Great Lakes 62 i TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART 3 – VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) Atlantic, St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Eastern Arctic Eastern and Arctic Canada (Responsibilities; Traffic Clearance; Communications; Zone Descriptions; Zone Application; Reports, 1 Ice Advisory Service) Atlantic Coast VTS ECAREG (chart) 13 Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services (NORDREG) Zone (chart) 14 VTS Zones – Sectors & Boundaries; Identification & Frequencies; CIPs; Charts Bay of Fundy 15 Halifax Harbour and Approaches 20 Northumberland Strait 23 Placentia Bay 25 Port aux Basques 27 St. John’s 30 St. Lawrence Waterway 32 Sarnia (includes Frequency Guard Great Lakes Basin) 37 Strait of Belle Isle (voluntary) 43 Strait of Canso & Eastern Approaches 45 PART 4 – GENERAL PROCEDURES Radiotelephone Procedures (General, Examples of procedures, Phonetic Alphabet, Times, Time zone comparison, Time signals) 1 Distress Communications (Early Notification of Search and Rescue Authorities of developing situations, Alarm Signal, Distress 4 Signal/ Call/ Message/ Traffic/ Procedure) Urgency Communications (Urgency signal/call) 8 Safety Communications (Safety signal/call/message) 8 Aids to Navigation (Positions, Reporting abnormal operation of radio aids, Radio beacons, Radar beacons (RACONS)) 9 SYSTEMS GMDSS – Global Maritime Distress and Safety System in Canada (What is GMDSS, Why GMDSS, GMDSS sea areas, 11 Communications between GMDSS and non-GMDSS vessels, Safety notice concerning VHF/DSC, Canadian Coast Guard MCTS Centers, Canadian NAVTEX service) (charts) Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Vessels Regulations 13 Canadian NAVTEX Service 17 VHF/DSC system – Radio Coverage Prediction – Atlantic Ocean (chart) 21 VHF/DSC system – Radio Coverage Prediction – St. Lawrence River (chart) 22 Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (406 MHZ) 24 Distress Situations and Alerting of SAR Authorities 26 Distress and Safety Radiotelephone Procedures (table) 37 Amver – Automated Mutual-assistance VEssel Rescue system 38 Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) (table & charts) 44 Pre-Arrival Information report (PAIR) 49 ii SERVICES Notices to Shipping 52 Worldwide Radio Navigational Warning System (NAVAREA) 53 Cellular Telephone (*16)