SUMMARY

1 General

1.1  Vessels concerned: all vessels having a gross registered tonnage equal to or exceeding 300 tons.

1.2  Area on entering which the vessels should report:

-  on entering a circular area 35 miles in radius centred on the Ile d'Ouessant (Stiff radar tower).

1.3  Reference chart: chart No. 6989 of the French Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department.

l.4  Reporting format (in accordance with resolution A. 648(16) on General principles for ship reporting Systems and ship reporting requirements, including guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods, harmful substances and/or marine pollutants).

Name of system: OUESSREP

Data to be transmitted:

Heading: Information

A        Name + call sign + IMO number

C or D   Position

E        Course

F        Speed

P        Cargo if presence on board of potentially dangerous cargoes (for vessels
         in the north-eastbound lane).

Q        Defects (if relevant)

R        Pollution/dangerous goods lost overboard (if relevant)

In the event of defect, pollution or goods lost overboard, additional information may be requested.

1.5  Authority to whom the report should be sent:

Regional Centre for Surveillance and Rescue Operations at Corsen/Ouessant (CROSS Corsen), call sign USHANT TRAFFIC.

(In addition to the vessel traffic service (VTS), the Centre carries out the functions of a rescue co-ordination centre (RCC), call sign CROSS CORSEN).

1.6  Communication facilities

The reports will be transmitted by radio telephone in VHF on channel 13 or, in the event of failure, on channel 79, according to the information given by the Centre.

It is proposed that the reports be transmitted in the future by automatic means when the relevant standards have been put in place by the Organization.

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