NAV 44/3/2
ANNEX 1
MANDATORY SHIP-REPORTING SYSTEM FOR THE
DOVER STRAIT/PAS DE CALAIS
1 CATEGORIES OF SHIPS REQUIRED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM
Ships of 300GT and over are
required to participate in the system. This threshold
is the same as used in the existing
voluntary MAREP scheme (IMO Document SN/Circ. 167, annex, page 4).
Within the coverage area, these arrangements
replace the existing MAREP scheme for ships of 300GT and
over. However, ships of less than 300GT should continue to
make reports under the existing voluntary arrangements in
circumstances where they:-
● are "not under command"
or at anchor in the TSS or its ITZs;
● are "restricted in their
ability to manoeuvre"; or,
● have defective navigational aids.
The MAREP arrangements outside the
coverage area of this system remain unchanged.
2 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF THE
SYSTEM AND THE NUMBER AND EDITION OF THE REFERENCE CHART USED
FOR THE DELINEATION OF THE SYSTEM
The system covers a 65 mile
stretch of the Dover Strait / Pas-de-Calais and is bounded by
a line to the east drawn from North Foreland, through the F3
Light Vessel (at its assigned position of 51°23' .82N, 02°OO'.62E)
to the border between France and Belgium; and by a line to
the west drawn from the Royal Sovereign Light Tower, through
the Bassurelle Light Buoy (at its assigned position of 50°32'
.8N, 0°57.8E) to the coast of France.
The reference charts are British Admiralty Charts 2449 (1998
edition, scale 1:150,000) and 2451 (1991 edition, scale
1:150,000), and also chart 73 12 of the French Navy
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (INT 1072) (1994
edition, scale I :375000). Also relevant is the British
Admiralty Chart 5500 -Mariners' Routeing Guide English
Channel and Southern North Sea.
The area of the reporting system
is covered by modern hydrographic surveys and areas of
unstable seabed are regularly resurveyed to ensure
navigational safety.
3 FORMAT AND CONTENT OF REPORTS,
TIMES AND GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS FOR SUBMITTING REPORTS,
AUTHORITY TO WHOM REPORTS SHOULD BE SENT AND AVAILABLE
SERVICES
The reports required from ships
entering the area covered by the system are position reports
similar to the existing MAREP/POSREP arrangements. The short
title for the ship-report is CALDOVREP.
Reports should be made using VHF
voice transmissions. However, when reporting to DOVER
COASTGUARD, ships can fulfil the reporting requirements of a
CALDOVREP through the use of automatic ship identification
transponders using VHF/DSC on Channel 70, or equipment
conforming to the standards adopted for the Universal AIS
Transponder.
A ship may elect, for reasons of
commercial confidentiality, to communicate that section of
the report which provides information on cargo by non-verbal
means prior to entering the system.
3.1 Format
The information given below is
derived from the format-type given in paragraph 2 of the
appendix to resolution A.85 1 (20).
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