(5) Notification Relating to Radiotelephone Service Between the Master of a Vessel and the Captain of the Port (JCG Notification No.205 of 1969 as amended through JCG Notification No.9 of 1999)
Article 1.
A vessel may communicate with the Captain of the Port of a port listed in Attached Table No.1 and No.2 by VHF or Narrow band Direct Printing followed by Digital Selective Calling on the matters in Paragraph 1. The communications shall be made in accordance with the methods in Paragraph 2.
1. Matters of communications:
(1) Matters concerning notification of entry into port;
a. name of vessel
b. gross tonnage and maximum draft of vessel at entry into port
c. port of departure and date of departure
d. estimated date and time of entry into port (estimated date and time of reaching the boundary of the port)
e. purpose of entry
f. other matters necessary to notify before entry
(2) Matters concerning report on entering into or departing from port due to unavoidable reasons such as shelter and accident of vessel;
(3) Matters concerning designation of anchorage;
(4) matters concerning permission of entry into port at night;
(5) Matters concerning report on shift due to unavoidable reasons such as avoidance of marine accident;
(6) Matters concerning control of traffic at sea;
(7) Matters concerning directions given to vessel carrying dangerous goods;
(8) Matters concerning report on measures to prevent danger caused by an accident taken place within the port or in the vicinity of the boundary of the port;
(9) Matters concerning report on sighting of obstacles to navigation and anything unusual in aids to navigation;
(10) Matters concerning notification required under Article 6 of the Quarantine Law, and notification relating to inspections, erc. under Article 8 of the Plants Quarantine Law and Article 40 and 41 of the Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control Law.
Matters relating to Tokyo East Passage, Tokyo West Passage and Tokyo Quarter of the Port of Keihin
(excluding matters relating to traffic control and associated notification of entering port, hereafter referred to as "traffic control notification")
Tokyo Jimu
Matters relating to Tokyo East Passage and Tokyo West Passage of the Port of Keihin
Tokyo Kansei
Matters relating to Kawasaki Passage and Kawasaki Quarter of the port of Keihin
Kawasaki Jimu
Matters relating to Kawasaki Passage, Tsurumi Passage and Kawasaki Waterway of the Port of Keihin (only those relating to traffic control notification)
Kawasaki Kansei
Matters relating to Yokohama Passage of the Port of Keihin (only those relating to traffic control notification)
Yokohama Kansei
Matters relating to Sakaiminami Passage. Sakaikita Passage,Hamadera Passage and Sakai-Senboku Quarter of the Port of Osaka
Sakai Jimu
Matters relating to Tobata Passage, Wakamatsu Passage, Okudokai Passage, Anse Passage and Wakamatsu Quarter of the Port of Kanmon (excluding those relating to traffic control notification)
Wakamatsu Jimu
Matters relating to Tobata Passage and Seitetsu-Tabata Anchorages of the Port of Kanmon (only those relating to traffic control notification)
Kanmon Kaikyo
Matters relating to Wakamatsu Waterway, Okudokai Passage,Wakamatsu Quarter (excluding No.5 and No.6 Quarter) of the Port of Kanmon ( only those relating to traffic control notification)
Wakamatsu Kansei
2. Methods of communications:
(1) Narrow Band Direct Printing:
a. Communications by Narrow Band Direct Printing followed by Digital Selective Calling with the Captain of the Port of a port in the Attached Table No.1 shall be made with the corresponding coastal station of Japan Coast Guard in the table.
b. Notification shall be addressed to the Captain of the Port who has the jurisdiction over the port.
c. Notification in the left column of the following table shall be preceded by the corresponding identification in the right column of the table.
d. Time shall be designated by 2400-hour system.
e. Information shall be notified in succession according to the order in Paragraph 1.
f. The notification of (1) of the preceding paragraph shall be made as far as possible more than 3 hours in advance of entering port, and notification necessary to be made later shall be made properly.
(2) VHF Radiotelephone:
a. A vessel intending to communicate by VHF radiotelephone with the Captain of the Port of a port in Attached Table No.2 shall call the corresponding coastal station of the Japan Coast Guard in the table to ask for contact with the party.
b. The notification of (1) of the preceding paragraph shall be made as far as possible more than 3 hours in advance of entering port, and notification necessary to be made later shall be made properly.
Article 2.
The Captain of the Port will, when he has received the notification of (1) or (10) of Paragraph 1 of Article 1, notify the Harbor Authority, or offices of the Ministry of Health, Lavour and Welfare or the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and other necessary organizations in the port.
