3.1 Reports to the VTS authority should be made
using VHF voice transmissions. However ships equipped with AIS (automatic
identification system) can fulfil certain reporting requirements of
the system through the use of AIS approved by the Organization.
3.2 A ship must give a full report when entering
the mandatory ship reporting area. The full report may be combined
by voice or by non-verbal means. A ship may select, for reason of
commercial confidentiality, to communicate that section of the report,
which provides information on next port of call by non-verbal means
prior to entering the ship reporting area.
3.3.1 The ship report shall be drafted in accordance
with the format shown in appendix
3. The information requested from ships is derived from the
Standard Reporting Format shown in paragraph 2 of the appendix to
IMO resolution A.851(20).
3.4.1 A full report from a ship to the VTS Authority
by voice or by non-verbal means should contain the following information:
| A
|
Name of the ship, call sign and IMO identification number
(if available)
|
| C
|
Position expressed in latitude and longitude
|
| I
|
Next port of call
|
| L
|
Route information on the intended track through the Storebælt
(Great Belt) area.
|
| O
|
Maximum present draught
|
| Q
|
Defects and deficiencies
|
| U
|
Deadweight tonnage and air draught
|
3.4.2 A short report by voice from a ship to the
VTS authority should contain the following information:
| A
|
Name of the ship, call sign and IMO identification number
(if available)
|
| C
|
Position expressed in latitude and longitude
|
Note On receipt of a report, operators of the VTS Authority
will establish the relation to the ships position and the information
supplied by the facilities available to them. Information on position
will help operators to identify a ship. Information on current in
specific parts of the VTS area will be provided to the ship.
3.5
Geographical position for
submitting reports
3.5.1 Ships entering the VTS area shall submit
a full report when crossing the lines mentioned in paragraph 2.1,
2.1.1 and 2.1.2 or on departure from a port within the VTS area.
3.5.2 Ships passing the reporting line between
sector 1 and sector 2 at latitude 55° 35′.00 N. shall submit
a short report.
3.5.3 Further reports should be made whenever
there is a change in navigational status or circumstance, particularly
in relation to item Q of the reporting format.
3.6.1 Recognizing that ferries crossing Samsø
Bælt from Århus, Ebeltoft and Samsø to Odden and
Kalundborg generally operate in according to published schedules special
reporting arrangements can be made on a ship-to-ship basis.
3.7.1 The VTS Authority for the BELTREP is Great
Belt VTS.