Appendix 3
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.230(82) - Adoption of Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System “In The Storebælt (Great Belt) Traffic Area” - (adopted on 5 December 2006) - Annex - Mandatory Ship Reporting System “In The Storebælt (Great Belt) Traffic Area (BELTREP)” - Appendix 3

Appendix 3

 Drafting of radio reports to the mandatory ship reporting system In the Storebælt (Great Belt) Area (BELTREP)

Designator Function Information required
A Ship Name of the ship, call sign and IMO identification number (if available)
C Position A 4-digit group giving latitude in degrees and minutes suffixed with N and a 5-digit group giving longitude in degrees and minutes suffixed with E
I Next port of call The name of the expected destination
L Route A brief description of the intended routed as planned by the master (see below)
O Draught A 2 or 3-digit group giving the present maximum draught in metres (E.g.: 8.7 metres or 10.2 metres)
Q Defects and deficiencies Details of defects and deficiencies affecting the equipment of the ship or any other circumstances affecting normal navigation and manoeuvrability
U Deadweight tonnage and air draught  

  Examples of routes as given under designator L

Example .1 A southbound ship with a draught of 13.2 metres:
DW route at Hatter Barn
Route T
DW route off east coast of Langeland
 
Example 2. A northbound ship with a draught of 5.3 metres:
Route H
Route T at Agersø Flak
TSS at Hatter Barn
 
Example 3. A small southbound ship:
Coastal east of Fyn
West Bridge
Between Fyn and Langeland
Parent topic: Annex - Mandatory Ship Reporting System “In The Storebælt (Great Belt) Traffic Area (BELTREP)”
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