Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters
Foreword
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Icebreaking and Shipping Support Services
- Chapter 2: Regulations and Guidelines
- Chapter 3: Ice Climatology and Environmental Conditions
- Chapter 4: Navigation In Ice Covered Waters
- Chapter 5: Vessel Design and Construction for Ice Operations
- Annex I: Terminology for Ice, Navigation and Vessel Design
- Annex II: Reference Material
Published under the authority of:
Fleet and Maritime Services Directorate
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6
Cat. No. Fs154-31/2012E-PDF
ISBN 978-1-100-20610-3
Sixth edition – Version 1
© Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, 2022
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Abbreviations
- AIRSS
- Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System
- SRGNA
- système des régimes de glaces pour la navigation dans l'Arctique
- AIS
- automatic identification system
- SIA
- système d’identification automatique
- ARPA
- automatic radar plotting aid
- ARPA
- aide de pointage radar automatique
- ASPPR
- Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulation (Repealed)
- RPPEAN
- règlement sur la prévention de la pollution des eaux arctiques par les navires
- ASSPPR
- Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations
- RSNPPA
- règlement sur la sécurité de la navigation et la prévention de la pollution dans l’Arctique
- CAC
- Canadian Arctic Category
- CAC
- catégorie arctique canadienne
- CCG
- Canadian Coast Guard
- GCC
- Garde côtière canadienne
- CHS
- Canadian Hydrographic Service
- SHC
- Service hydrographique du Canada
- CIS
- Canadian Ice Service
- SCG
- Service canadien des glaces
- DFO
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- MPO
- Pêches et Océans Canada
- ECCC
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- ECCC
- Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
- ENC
- electronic navigational chart
- CEN
- carte électronique de navigation
- FDD
- freezing degree-day
- DJG
- degré-jour de gel
- GLONASS
- global navigation satellite system
- GLONASS
- système mondial de satellites de navigation
- GMDSS
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- SMDSM
- système mondial de détresse et de sécurité en mer
- GPS
- global positioning system
- GPS
- système de localisation GPS
- GRT
- gross register ton
- TJB
- tonneau de jauge brute
- HDOP
- horizontal dilution of precision
- HDOP
- affaiblissement de la précision horizontale
- IACS
- International Association of Classification Societies
- IACS
- International Association of Classification Societies
- IM
- ice multiplier
- MG
- multiplicateur glaciel
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- OMI
- Organisation maritime internationale
- IN
- ice numeral
- NG
- numéral glaciel
- ISF
- Icebreaking Services Fee
- DSD
- droits de services de déglaçage
- ISS
- Ice Services Specialists
- –
- spécialiste des glaces
- JRCC
- joint rescue coordination centre
- CCCOS
- centre conjoint de coordination des opérations de sauvetage
- LEO
- low Earth orbit
- LEO
- orbite terrestre basse
- LOS
- levels of service
- NS
- niveaux de service
- MCTS
- Marine Communications and Traffic Services
- SCTM
- Services de communications et de trafic maritimes
- MDD
- melting degree-day
- DJF
- degré-jour de fonte
- NAD
- North American Datum
- NAD
- système de référence nord-américain
- PEI
- Prince Edward Island
- Î.-P-É
- Île-du-Prince-Édouard
- RAMN
- Radio Aids to Marine Navigation
- ARNM
- Aides radio à la navigation maritime
- RNC
- Raster Navigational Charts
- –
- cartes marine matricielle
- SAR
- Search and Rescue
- SAR
- Recherche et sauvetage
- SMS
- safety management system
- SGS
- système de gestion de la sécurité
- STCW
- Standards for Training and Certification of Watchkeeping
- –
- Normes STCW
- TC
- Transport Canada
- TC
- Transports Canada
- USCG
- United States Coast Guard
- USCG
- United States Coast Guard
- USCGIIP
- U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol
- USCGIIP
- U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol
- UTC
- Coordinated Universal Time
- UTC
- temps universel coordonné
- WGS
- World Geodetic System
- WGS
- Système géodésique mondial
Preface
The CCG/6120 - Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters Manual is published by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) in collaboration with Transport Canada Marine Safety, the Canadian Ice Service (CIS) of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Canadian Hydrographic Service of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The publication is intended to assist vessels operating in ice in all Canadian waters, including the Arctic. This document will provide mariners of vessels transiting Canadian ice-covered waters with the necessary understanding of the regulations, shipping support services, hazards and navigation techniques in ice.
Chapter 1, Icebreaking and Shipping Support Services, pertains to operational considerations, such as communications and reporting requirements as well as ice advisories and icebreaker support within Canadian waters.
Chapter 2, Regulations and Guidelines provides a summary of information on regulations and guidelines for vessels transiting ice covered waters.
Chapter 3, Ice Climatology and Environmental Conditions covers information on the Canadian ice and weather environment.
Chapter 4, Navigation in Ice Covered Waters, is instructional in nature, with information provided to help familiarise inexperienced personnel with passage planning, navigation procedures in ice, vessel performance in ice, and other essential operating procedures.
Chapter 5,Vessel Design and Construction for Ice Operations provides the mariner with basic information on engineering, hull and auxiliary systems for vessels operating in ice.
Note:
Nothing written here will have precedence over the Canada Shipping Act and the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, nor should the following material be quoted as representing them.
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