Canadian Coast Guard publications
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- College
- Corporate information
- Environmental response
- Fleet
- Icebreaking
- Marine communications and traffic services (MCTS)
- Maritime security
- Navigation
- Operations Publications
- Search and rescue
- Wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels
College
Corporate information
- Levels of Service
- Open Information Licence
- 2020-2021 Canadian Coast Guard Business Plan: Executive Summary New
Environmental response
- Independent Review of the M/V Marathassa Fuel Oil Spill Environmental Response Operation
- Marine Pollution Contingency Plan - National Chapter
- Tank truck to marine vessel - Oil transfer
Fleet
Icebreaking
- Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System (AIRSS) Standard
- Arctic Waters Oil Transfer Guidelines
- Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
- Guidelines for Passenger Vessels Operating in the Canadian Arctic
- Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters
- Icebreaking Operations Directive: 1. Provision of Icebreaking Services and Harbours Breakouts
- Icebreaking Operations Directive: 2. Support to Sealing Vessels
- International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code)
- Latest ice conditions and summaries by season and region
- Manual of Ice (MANICE)
- National Marine Advisory Board Icebreaking Sub-Committee: Icebreaker Requirements 2017-2022
- New Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations
Marine communications and traffic services (MCTS)
Maritime security
Navigation
Aids to navigation
- Notices to Mariners, Annual Edition
- Canadian Aids to Navigation System 2011
- Canadian Marine Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) Broadcast Standard
- Notices to Mariners (NOTMAR)
- Sailing Directions
Operations Publications
Circulars
- 10-2021 COVID-19 - Rapid Test Screening Pilot ProjectNew
- 09-2021 COVID-19 - Health Screening Questionnaire for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Personnel and Visitors Accessing CCG Facilities and VesselsNew
- 07-2020 COVID-19 - Pre-Crew Change Process, Interprovincial Travel for Canadian Coast Guard Business, and What to Expect When Joining a Vessel/Station
- 09-2020 COVID-19 - How to Clean Mustang Survival Products During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 18-2020 COVID-19 - Pre-deployment COVID-19 Testing for Northern and Arctic Bound Vessel Personnel and Passengers
Communiqués
Concepts of Operations
National orders
National Standard Operating Procedures
- 501 COVID-19 - All Hazard Risk Assessment for Requests for Assistance from Other Partners
- 502 COVID-19 - Instructions for Rescue Specialist and Marine First Responders in Assisting a Suspected COVID-19 Patient New
- 503 COVID-19 - Helicopter Operations Personnel New
- 505 COVID-19 - Seagoing Personnel
- 506 COVID-19 - Shore-based Personnel
- 507 COVID-19 - Managing COVID-19 Outbreaks On Board Vessels
- 509 COVID-19 - Returning to Work Self-assessment
- 510 COVID-19 - Commissioner Issued Letters Allowing Canadian Coast Guard Pandemic Critical Employees to Travel Across Provincial and Territorial Boundaries
- 511 COVID-19 - Minimum Screening Process for Canadian Coast Guard Personnel Accessing a Contractors Facility During an Infectious Disease Outbreak such as COVID-19
- 513 COVID-19 - Canadian Coast Guard National Response Posture Levels
- 514 COVID-19 - Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) personnel working at non-CCG shore sites or vessels
- 515 COVID-19 - Issuance of Contractor Designation Letters During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 516 COVID-19 - Ship Sanitation Inspections
- 517 COVID-19 - Responding to Requests for Ship Radio Inspections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 518 COVID-19 - Cleaning and Disinfection Routine of the Workplace
- 519 COVID-19 - Hailing and Boarding Instructions for SAR Responders in an Open Vessel
- 520 COVID-19 - Virtual Incident Command Post
- 521 COVID-19 - Travel Requirements for Canadian Coast Guard Personnel during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 522 COVID-19 - Marine Communications and Traffic Services Broadcast of Information from Partner Agencies
- 523 COVID-19 - Provision of Food and Refreshment for Emergency Management
- 524 COVID-19 - Nunavut Travel Requirements for Environmental Response Personnel
- 526 COVID-19 - Canadian Coast Guard Contact Tracing Activities New
Safety Bulletins
- 04-2020 Canadian Coast Guard Guidelines for Increased Awareness of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Disease and Sanitation Practices to Control the Spread of Communicable Disease
- 05-2020 Novel Coronavirus Guidance to Canadian Coast Guard Operational Personnel
- 08-2020 COVID-19 - Information Concerning the Use of Non-Medical Masks at Work
- 09-2020 Prevention of Heat Stress Injuries and Illness
Search and rescue
- Alerting, Detection, and Response: Dealing with accidents at sea
- Levels of service for search and rescue
- Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) in Canada
- Policies and procedures for assisting disabled vessels