How must the reports be made?

  1. Law
  2. CFR 33
  3. Navigation and Navigable Waters
  4. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  5. Ports and Waterways Safety
  6. Ship Reporting Systems
  7. Establishment of Two Mandatory Ship Reporting Systems for the Protection of Northern Right Whales
  8. How must the reports be made?

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§ 169.135 How must the reports be made?

(a) A ship equipped with INMARSAT C must report in IMO standard format as provided in § 169.140 in table 169.140.

(b) A ship not equipped with INMARSAT C must report to the Coast Guard using other means, listed below in order of precedence -

(1) By email to ;

(2) HF voice communication; or

(3) VHF voice communications.

(c) HF reports made directly to the Coast Guard's Communications Command (COMMCOM) in Chesapeake, VA, or VHF reports made to Coast Guard shore units, should only be made by ships not equipped with INMARSAT C. Ships in this category must provide all the required information to the Coast Guard watchstander.

[USCG-1999-5525, 64 FR 29234, June 1, 1999, as amended by 66 FR 58070, Nov. 20, 2001; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58281, Sept. 18, 2020]


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