Notices to Shipping - Welland
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2013 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Vessels Only Permitted to Use Radar Set on a Short Range of Three Nautical Miles or Less when Transiting the Welland Canal
- #3 - Mooring Vessels in Locks with Length up to 200 Meters Using Soft Lines
- #4 - Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Testing at Lock 7 - 2013
- #5 - Vessel Personnel Safety When Working Around Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Equipment at Lock 7
- #6 - Wharf 18.2 and Wharf 18.3
- #7 - Lock 2 Upper Tie Up Wall
- #8 - Approach Wall Below Lock 2
- #9 - East Flight Locks Out of Service From Opening of 2013 Navigation Season Until Approximately March 30th
- #10 - Mooring Procedures With Vessel Self-Spotting System – Lock 1,2,3,7
- #11 - Wharf 12 Out of Service
2012 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Holding Position – ‘Head of the Lock’
- #3 - Vessels Only Permitted to Use Radar Set on a Short Range of Three Nautical Miles or Less when Transiting the Welland Canal
- #4 - Approach Wall Below Lock 2
- #5 - Lock 2 Upper Tie Up Wall
- #6 - Mooring Vessels in Locks with Length up to 150 Meters Using Soft Lines
- #7 - Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Testing at Lock 7 - 2012
- #8 - Vessel Personnel Safety When Working Around Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Equipment at Lock 7
- #9 - Wharf 18.2 and Wharf 18.3
- #10 - Lock 6 West – Final Mooring Position
- #11 - Mooring Procedures with Vessel Self-Spotting System – Lock 3
- #12 - Handling of Mooring Wires
- #13 - Mooring Procedures With Vessel Self-Spotting System – Lock 1 & 2
- #14 - Low Water Levels on Lake Ontario / Port Weller
2011 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Vessel Meets Below Lock Four and Above Lock Six
- #3 - "Lockage of the Future"
- #4 - Holding Position - 'Head of the Lock'
- #5 - Vessel Personnel Safety When Working Around Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Equipment at Lock 7
- #6 - Vessels Only Permitted to Use Radar Set on a Short Range of Three Nautical Miles or Less When Transiting the Welland Canal
- #9 - Approach Wall Below Lock 2
- #10 - Vessel Personnel Safety when Working around Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Equipment at Lock 7
- #11 - Upper West Wall above Lock 7 – New Checkerboard Positioning Sign
- #12 - Resumption of Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Testing at Lock 7
- #13 - Resumption of Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Testing at Lock 7 - Updated
- #14 - Mooring Vessels in Locks with Length Up to 150 Meters Using Soft Lines
- #15 - Lock 2 Upper Tie Up Wall
- #16 - Conclusion of Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Testing at Lock 7
2010 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Two-Person Lockage Procedures at Lock 8
- #3 - Mooring Certain Vessels in Lock Chambers Using Less than 4 Mooring Wires
- #4 - “Lockage Of The Future”
- #5 - Holding Position – ‘Head Of The Lock’
- #6 - Approach Wall Below Lock 2
- #7 - Approach Wall Below Lock 2 - Now Back in Service
- #8 - Vessels Only Permitted to Use Radar Set on a Short Range of Three Nautical Miles or Less When Transiting the Welland Canal
- #9 - Update - Vessels Only Permitted to Use Radar Set on a Short Range of Three Nautical Miles or Less When Transiting the Welland Canal
- #10- Vessel Personnel Safety When Working Around Hands Free Mooring (HFM) Equipment at Lock 7
2009 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Testing of “Hands Free Mooring Equipment”, "Self Spotting", "Vessels Ability to Stop Without Use of Mooring Lines" and "Later Hydraulic Assist"
- #3 - Two-Person Lockage Procedures at Lock 8
- #4 - Vessel Maneuvring Inside Lock Chambers
- #5 - Mooring Certain Vessels in Lock Chambers Using Less than 4 Mooring Wires
- #6 - Extreme North End of the Approach Wall Below Lock 2
- #7 - Update on Lock of the Future Testing
- #8 - Update on Lock of the Future Testing
- #9 - Update on Lock of the Future Testing - Lateral Hydraulic Assist
- #10 - Update on Lock of the Future Testing - Lateral Hydraulic Assist - Revised
2008 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Up Bound Mooring & Down Bound Cast-Off Procedures - Canadian Seaway Locks
- #3 - Mooring Certain Vessels in Lock Chambers Using Less than 4 Mooring Wires
- #4 - Security Awareness While Entering / Departing Seaway Locks
- #5 - Communications Between Bridge Operator and Vessel Prior to Bridge Lowering - Revised
- #6 - Wooden Stand-Offs at Wharf 18.3 - Port Colborne Harbour
- #7 - Testing of “Hands Free Mooring Equipment” & “Self Spotting” in
Lock 7 - #8 - Two-Person Lockage Procedures at Lock 8
2007 Notices
- #1 - General Instructions
- #2 - Up Bound Mooring & Down Bound Cast-Off Procedures - Canadian Seaway Locks
- #3 - Hydraulic Conversion of Locks 4, 5 and 6 West-Construction Zone
- #4 - Testing of Hands Free Mooring Equipment in Lock 8
- #5 - Security Awareness While Entering / Departing Seaway Locks
- #6 - Mooring Certain Vessels in Lock Chambers Using Less Than 4 Mooring Wires
- #7 - Self Spotting — Testing in Lock 8
- #8 - Low Water Levels Lake Ontario
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