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Panama Canal requires AIS in all vessels
Here's some AIS information for anyone thinking of using the Panama Canal I
thought you'd like to know. I'm for AIS on all vessels 100%. It should be expanded and replace the stupid GMDSS/DSC abortions. "PANAMA CANAL NOW REQUIRES AIS NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT The Panama Canal Authority has announced the formal implementation of the Automatic Identification System (AIS). AIS is now required equipment for all vessels transiting the waterway. The new AIS system will alleviate many of the challenges of navigating the Canal because Canal pilots will now be able to better view all traffic transiting through the Canal. It is expected to be particularly valuable in narrow passages and low-visibility situations. In addition, the ACP will be able to improve Canal traffic flow and reduce the length of intervals between transiting ships. The AIS works in real time and transmits data to all AIS-equipped ships or shoreside facilities within VHF radio range, providing Canal authorities with a complete and precise view of all traffic in the Panama Canal. Position and other data are distributed instantaneously from the ship's sensors into the AIS system, where it is formatted and transmitted in a short data burst on a dedicated VHF radio channel. The AIS automatically identifies a ship, type, position, course, speed, navigational status and other safety-related information through new software located onboard and onshore. All ships transiting Canal waters that are over 300 net tons or more than 60-feet in length must now be equipped with an AIS system that meets the standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Canal implementation of AIS is well ahead of the 2004 IMO deadline. According to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), all vessels will be required to carry AIS systems effective on the date of the first safety equipment survey between July 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004. Between Canal's July 1, 2003 implementation date and the dates required by SOLAS, for those vessels not yet carrying AIS, the Canal will provide portable AIS vessel tracking units for a $150 fee. MM&P Wheelhouse Weekly" -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: Read about them he http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp...3&view=printer |
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Larry wrote in :
. All ships transiting Canal waters that are over 300 net tons or more than 60-feet in length must now be equipped with an AIS system that meets the standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). -- Geoff |
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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message 6... Larry wrote in : . All ships transiting Canal waters that are over 300 net tons or more than 60-feet in length must now be equipped with an AIS system that meets the standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). -- Geoff Note: IMO requires DGPS to the AIS, not a WAAS GPS. We have had yacht customers (over 60 feet) equipped with WAAS GPS refused transit of the canal. The AIS reports the type of GPS it is using. Doug K7ABX |
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"Doug" wrote in
nk.net: Note: IMO requires DGPS to the AIS, not a WAAS GPS. We have had yacht customers (over 60 feet) equipped with WAAS GPS refused transit of the canal. The AIS reports the type of GPS it is using. Doug K7ABX Wonder why WAAS is refused? Maybe it has something to do with the RF view of the sky in the ditch between the mountains obstructing view of the WAAS birds. -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: Read about them he http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp...3&view=printer |
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"Doug" wrote in news:vWcBe.2938$dU3.544
@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: "Geoff Schultz" wrote in message 6... Larry wrote in : . All ships transiting Canal waters that are over 300 net tons or more than 60-feet in length must now be equipped with an AIS system that meets the standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). -- Geoff Note: IMO requires DGPS to the AIS, not a WAAS GPS. We have had yacht customers (over 60 feet) equipped with WAAS GPS refused transit of the canal. The AIS reports the type of GPS it is using. Doug K7ABX What's also interesting is that the closest DGPS signal to Panama comes from Puerto Rico and doesn't make it that far... -- Geoff |
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Have you gone through the Canal? If so, explain what mountains you noticed.
I didn't see any mountains, but I did see and experience a "Cut". The cut was a bit narrow, but not for a medium sized sailboat. We spent an overnight in the big lake, caught a few fish, had a great dinner and pressed on the following morning. The canal is not a navigational thing, it is nothing more than mere piloting. That said, I'm aware the transit price has gone up considerably since my transit in the mid "90's". |
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"FMac" wrote in
: Have you gone through the Canal? If so, explain what mountains you noticed. I didn't see any mountains, but I did see and experience a "Cut". The cut was a bit narrow, but not for a medium sized sailboat. We spent an overnight in the big lake, caught a few fish, had a great dinner and pressed on the following morning. The canal is not a navigational thing, it is nothing more than mere piloting. That said, I'm aware the transit price has gone up considerably since my transit in the mid "90's". Never been through the canal. My post was from a news item I found on a maritime website. The idea was the canyon it's in may cause poor reception of WAAS satellite correction data. -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: Read about them he http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp...3&view=printer |
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"FMac" wrote in
: Have you gone through the Canal? If so, explain what mountains you noticed. I didn't see any mountains, but I did see and experience a "Cut". The cut was a bit narrow, but not for a medium sized sailboat. We spent an overnight in the big lake, caught a few fish, had a great dinner and pressed on the following morning. The canal is not a navigational thing, it is nothing more than mere piloting. That said, I'm aware the transit price has gone up considerably since my transit in the mid "90's". I'm not sure if this was addressed to me, but yes, I have. Here are photos for anyone who's interested. http://www.geoffschultz.org/2002_Sai...nal/index.html -- Geoff |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:02:44 -0400, Larry wrote:
"FMac" wrote in : Have you gone through the Canal? If so, explain what mountains you noticed. I didn't see any mountains, but I did see and experience a "Cut". The cut was a bit narrow, but not for a medium sized sailboat. We spent an overnight in the big lake, caught a few fish, had a great dinner and pressed on the following morning. The canal is not a navigational thing, it is nothing more than mere piloting. That said, I'm aware the transit price has gone up considerably since my transit in the mid "90's". Never been through the canal. My post was from a news item I found on a maritime website. The idea was the canyon it's in may cause poor reception of WAAS satellite correction data. Ideas are fine but modern science dictates one dismisses ideas and rejects theories that do not apply. In this case the idea that the Gatun Cut causes GPS satellite visibility issues is nonsense and the idea must be rejected and deleted from your knowledge base. The cut is far from a canyon with steep walls. There is plenty of sky for the GPS to see satellites. WAAS has nothing to do with it. Our primitive 1995 vintage Garmin 45 pseudo-tracker multiplexed GPS worked just fine when we went through the Gatun Cut in January of 1998. |
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"Anchor" wrote in message news On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:02:44 -0400, Larry wrote: "FMac" wrote in : Have you gone through the Canal? If so, explain what mountains you noticed. I didn't see any mountains, but I did see and experience a "Cut". The cut was a bit narrow, but not for a medium sized sailboat. We spent an overnight in the big lake, caught a few fish, had a great dinner and pressed on the following morning. The canal is not a navigational thing, it is nothing more than mere piloting. That said, I'm aware the transit price has gone up considerably since my transit in the mid "90's". Never been through the canal. My post was from a news item I found on a maritime website. The idea was the canyon it's in may cause poor reception of WAAS satellite correction data. Ideas are fine but modern science dictates one dismisses ideas and rejects theories that do not apply. In this case the idea that the Gatun Cut causes GPS satellite visibility issues is nonsense and the idea must be rejected and deleted from your knowledge base. The cut is far from a canyon with steep walls. There is plenty of sky for the GPS to see satellites. WAAS has nothing to do with it. Our primitive 1995 vintage Garmin 45 pseudo-tracker multiplexed GPS worked just fine when we went through the Gatun Cut in January of 1998. You don't have to be in a canyon to have WAAS problems. I live in Nanaimo which is on the East side of Vancouver Island. We have high land to the west and my Garmin GPSMap 182 cannot get a WAAS signal in my marina. It receives GPS satellite signals without trouble but the WAAS satellites are low in the south-west and apparently the hills shadow this signal. Further away from shore I can pick up WAAS signals. |
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