3.2 Content
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.300(87) – Adoption of Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System ”In the Strait of Gibraltar” (GIBREP) – (Adopted on 17 May 2010) - Annex – Amendments to The Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System for the Strait of Gibraltar - 3 Format, content of report, times and geographical positions for submitting reports, authority to whom reports should be sent, available services - 3.2 Content

3.2 Content

 The report from a ship to the VTS should contain only information which is essential to achieve the objectives of the system:

  A – Name of the ship, call sign, IMO identification number;
  B – Date and time of event;
  C or D – Position in latitude and longitude or true bearing and distance from a clearly identified landmark;
  E – True course;
  F – Speed in knots;
  G – Port of departure;
  I – Port of destination and expected time of arrival;
  P – Cargo and quantity and if dangerous goods are on board IMO classes and quantities;
  Q or R – Defect, damage and/or deficiencies affecting the structure, cargo or equipment of the ship or any other circumstances affecting normal navigation, in accordance with the provisions of relevant IMO Conventions;
  T – Address for provision of information concerning a cargo of dangerous goods;
  W – Total number of persons on board;
  X – Miscellaneous:
    – Estimated quantity of bunker fuel and characteristics for ships carrying over 5,000 tonnes bunker fuel;
    – Navigation conditions.
Note: On receipt of a position message, operators of the VTS will establish the relation between the ship's position and the information supplied by the facilities available to them. The information on heading and speed will facilitate the VTS operator's task of identifying a ship within a group.
Parent topic: 3 Format, content of report, times and geographical positions for submitting reports, authority to whom reports should be sent, available services
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