United States Coast Pilot 6: Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior and St. Lawrence RiverU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service., 1989 - Pilot guides |
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18 feet 27 feet alongside anchorage appendix for address Bascule berthing space breakwater bridge Highway buoy buoy marks Canadian Canal channel leads Charts Clair River clearance Coast Guard controlling depth Corp craft deck height deep water Detroit River diesel fuel dredged channel engine repairs facilities feet of berthing fog signal gasoline Island Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Ontario launching ramp least depth lighted buoy lighted range lock marine supplies marked by lights mile offshore miles SW navigation Niagara River North Notice to Mariners Number NW side open on signal open storage operated outer end outer harbor Overhead cable Overhead cable Power pier Point Port provides transient berths Railroad receipt Reef regulations reported depths river mouth Rock Seaway sewage pump-out ship shoal Shoals extend shore Small-craft South Street bridge Sturgeon Bay thence tons turning basin vessels W side Waterways Welland Canal wharf winds
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Page 52 - ... movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States...
Page 18 - ... apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall...
Page 62 - US property. Trespass on waterway property or injury to the banks, locks, dams, canals, piers, fences, trees, buildings or any other property of the United States pertaining to the waterway is strictly prohibited. No business, trading or landing of freight or baggage will be allowed on or over Government property, unless a permit or lease approved by the Secretary of the Army has been secured.
Page 50 - ... vessel" means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water other than a public vessel; (4) "public vessel" means a vessel owned or bareboat chartered and operated by the United States, or by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce...
Page 17 - The mariner is also cautioned that buoys are liable to be carried away, shifted, capsized, sunk, etc. Lighted buoys may be extinguished or sound signals may not function as the result of ice or other natural causes, collisions, or other accidents.
Page 71 - Department of Defense certification pursuant to section 312(g)(2) of the Act. (h) This section is not to be construed to accelerate the effective date of the standards and regulations promulgated under section 312 as such date affects the sales regulations for marine sanitation devices specified in section 312(g)(l): January 30, 1977, and January 30, 1980, for new and existing vessels, respectively. § 140.4 Complete prohibition. (a) A State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels...
Page 23 - Requires the use of the vessel bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone; (2) Provides the Coast Guard's interpretation of the meaning of important terms in the Act; (3) Prescribes the procedures for applying for an exemption from the Act and the regulations issued under the Act and a listing of exemptions. (b) Nothing in this part relieves any person from the obligation of complying with the rules of the road and the applicable pilot rules. § 26.02 Definitions. For the purpose of this part and interpreting...
Page 62 - ... the lock tender may call for assistance from the master of any boat using the lock should such aid be needed.
Page 23 - Every vessel of 100 gross tons and upward carrying one or more passengers for hire while navigating; (3) Every towing vessel of 26 feet or over in length while navigating; and...
Page 40 - Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972". TITLE I— PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Sec. 101. In order to prevent damage to, or the destruction or loss of any vessel, bridge, or other structure on or in the navigable waters of the United States, or any land structure or shore area immediately adjacent to those waters; and to protect the navigable waters and the resources therein from environmental harm resulting from vessel or structure damage, destruction, or loss...