United States Coast Pilot: Great Lakes, Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior and St. Lawrence River. 6, Volume 6U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Survey, 2002 - Pilot guides |
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Page 95 - ... shall have arrived within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a signal by one long blast of the steam whistle...
Page 90 - That the work shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the district engineer, Engineer Department at Large, in charge of the locality, who may temporarily suspend the work at any time if, in his judgment, the interests of navigation so require.
Page 27 - ... apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall...
Page 107 - Sept. 8. 1975] §401.120 Federal reservation of pilotage regulations. No state, municipal, or other local authority shall require the use of pilots or regulate any aspect of pilotage in any of the waters specified in the Act. Only those persons registered as United States Registered Pilots or Canadian Registered Pilots as defined in this subpart may render pilotage services on any vessel subject to the Act and the Memorandum of Arrangements, Great Lakes Pilotage.
Page 23 - ... sinker positions are not under continuous surveillance, but are normally checked only during periodic maintenance visits which often occur more than a year apart. The position of the buoy body can be expected to shift inside and outside of the charting symbol due to the forces of nature.
Page 95 - On entering the canal at either entrance, steamers or tugs must blow their whistles for 1 minute in order to warn craft approaching from opposite direction and give them time to guard against collisions, by tying up if necessary. All steamers approaching others going in the opposite direction shall slacken speed so as to pass in safety. Compliance is required with rule V of the rules and regulations for the government of pilots, adopted by the United States Coast Guard.
Page 76 - ... 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 90 - Rules and regulations governing the movements of vessels and rafts in St. Marys River from Point Iroquois, on Lake Superior, to Point Detour, on Lake Huron...
Page 94 - ... where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed...