Publications

Question 1

List of Lights and Signals

Answer 1

Provides information on all lights of navigational significance

Question 2

Notice to Mariners

Answer 2

provide corrections, updates and amendments to official nautical charts and publications

Also used by port authority to issue specific local safety information to ships

Question 3

Weekly Notice to Mariners and Chapters

Answer 3

• updates to navigationally significant changes to nautical charts, lights, radio signals
• reprint of all Radio Navigational Warnings in force and a summary of charts and publications being published

1. Explanatory Notes, Publications list
2. Updates to standart nautical Charts
3. Reprints of NAVAREA 1
4. Updates to Sailing directions
5. Updates to list of ligh tan dfog signals
6. Updates to Radio signals
7. Updates to MISC Nautical publication
8. Updates to Admiralty digital services

Question 4

Cumulative Notice to Mariners

Answer 4

• published Jan and July
• containing list of nautical charts and all NM affecting them during previous 2 years

Question 5

Annual Notice to Mariners

Answer 5

• Published at the beginning the year in 2 parts
• Annual Notice to Mariners 1-26
• Summary of Temporary and Preliminary (will become permanent) NtoM
• Cumulative summary of updates to Sailing Directions

Question 6

ADMIRALTY SAILING DIRECTIONS

Answer 6

• provide essential information on all aspects of navigation including hazards, buoyage, weather patterns, pilotage details, regulations, port facilities and guides to port entires
• These provide detailed information of coastal passages, advice on entering port, navigation marks available, often with drawing and photographs to assist in identification. Also draws attention to particular hazards, shipping density, local magnetic anomalies, facilities in harbours, etc.

Question 7

List of Radio signals ALRS

Answer 7

• information about maritime radio stations, Differential GPS, local time, radio aids to Navigation, Maritime Safety information, Meteorological Observation Stations, GMDSS, Pilot services, VTS, and port operations

Question 8

Chapters of ALRS

Answer 8

1. Maritime Radio Stations
2. Aids to Navigation, local time, DGPS,
3. Maritime Safety information Services
4. Meteorological Observation Stations
5. GMDSS
6. Pilot Services, Port Operations and VTS

Question 9

Ocean Passages of the World

Answer 9

provide information on established ocean routes and general prevailing wind conditions and ocean currents

Question 10

Admiralty List of light and fog signals:

Answer 10

provide information on all lights of navigational significance e.g. lighthouse, range of lights

Question 11

Tide Tables

Answer 11

• daily information of time and height of tide and low water at standard ports
• time and height differences for secondary ports

Question 12

Tidal stream atlases:

Answer 12

• detailed information about tidal conditions in coastal areas, port approaches and harbours

Question 13

Mariners Handbook:

Answer 13

• contains clear guidance to help mariners improve their understanding of maritime navigation, sea and ice conditions, meteorology and regulations
• contains information about tropical revolving storms, causes and avoidance, formation of frontal depressions in temperate latitudes, fog, ice, heavy weather ship handling

Question 14

Admiralty Routeing Charts

Answer 14

• include routes and distances between major ports, ocean currents, ice limits, load lines, wind roses, TRS winds, Percentage of wind
• contain expected meteorological and oceanographic conditions for each month of the year