[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR169.140] [Page 788-800] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED) PART 169--SHIP REPORTING SYSTEMS--Table of Contents Subpart B--Establishment of Two Mandatory Ship Reporting Systems for the Protection of Northern Right Whales Sec. 169.140 What information must be included in the report? Each ship report made to the shore-based authority must follow the standard reporting and format requirements listed in this section in table 169.140. Current email addresses and telex numbers are published annually in the US Coast Pilot. [[Page 789]] Table 169.140--Requirements for Ship Reports ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telegraphy Function Information required ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of system................. System identifier Ship reporting system WHALESNORTH or WHALESSOUTH. M.............................. INMARSAT Number.. Vessel INMARSAT number A.............................. Ship............. The name, call sign or ship station identity, IMO number, and flag of the vessel. B.............................. Date and time of A 6-digit group event. giving day of month (first two digits), hours and minutes (last four digits). E.............................. True course...... A 3-digit group indicating true course. F.............................. Speed in knots A 3-digit group. and tenths of knots. H.............................. Date, time and Entry time expressed point of entry as in (B) and entry into system. position expressed as-(1) a 4-digit group giving latitude in degrees and minutes suffixed with N(north) or S (south) and a 5- digit group giving longitude in degrees and minutes suffixed with E (east) or W (west); or (2) True bearing (first 3 digits) and distance (state distance) in nautical miles from a clearly identified landmark (state landmark) I.............................. Destination and Name of port and expected time of date time group arrival. expressed as in (B) L.............................. Route information Intended track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [USCG-1999-5525, 66 FR 58070, Nov. 20, 2001] [[Page 791]] INDEX TO SUBCHAPTER P--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY EDITORIAL NOTE: This listing is provided for informational purposes only. It is compiled and kept up-to-date by the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, and is revised through July 1, 2003. Section A Agent............................................................160.204 Applicable.............................................................. Cargoes...........................................................168.30 Vessels...........................................................168.20 Waters and number of escort vessels (Prince William Sound and Puget Sound)......................................................168.40 Applicability exception for foreign vessels.......................164.02 Applicability, Navigation Safety Regulations......................164.01 Application, Towing of Barges.....................................163.01 Alaskan Coastal areas Gulf to Hinchinbrook Safety Fairway (inbound vessel traffic) 166.400(b)(ii) Hinchinbrook to Gulf Safety Fairway (outbound vessel traffic) 166.400(b)(iii) North/South Safety Fairway................................166.400(b)(ii) Prince William Sound Safety Fairway........................166.400(b)(1) Unimak Pass Safety Fairway (East/West Safety Fairway)...166.400(b)(2)(i) Atlantic Coastal areas Nantucket to Ambrose Safety Fairway....................166.500(b)(1)(ii) Off New York Shipping Safety Fairway; Ambrose to Nantucket Safety Fairway.................................................166.500(b)(1)(i) ARPA performance standards, definition of terms....Annex 1 to Appendix A of 164.38 ARPA operational scenarios...............Annex 2 to Appendix A of 164.38 ARPA sensor errors.......................Annex 3 to Appendix A of 164.38 Automated reporting...............................................164.21 Automatic Identification System (AIS).............................164.46 Automatic Identification System Shipborne Equipment--Prince William Sound.....................................................164.43 Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)..............................164.38 B Barge............................................................160.204 Bunching of tows..................................................163.20 C Californian Coastal areas Port Hueneme Safety Fairway................................166.300(b)(1) Carried in Bulk..................................................160.204 Certain Dangerous Cargo..........................................160.204 Charterer........................................................160.204 Charts and publications...........................................164.33 Charts, publications, and equipment: General......................164.30 [[Page 792]] Chesapeake Bay approach traffic separation scheme................167.200 Control of Vessel and Facility Operations......................Subpart B Applicability....................................................160.103 Compliance with orders...........................................160.105 Denial of entry..................................................160.107 Prohibition of vessel operation and cargo transfers..............160.113 Purpose..........................................................160.101 Special orders applying to vessel operations.....................160.111 Withholding of clearance.........................................160.115 Crewmember.......................................................160.204 D Definitions......................160.207, 164.70, 166.105, 167.5, 168.05 Deviations from rules: and reporting non-operating equipment.............................164.53 Continuing operation or period of time............................164.55 Emergency.........................................................164.51 Devices to indicate speed and distance............................164.40 E Eastern approach.................................................167.202 Off Ambrose Light................................................167.153 Off Nantucket....................................................167.152 Electronic position fixing devices................................164.41 Equipment............................................................... All vessels.......................................................164.35 Vessels of 10,000 gross tons or more..............................164.37 Escort requirements for certain tankers.........................Part 168 G Galveston Bay approach traffic separation scheme and precautionary area.............................................................167.350 General, Ports and Waterways Safety...................Part 160-subpart A Appeals............................................................160.7 Definitions........................................................160.3 Delegations........................................................160.5 Purpose............................................................160.1 General, Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas..........................................Part 165-subpart A Establishment procedure............................................165.5 Geographic coordinates.............................................165.8 Notification.......................................................165.7 Purpose of part....................................................165.1 Geographic coordinates....................................166.103, 167.3 Great Lakes......................................................160.204 Gross Tons.......................................................160.204 H Hazardous Condition..............................................160.204 I Incorporation by reference,.......................................164.03 Inland waterways navigation regulations.........................Part 162 [[Page 793]] Atlantic Ocean, all waterways tributary south of Chesapeake Bay and all waterway tributary to the Gulf of Mexico east and South of St. Marks, FL.....................................................162.65 Black Rock Canal and Lock at Buffalo, New York...................162.175 Buffalo and Rochester Harbors, New York..........................162.165 Channel leading to San Juan Harbor, P.R.; use, administration, and navigation.......................................................162.260 Channel of Christina River, Del; navigation.......................162.35 Channel of Tuckerton Creek, N.J.; navigation......................162.30 Columbia and Williamette Rivers, Washington and Oregon; administration and navigation....................................162.225 Columbia River, Wash.............................................162.230 Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin..................162.110 Flushing Bay near LaGuardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y. restricted area..............................................................162.20 General............................................................162.1 Gulf of Mexico, all waterways tributary (except the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South and Southwest Passes and the Atchafalaya River) from St. Marks, Flas., to the Rio Grande.......162.75 Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Lake Mohave (Colorado River), Ariz.-Nev 162.220 Kenai River, Kenai, Alaska; use, administration, and navigation 162.245 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich..........................................162.115 Inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Del. and Md. (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal)...............................162.40 Lake Huron to Lake Erie, connecting waters Anchorage grounds................................................162.136 Communications rules.............................................162.132 General rules....................................................162.130 Miscellaneous rules..............................................162.140 Speed rules......................................................162.138 Traffic rules....................................................162.134 Lake Michigan, harbors on........................................162.120 Lake Tahoe, Calif.; restricted areas along south shore...........162.210 Lake Tahoe, Nev.; restricted area adjacent to Nevada Beach.......162.215 Manhasett Bay, N.Y.; seaplane restricted area.....................162.15 Marine del Ray, Calif.; restricted area..........................162.200 Maumee Bay and River, Ohio.......................................162.150 Mississippi River below mouth of Ohio River, including South and Southwest Passes..................................................162.80 Missouri River; administration and navigation....................162.105 Monroe Harbor, Mich..............................................162.145 Ohio River at Louisville, KY.....................................162.100 Port Alexander, Alaska; speed of vessels.........................162.250 Puget Sound Area, Wash...........................................162.235 Restricted areas in vicinity of Maritime Administration Reserve Fleets...........................................................162.270 Sandusky and Huron Harbors, Ohio.................................162.155 Santa Monica Bay, Calif.; restricted area........................162.200 St. Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan......................162.117 Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin.162.125......... Suisun Bay, San Joaquin River Sacramento River, and connecting waters, CA.......................................................162.205 Tongass Narrows, Alaska; navigation..............................162.240 Vermilion, Lorain, Cleveland, Fairport, Ashtabula, and Coneaut Harbors, Ohio....................................................162.160 [[Page 794]] White River, Arkansas Post Canal, Arkansas River, and Verdigris River between Mississippi River, Ark., and Catoosa, Okla.: use, administration, and navigation....................................162.90 Wrangell Narrows, Alaska; use, administration, and navigation....162.255 Yazoo Diversion Canal, Vicksburg, Miss., from its mouth at Kleinston Landing to Fisher Street; navigation....................162.85 M Maintenance, failure, and reporting...............................164.82 Marine casualty reporting and record retention....................164.61 Modification of areas............................................166.110 Modification of schemes...........................................167.15 N Nationality......................................................160.204 Navigation......................................................Part 164 Bridge visibility.................................................164.15 Equipment, Charts or Maps, and Publications of Towing Vessels of 12 Meters or More in Length....Table 164.72............................. Safety equipment, charts or maps, and publications required on towing vessels....................................................164.72 Tests and inspections.............................................164.80 Tests before entering or getting underway.........................164.25 Underway, general.................................................164.11 Underway, tankers.................................................164.13 Underway, towing vessels..........................................164.78 Navigation safety regulations...................................Part 164 Notifications of Arrivals, Departures, Hazardous Conditions, and Certain Dangerous Cargoes......................................Subpart C Applicability and exceptions to applicability....................160.201 Definitions......................................................160.203 Notice of Arrival: Vessels bound for ports or places in the U.S 160.207 Notice of Arrival: Vessels carrying certain dangerous cargoes....160.211 Notice of departure: Vessels carrying certain dangerous cargoes 160.213 Notice of hazardous conditions...................................160.215 Waiver...........................................................160.205 O Off New York Traffic Separation Scheme and Precautionary Areas...167.150 Offshore traffic separation schemes.............................Part 167 Operator.........................................................160.204 Operating rules...................................................167.10 P Performance and operational requirements..........................168.50 Performance standards for automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA) Appendix A to 164.38 Persons in addition to the crewmembers...........................160.204 Port or place of departure.......................................160.204 Port or place of destination.....................................160.204 Ports and waterways safety--general.............................Part 160 Precautionary areas.........................................167.151, 201 Pre-escort conference.............................................168.60 Public vessel....................................................160.204 [[Page 795]] R Rate of turn indicator............................................164.42 Regulated navigation areas and limited access areas.............Part 165 Regulated Navigation Areas.....................................Subpart B General regulations...............................................165.13 Regulated navigation areas........................................165.10 Vessel operating requirements (regulations).......................165.11 Responsibilities..................................................168.10 Restricted Waterfront Areas...........................Part 165-subpart E Restricted waterfront areas.......................................165.40 S Steering gear: Foreign tankers....................................164.39 Safety Zones..........................................Part 165-subpart C General regulations...............................................165.23 Safety zones......................................................165.20 Security Zones........................................Part 165-subpart D General regulations...............................................165.33 Security zones....................................................165.30 Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas........Part 165-subpart F First Coast Guard District--Boston, MA Regulated Navigation Areas Kill Van Kull, New York and New Jersey...........................165.165 Kittery, Maine...................................................165.101 New Haven Harbor, Quinnipiac River, Mill River...................165.150 Providence River, Providence, R.I................................165.122 Safety Zones Boon Island, ME, sunken vessel Empire Knight.....................165.141 Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts....................165.110, 165.111 Burlington Bay, Vermont; Annual Burlington Independence Day Celebration Fireworks Display....................................165.166 Chelsea River, Boston Inner Harbor, Boston, MA...................165.120 East River, N.Y.; Annual South Street Seaport Memorial Day Fireworks Display................................................165.175 East River, N.Y.; Annual South Street Seaport New Year's Eve Fireworks Display................................................165.174 Hempstead Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.; Annual North Hempstead Memorial Day Fireworks Display...................................165.178 Hudson River, N.Y.; Annual Rensselaer Festival Fireworks Display 165.170 Hudson River, N.Y.; Heritage of Pride Fireworks Display..........165.170 New York, New Jersey, Sandy Hook Channel, Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill 165.160 Navisink River, Red Bank, New Jersey; Annual ``Fireworks on the Navisink''.......................................................165.161 Northville Industries Offshore Platform, Riverhead, Long Island, New York.........................................................165.155 Portsmouth Harbor, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.....................165.103 Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Providence River...........165.121 USS Cassin Young, Boston Massachusetts...........................165.112 Security Zones Kennebunkport, ME, Walkers Point.................................165.102 New London Harbor, Connecticut...................................165.140 Sandy Hook Bay, N.J..............................................165.130 Fifth Coast Guard District Regulated Navigation Areas [[Page 796]] Chesapeake Bay Entrance and Hampton Roads, VA and adjacent waters 165.501 Chesapeake Bay ice navigation season.............................165.503 Delaware Bay and River...........................................165.510 Safety Zones Cove Point, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.............................165.502 Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers, NC.....................165.530 Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina......................165.515 Security Zone Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Shipyard James River, Newport News, VA..........................................165.504 Seventh Coast Guard District............................................ Regulated Navigation Areas Atlantic Ocean, Charleston, SC...................................165.714 Egmont Channel, Tampa Bay, FL....................................165.709 King's Bay, Georgia..............................................165.730 Sparkman Channel, Tampa, FL......................................165.752 Tampa Bay, FL....................................................165.753 Safety Zones Ashley River, Charleston, SC.....................................165.713 Brunswick, GA, Turtle River, Vicinity of Sydney Lanier Bridge....165.735 Charleston Harbor and Cooper River, Charleston, SC...............165.708 Cumberland Sound, GA and St. Mary's River Entrance Channel.......165.731 Jacksonville, FL.................................................165.728 Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, FL.............................165.705 Savannah River, Savannah, GA...................................165.T0704 St. Johns River, Jacksonville, FL................................165.720 Tampa Bay, FL...........................................165.703, 165.704 Security Zones Charleston Harbor and Cooper River, Charleston, SC...............165.708 Cumberland Sound, GA, and St. Mary's River Entrance Channel......165.731 Internal waters and territorial seas adjacent to Florida south of 26 degrees 19 minutes North latitude.........................165.TO7-013 Merritt Island, FL, vicinity Kennedy Space Center................165.701 Port Canaveral Harbor, Cape Canaveral, FL........................165.705 Jacksonville Harbor, FL..........................................165.729 St. John's River, Jacksonville, FL......................165.720, 165.722 Eighth Coast Guard District............................................. Regulated Navigation Areas Arkansas River, Mile 118.2 to 125.4, Little Rock, AK.............165.817 Atachafalaya River, Berwick Bay, LA..............................165.811 Calcasieu River, LA..............................................165.807 Mississippi River.......................................165.803, 165.810 Monongahela, River, Mile 81.0 to 83.0............................165.819 Ohio River at Cincinnati, OH.....................................165.821 Ohio River at Louisville, KY.....................................165.815 Sabine Neches Waterway, TX.......................................165.806 Safety Zones Calcasieu Channel and Industrial Canal, Calcasieu River, Lake Charles, LA......................................................165.805 Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX..................165.808 Lower Mississippi River, vicinity of Old River Control Structures 165.802 Snake Island, Texas City, TX; mooring and fleeting of vessels....165.804 [[Page 797]] Ninth Coast Guard District.............................................. Regulated Navigation Area Great Lakes......................................................165.901 Safety Zones Cuyahoga River and Old River, Cleveland, OH......................165.903 Lake Michigan at Chicago Harbor & Burnham Park Harbor............165.904 Niagra River at Niagra Falls, New York...........................165.902 USX Superfund Site, St. Louis River..............................165.905 Security Zone Lake Michigan at Chicago Harbor & Burnham Park Harbor............165.904 Eleventh Coast Guard District........................................... Regulated Navigation Areas San Diego Bay, CA...............................................165.1108 San Francisco Bay Region, CA....................................165.1114 San Pedro Bay, CA...............................................165.1109 Safety Zones Los Angeles Harbor-San Pedro Bay, CA............................165.1110 San Diego Bay, CA...............................................165.1107 San Pedro Bay, CA...............................................165.1101 Security Zones San Diego Bay, CA.....165.1102, 165.1103, 165.1104, 165.1105, & 165.1106 Wilson Cove, San Clemente Island, CA............................165.1111 Thirteenth Coast Guard District......................................... Regulated Navigation Areas Puget Sound, and adjacent waters in Northwestern Washington.....165.1301 Puget Sound and adjacent waters, WA.............................165.1303 Safety Zones Bellingham Bay, Bellingham, WA..................................165.1304 Columbia River, Vancouver, WA...................................165.1308 Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA....................................165.1305 Elliot Bay, Seattle, WA.........................................165.1307 Lake Union, Seattle, WA.........................................165.1306 Security Zone Bangor Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, WA.........................165.1302 Fourteenth Coast Guard District......................................... Regulated Navigation Area Apra Outer Harbor, Guam.........................................165.1402 Safety Zones Apra Harbor, Guam...............................................165.1401 Pacific Missle Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii...................................................165.1406 Security Zones Apra Harbor, Guam...............................................165.1404 Tinian, Commonwealth Northern Marianas Islands..................165.1403 Seventeenth Coast Guard District........................................ Regulated Navigation Area Prince William Sound, AK........................................165.1704 Safety Zones Ammunition Island, Port Valdez, AK..............................165.1703 Crescent Harbor, Sitka, AK......................................165.1707 Gastineau Channel, Juneau, AK.........................165.1702, 165.1706 Ketchikan Harbor, Ketchikan, AK.................................165.1705 Port Valdez, Valdez, AK.........................................165.1701 Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, AK..................................165.1708 Shipping Safety Fairways and Anchorages.........................Part 166 Shipping safety fairways and anchorage areas, Gulf of Mexico............ Aransas Pass Anchorage Areas...............................166.200(d)(5) Aransas Pass Safety Fairway................................166.200(d)(4) [[Page 798]] Atchafalaya Pass Safety Fairway...........................166.200(d)(20) Barataria Pass Safety Fairway.............................166.200(d)(24) Bayou Grand Caillou Safety Fairway........................166.200(d)(21) Belle Pass Safety Fairway.................................166.200(d)(23) Biloxi Safety Fairway.....................................166.200(d)(35) Brazos Santiago Pass Anchorage Areas.......................166.200(d)(2) Brazos Santiago Pass Safety Fairway........................166.200(d)(1) Calcasieu Pass Anchorage Areas; (Calcasieu Pass North Anchorage Area)..................................................166.200(d)(16)(i) Calcasieu Pass Anchorage Areas; (Calcasieu Pass South Anchorage Area).................................................166.200(d)(16)(ii) Calcasieu Pass Safety Fairway.............................166.200(d)(15) Cat Island Pass Safety Fairway............................166.200(d)(22) Charlotte Anchorage.......................................166.200(d)(51) Charlotte Safety Fairways.................................166.200(d)(50) Coastwise Safety Fairways; (Aransas Pass to Calcasieu Pass) 166.200(d)(14)(ii) Coastwise Safety Fairways; (Brazos Santiago Pass to Aransas Pass 166.200(d)(14)(i) Empire to the Gulf Safety Fairway.........................166.200(d)(26) Freeport Harbor Anchorage Areas............................166.200(d)(9) Freeport Harbor Safety Fairway.............................166.200(d)(8) Freshwater Bayou Safety Fairway...........................166.200(d)(18) Galveston Entrance Anchorage Areas........................166.200(d)(11) Galveston Entrance Safety Fairway.........................166.200(d)(10) Gulf Safety Fairway, Aransas Pass Safety Fairway to Southwest Pass Safety Fairway............................................166.200(d)(27) Grand Bayou Pass Safety Fairway...........................166.200(d)(25) Gulfport Safety Fairway...................................166.200(d)(34) Heald Bank Cutoff Safety Fairway..........................166.200(d)(53) Horn Island Pass to Mobile Ship Channel Safety Fairway....166.200(d)(38) Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) Shipping Safety Fairway to Safety Zone............................................166.200(d)(52)(i) Lower Mud Lake Safety Fairway.............................166.200(d)(17) Matagorda Entrance Anchorage Areas.........................166.200(d)(7) Matagorda Entrance Safety Fairway..........................166.200(d)(6) Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Anchorage................166.200(d)(33)(i) Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Channel to Mobile Ship Channel Safety Fairway........................................166.200(d)(32)(ii) Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Safety Fairway...........166.200(d)(32)(i) Mobile Anchorage..........................................166.200(d)(40) Mobile Safety Fairway (Mobile Ship Channel Safety Fairway) 166.200(d)(39)(i) Mobile Ship Channel to Sea Safety Fairway.............166.200(d)(39)(ii) Mobile to Pensacola Safety Fairway...................166.200(d)(39)(iii) Panama City Anchorage.....................................166.200(d)(45) Panama City Safety Fairways...............................166.200(d)(44) Pascagoula Safety Fairway.................................166.200(d)(37) Pensacola Anchorage....................................166.200(d)(42)(i) Pensacola Safety Fairway..................................166.200(d)(41) Pensacola to Panama City Safety Fairway...................166.200(d)(43) Port Mansfield Safety Fairway..............................166.200(d)(3) Port St. Joe Anchorage....................................166.200(d)(47) Port St. Joe Fairway to Panama City Fairway...............166.200(d)(46) Sabine Bank Offshore (North) Anchorage Area...........166.200(d)(13)(ii) Sabine Bank Offshore (South) Anchorage Area..........166.200(d)(13)(iii) Sabine Pass Anchorage Areas; (Sabine Pass Inshore Anchorage Area) 166.200(d)(13)(i) Sabine Pass Safety Fairway................................166.200(d)(12) Ship Island Pass to Horn Island Pass Safety Fairway.......166.200(d)(36) [[Page 799]] South of Gulf Safety Fairway..........................166.200(d)(52)(ii) South Pass (Mississippi River) Anchorage..................166.200(d)(31) South Pass (Mississippi River) Safety Fairway; South Pass to Sea Safety Fairway.........................................166.200(d)(30)(i) South Pass (Mississippi River) to Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Channel Safety Fairway................................166.200(d)(30)(ii) Southwest Pass (Mississippi River) Anchorage..............166.200(d)(29) Southwest Pass Safety Fairway.............................166.200(d)(19) Southwest Pass (Mississippi River) Safety Fairway;...................... Southwest Pass (Mississippi River) to Gulf Safety Fairway 166.200(d)(28)(i) Southwest Pass (Mississippi River) to Sea Safety Fairway 166.200(d)(28)(ii) Southwest Pass (Mississippi River) to South Pass (Mississippi River) Safety Fairway................................166.200(d)(28)(iii) Tampa Anchorages (Eastern Tampa Fairway Anchorage).....166.200(d)(49)(i) Tampa Safety Fairways.....................................166.200(d)(48) Western Tampa Fairway Anchorage.......................166.200(d)(49)(ii) South-eastern approach...........................................167.154 Southern approach.......................................167.155, 167.203 T Time Charterer...................................................160.204 Towing of barges................................................Part 163 Tows of seagoing barges within inland waters......................163.05 U U.S. Maritime Administration Collision Avoidance System Specifications......................................Appendix B to 164.38 V Vessel Movement Center (VMC).......................................161.2 Vessel Movement Reporting System (VMRS)........................Subpart B Applicability.....................................................161.16 Definitions.......................................................161.17 Final Report (FR).................................................161.22 IMO Standard Ship Reporting System.............................161.18(a) Position Report (PR)..............................................161.20 Purpose and intent................................................161.15 Reporting requirements............................................161.18 Sailing Plan (SP).................................................161.19 Vessel traffic management.......................................Part 161 Vessel Traffic Services........................................Subpart A General Rules Applicability......................................................161.3 Definitions........................................................161.2 Deviations from the rules..........................................161.5 Purpose and Intent.................................................161.1 Requirement to carry the rules.....................................161.4 Services, VTS Measures, and Operating Requirements Services.......161.10 Vessel operating requirements.....................................161.12 VTS and VMRS Centers, Call Signs/MMSI, Designated Frequencies, and Monitoring Areas...............................................161.12(c) VTS measures......................................................161.11 VTS Special Area operating requirements...........................161.13 Vessel Traffic Service Areas, Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service Area, Vessel Traffic Service Special Areas, and Reporting Points Subpart C Vessel Traffic Service.................................................. [[Page 800]] Berwick Bay.......................................................161.40 Berwick Bay Reporting Points...................................161.40(c) Houston/Galveston.................................................161.35 Houston/Galveston Precautionary Areas..........................161.35(b) Houston/Galveston Reporting Points.............................161.35(c) Louisville........................................................161.30 New York Area.....................................................161.25 San Francisco.....................................................161.50 St. Marys River...................................................161.45 St. Marys River Reporting Points...............................161.45(b) Prince William Sound..............................................161.60 Prince William Sound Reporting Points..........................161.60(d) Puget Sound and the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service for the Juan de Fuca Region...............................................161.55 Voyage Charterer.................................................160.204 [[Page 801]]