Notice to Shipping

Notices to shipping is the official notices send to all mariners and agencies informing them of the incidents, reports status of the Navigational aids, nautical publications and other updates the industry and the general public need to know. The Hydrographic Services decide to issues Notices to Shipping as local notices to our shipping and agencies in updating and informing issues with the maritime safety for safe navigation. NMSA Notices to Shipping is used by the Australian Hydrographic Office to update the Notices to Mariners. The notice has the number of the notice and the year, and subdivision of the sea below identifying the location and the temporary charts affected.

Notice	Date	Location	Maps	Remarks
Number 2011 - 001	3 January 2011	Madang Province	AUS387 and AUS646	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 002	6 January 2011	West New Britain Province	AUS547 and AUS674	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 003	10 January 2011	Oro and Madang Province	AUS519, AUS520 and AUS387, AUS646 respectively	NavAids Into Service
Number 2011 - 004	11 January 2011	West New Britain Province	AUS547 and AUS674	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 005	13 January 2011	Morobe Province	AUS387	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 006	13 January 2011	Gulf of Papua	AUS377, AUS378 and AUS379	3D Seismic Survey
Number 2011 - 007	24 January 2011	Morobe Province	AUS387	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 008	28 January 2011	Bismarck Sea	AUS390 and AUS462	NavAids Warning
Number 2011 - 009	10 February 2011	Gulf of Papua	AUS377, AUS378 and AUS379	Seismic Data Operations
Number 2011 - 010	21 February 2011	Central Province	AUS379	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 011	11 March 2011	Gulf of Papua	AUS377 and AUS379	NavAid Warning - Lost Barovane
Number 2011 - 012	14 March 2011	New Ireland Province	AUS393, AUS545 and AUS554	Ship to Ship Transfer
Number 2011 - 013	16 March 2011	New Ireland Province	AUS393 and AUS545	Ship to Ship Transfer
Number 2011 - 014	16 March 2011	Oro Province	AUS520	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 015	18 March 2011	New Ireland Province	AUS393 and AUS545	Completion of Ship to Ship Transfer
Number 2011 - 016	22 March 2011	Oro Province	AUS520	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 017	22 March 2011	Central Province	AUS505 and AUS621	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 018	23 March 2011	Central Province	AUS505 and AUS621	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 019	11 April 2011	East Sepik and Madang Province	AUS389, AUS462, AUS651 and AUS387, AUS388 respectively	NavAids Into Service
Number 2011 - 020	18 April 2011	Milne Bay Province	AUS508 and AUS628	Change in Light Range
Number 2011 - 021	27 April 2011	Milne Bay Province	AUS508 and AUS628	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 022	23 May 2011	Bougainville Island	AUS399 and AUS683	NavAids Into Service and NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 023	17 June 2011	Milne Bay Province	AUS508 and AUS628	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 024	4 July 2011	Bougainville Island	AUS399 and AUS683	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 025	6 July 2011	West Sepik Province	AUS389 and AUS652	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 026	18 July 2011	West New Britain Province	AUS677	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 027	22 July 2011	Bougainville Island and West New Britain Province	AUS399, AUS683 and AUS677 respectively	NavAids Into Service
Number 2011 - 028	27 July 2011	Morobe Province	AUS386, AUS387 and AUS673	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 029	29 July 2011	Madang Province	AUS387 and AUS646	NavAId Warning - Wreckage
Number 2011 - 030	2 August 2011	Madang Province	AUS646	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 031	9 August 2011	Madang Province	AUS646	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 032	16 August 2011	Caution Bay, Gulf of Papua and Omati River	AUS378, AUS379 and AUS502	Offshore Pipeline Installation Works
Number 2011 - 033	2 September 2011	Oro Province	AUS521 and AUS644	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 034	6 September 2011	Oro Province	AUS521 and AUS644	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 035	15 September 2011	Gulf of Papua	AUS379	Seismic Survey Activity
Number 2011 - 036	21 September 2011	Gulf Province	AUS378 and AUS502	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 037	22 September 2011	Lae Port	AUS643	Quarantine Anchorages
Number 2011 - 038	26 September 2011	Gulf of Papua	AUS379	Seismic Survey Activity
Number 2011 - 039	29 September 2011	West Sepik Province	AUS389 and AUS652	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 040	6 October 2011	Port Moresby Port	AUS621 and AUS622	Submerged Buoy
Number 2011 - 000	10 October 2011	Caution Bay	AUS379	Revision to Ntm 11 - 32
Number 2011 - 041	11 October 2011	Morobe Province	AUS386, AUS387 and AUS673	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 042	13 October 2011	Blanche Bay	AUS680	Operation Render Safe
Number 2011 - 043	18 October 2011	Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain	AUS547	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 044	24 October 2011	Kumul Terminal - Gulf of Papua	AUS378 and AUS502	Construction and Pipe laying operations
Number 2011 - 045	25 October 2011	Port Moresby Port	AUS621 and AUS622	Removal of submerged buoy
Number 2011 - 046	1 November 2011	Bougainville Island	AUS399 and AUS683	NavAids Out of Service
Number 2011 - 047	17 November 2011	Central Province	AUS379	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 048	21 November 2011	Madang Province	AUS387 and AUS646	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 049	23 November 2011	Northern Province	AUS520 and AUS644	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 050	25 November 2011	East New Britian Province	AUS554 and AUS680	NavAid Out of Service
Number 2011 - 051	28 November 2011	Madang Province	AUS387 and AUS646	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 052	28 November 2011	Bougainville Island	AUS399 and AUS683	NavAids Out of Service
Number 2011 - 053	30 November 2011	Northern Province	AUS520 and AUS644	NavAid Into Service
Number 2011 - 054	8 December 2011	East New Britain Province	AUS554 and AUS680	NavAid Into Service

Other Notices

These notices were sent to stake holders as e-mail attachments, appeared on the newspaper or sent via fax. These also includes other notices such as Gazettal Notices and Warnings etc. Please download to view.

Notice	Date>/td>	Remarks
National Gazettal Notice - G42	15 March 2007	Appointment of Surveyors of Ship of ships <500GRT, Wooden boats and boats <24 metres.
Notice To Ship Owners and Operators - CL13-2007	6 August 2007	Flag State Control Inspections

eNotices

In 2003 the Australian Hydrographic Service introduced a system that allows you to receive Australian Notices to Mariners for your charts by e-mail. The official copy of Notice to Mariners including any block corrections and tracings can be found at www.hydro.gov.au

Notice	Remarks
ENotice 019-2006
ENotice 021-2006

Forms

The following forms should be required by Survey contractors doing hydrographic survey work in Papua New Guinea. Upon accomplishing of the survey copies of the data accompany with necessary forms can be sent to National Maritime Safety Authority Attention to Hydrographic Services Department for archive and storage. Those data will be kept as commercial confidentiality for the Contractor and anyone who requires these would request approval from the owner. The data will be only be used for charting if required by our Chart Authority – the Australia Hydrographic Office. (Hydro Survey Data Return.pdf)