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CHAPTER v.— SAFETY OF NAVIGATION 

 Regulation 1 



Application 



This Chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter, applies 

 to all ships on all voyages, except ships of war and ships solely navigating 

 the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters 

 as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the 

 Province of Quebec. Canada. 



Regulation 2 

 Danger Messages 



(a) The master of every ship which meets with dangerous ice, a dangerous 

 derelict, or any other direct danger to navigation, or a tropical storm, or 

 encounters sub-freezing air temperatures associated with gale force winds 

 causing severe ice accretion on superstructures, or winds of force 10 or 

 above on the Beaufort scale for which no storm warning has been received, is 

 bound to communicate the information by all the means at his disposal to 

 ships in the vicinity, and also to the competent authorities at the first point 

 on the coast with which he can communicate. The form in which the 

 information is sent is not obligatory. It may be transmitted either in plain 

 language (preferably English) or by means of the International Code of 

 Signals. It should be broadcast to all ships in the vicinity and sent to the 

 first point on the coast to which communication can be made, with a request 

 that it be transmitted to the appropriate authorities. 



(b) Each Contracting Government will take all steps necessary to ensure 

 that when intelligence of any of the dangers specified in paragraph (a) is 

 received, it will be promptly brought to the knowledge of those concerned 

 and communicated to other interested Governments. 



(c) The transmission of messages respecting the dangers specified is free 

 of cost to the ships concerned. 



(d) All radio messages issued under paragraph (a) of this Regulation shall 

 be preceded by the Safety Signal, using the procedure as prescribed by the 

 Radio Regulations as defined in Regulation 2 of Chapter IV. 



Regulation 3 



Information required in Danger Messages 

 The following information is required in danger messages: — 



(a) Ice, Derelicts and other Direct Dangers to Navigation. 

 (i) The kind of ice, derelict or danger observed; 

 (ii) the position of the ice, derelict or danger when last observed; 



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