station Bracknell, United Kingdom/GFA 

 and the German Federal Maritime and 

 Hydrographic Agency stations 



Hamburg/DDH and Pinneberg/DDK 

 transmit MP's ice chart. Finally, both the 

 bulletin and chart are placed on MP's 

 website. 



MP transmitted 324 scheduled ice 

 bulletins in 2000. IIP measures the quality 

 and timeliness of the bulletins it delivers to 

 the mariner via the SafetyNET service, as 

 this is the primary product for MP's largest 

 customer base. Of 324 total bulletins sent, 

 320 (98.8%) arrived at the system on time, 

 or by OOOOZ or 1200Z, respectively. Of the 

 324 bulletins, 323 (99.7%) were error free 

 when delivered. The late deliveries were 

 due primarily to human error on watch and 

 the one erroneous bulletin was due to 

 human error. IIP also sent 28 safety 

 broadcasts during the 2000 season. IIP 

 sends these special broadcasts whenever 

 late-breaking ice information, received 

 between the release of the OOOOZ and 

 1200Z products, results in a LAKI change. 



In 2000, IIP sent 324 ice charts via 

 radiofacsimile. Of these, 317 (97.8%) were 

 delivered on time and 323 (99.7%) were 

 sent without errors. Late ice charts are 

 defined as those for which the radio 

 frequency start tone starts greater than one 

 minute later than 1600Z or 1810Z. The 

 primary cause of late ice charts was 

 difficulty getting the signal from IIP through 

 the line to CAMSLANT. The cause of the 

 erroneous ice chart was operator error. 



As in previous years, International 

 Ice Patrol requested that all ships transiting 

 the Grand Banks report ice sightings, 

 weather, and sea surface temperatures via 

 Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station 

 St. John'sA/ON, U. S. Coast Guard 

 Communications Area Master Station 

 Atlantic/NMF or INMARSAT-C or 

 INMARSAT-A using code 42. Ships are 



encouraged to make ice reports even if "no 

 ice" is sighted. Knowledge of where ice is 

 not found is also very important to IIP. IIP 

 tabulated the number of SST reports 

 received during the 2000 ice season in 

 Table 2. 



IIP received information from the 

 following sources during the 2000 ice year: 

 Canadian Coast Guard Marine 

 Communications and Traffic Service St. 

 John'sA/ON; Canadian Coast Guard Ice 

 Operations Center St. John's; Canadian 

 Coast Guard Marine Communication and 

 Traffic Service HalifaxA/CS; Canadian Ice 

 Service; U. S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area 

 Command Center; U. S. Coast Guard 

 Automated Merchant Vessel Emergency 

 Response System; and U. S. Coast Guard 

 Operations Systems Center. International 

 Ice Patrol extends its sincere appreciation 

 to all stations and ships that contributed 

 reports during 2000. 



Table 2. Iceberg and SST reports. 



