ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY REQUIRES MANDATORY AUTOMATIC VESSEL ID
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. has established a rulemaking for a mandatory automatic identification system for certain vessels operating between St. Lambert, Quebec, and Long Point (mid-Lake Erie), effective with the opening of navigation season March 25.
Among the ships covered by the rule are commercial vessels that require pre-clearance and are 300 gross tons or more, or are longer than 20 meters.
For more information, contact Marc C. Owen, chief counsel for the Seaway Development Corp., (202) 366-6823.
The complete rule may be accessed on the Web at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-4740.pdf.