Greenland:
1.Sailing Plan – When joining the system, the ship must send the Sailing Plan –The report is preceded by the indicator SP and comprises:
To: Coastal Control
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position (Geographic Name or Port)
• Destination and ETA
• L. Route
• X. Persons on Board (POB)
2. Position Report – After joining the system, the ship must send position reports every 24th hour. The report is preceded by the indicator PR and comprises:
To: Coastal Control
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position (Geographical Name or Place)
• Course
• Speed
3. Deviation Report – Must be sent if there are changes to the Sailing Plan. A Deviation Report will also be sent if the previous given ETA is overdue more than one hour. The report is preceded by the indicator DR and comprises
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position (Geographical Name or Place)
• L. Intentions or cause of Deviation
4. Final Report – This is made on reaching the vessels final destination in Greenland or leaving the GREENPOS reporting area. This report is preceded by the indicator FR and comprises:
To: Coastal Control
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position (Geographical Name or Place)
HF, MF or VHF via Aasiaat Radio (MMSI 003313000)
Inmarsat C: 433 116 710
Email: OYR@TELEPOST.GL
Phone: +299 386 993
Phone: +299 130 000
If the report is more than 30 minutes overdue they will try to contact the vessel and may commence SAR. (Note: in reality we were often late reporting due to VHF being out of range or loss of phone signal. Sometimes, I just forgot, and they did not initiate Search and Rescue, and understood that this can happen)
GREENPOS
Applies to vessels approaching or leaving Greenland.
1.Sailing Plan (First Report made when joining the system about 250nm off the coast. The report is preceded by the indicator SP and comprises).
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position
• Course
• Speed
• Destination and ETA
• L. Route
• S. Actual Weather and Ice Information
• X. Persons on Board (POB)
2. Position Report (Made every six hours (0600,1200,1800, and 0000UTC. The report is preceeded by the indicator PR and comprises:
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position
• Course
• Speed
• S. Actual Weather and Ice Information
3. Final Report (This is made on reaching the vessels final destination in Greenland or leaving the GREENPOS reporting area. This report is preceded by the indicator FR and comprises:
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position
• S. Actual Weather and Ice Information
4. Deviation Report (This should be made if the vessel changes its route or if the vessel’s arrival is likely to be differ from its ETA by more than an hour. The prefix is DR and it comprises
• Ship Name / Call Sign
• Date and Time (UTC)
• Present Position
• L. Short Description of new route
GREENPOS REPORTS should be made to COMMCEN NUUK by one of the following methods
HF, MF or VHF via Aasiaat Radio (MMSI 003313000)
Inmarsat C: 433 116 710
Email: ako-commcen@mil.dk
Phone: +299 364 023
If the report is more than 30 minutes overdue they will try to contact the vessel and may commence SAR. (Again, this is not likely to happen if you miss a report or two. But if you consistently do not report, they will initiate a SAR operation.
Canada:
For pleasure craft arriving in the Canadian Arctic
A message from the Canada Border Services Agency:
All persons and conveyances entering Canada must report directly to a designated Canada Border Services
Agency (CBSA) office that is open for business. All designated CBSA offices can be found in the Directory of CBSA
Offices and Services. Due to unique conditions in the Canadian Arctic, and lack of designated sites, it is
important to engage the CBSA as far in advance of planned arrival as possible to start making arrangements for
CBSA processing and border clearance.
Arriving in Nunavut
To address the challenges of reporting in remote areas of the Arctic region, the CBSA has developed the Private
Vessel Remote Clearance (PVRC) pilot project as an alternative means of reporting and examination, which is
available to qualifying persons arriving on private or chartered vessels wishing to navigate in Canadian waters.
Masters in charge of all pleasure craft (applicants to the PVRC pilot project and others) wishing to enter
Canadian Arctic waters in Nunavut should contact the CBSA by emailing Nunavut_Clearance@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.
Arriving in Northwest Territories
Masters in charge of pleasure craft wishing to enter Canadian Arctic waters in Northwest Territories should
contact the CBSA by emailing NWTClearance@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.
All Canada:
If you’re arriving by private boat, go directly to a designated marine telephone reporting site and call the CBSA Telephone Reporting Centre (TRC) at 1-888-226-7277 to obtain clearance.
Telephone Reporting Centre (TRC) at 1-888-226-7277. This must be done immediately upon entering Canadian waters.
Private boaters that meet certain conditions may report to the CBSA by calling the TRC using cell phone from their location in Canadian waters.