Unit 1 Nautical Publications Lesson 3Admiralty Notices to Mariners 英版航海通告

1、ContentsIntroductions to and Contents of Admiralty Notices to Mariners Information in the front cover of Weekly Edition.Cautions, Notes and Examples of NMsI Warming-up1. Whats the role of Admiralty Notices to Mariners?2. What are the contents of Admiralty Notices to Mariners?Weekly Editions of Admir

2、alty Notices to Mariners contain information which enables the mariner to keep charts and books published by the UKHO uptodate for the latest reports received. The Notices are published in Weekly Editions, and are also issued by the UKHO on a daily basis to certain Admiralty Distributors. Weekly Edi

3、tions can either be obtained from Admiralty Distributors, or by regularly dispatched surface or air mail.Admiralty Notices to Mariners are also available on the Internet, using the Admiralty Notices to Mariners OnLine (ANMO) service. There is also a searchable service which allows mariners to search

4、 for Notices by Admiralty Chart number. This service is available at . The contents of Admiralty Notices to Mariners are as follows:I. Explanatory Notes. Publications ListII. Admiralty Notices to Mariners. Updates to Standard Nautical ChartsIII. Reprints of Radio Navigational WarningsIV. Amendments

5、to Admiralty Sailing DirectionsV. Amendments to Admiralty Lists of Lights and Fog SignalsVI. Amendments to Admiralty List of Radio Signals(Extracts from THE MARINER HANDBOOK NP 100, NINTH EDITION 2009, P61-63; ADMIRALTY NOTICES TO MARINERS, Weekly Edition 42, 20 October 2011)Admiralty Notices to Mar

6、inersWhile every effort is made to ensure that the data provided through the Notices to Mariners service is accurate, the user needs to be aware of the risks of corruption to data. It is important that the user should only use the data on suitable equipment and that other applications should not be

7、running on the users machine at the same time. Users should exercise their professional judgment in the use of data and also consult the MarinersHandbook (NP100) for further details. The user needs to be aware that there is a possibility that data could be corrupted during transmission, or in the pr

8、ocess of display or printing on the users equipment, or if converted to other software formats, and is accordingly advised that the UKHO cannot accept responsibility for any such change, or any modifications or unauthorized changes, made by licensees, or other parties. Temporary and Preliminary Noti

9、ces These are indicated by (T) or (P) after the notice number and are placed at the end of Section II. They are printed on one side of the paper in order that they may be cut up and filed. To assist in filing, the year is indicated after the notice number and an in-force list is published monthly. I

10、nformation from these notices is not included on charts before issue; charts should be updated in pencil on receipt. Original Information A star (*)adjacent to the number of a notice indicates that the notice is based on original information. Further Guidance The Mariners Handbook (NP100) gives a fu

11、ller explanation of the limitations of charts and details of the UKHO policy for the promulgation and selection of navigationally significant information for charts. Details of chart updating methods can be found in NP294, “How to Keep Your Admiralty Products Up-to-date”. All users are advised to st

12、udy these publications. Updating Updating information is published by Weekly Notices to Mariners supplemented by radio warnings for items of immediate importance. It should be borne in mind that they may be based on reports which cannot always be verified before promulgation, and that it is sometimes necessary to be selective and promulgate only the more important items to avoid overloading users; the remainder being included in revised editions of the charts and publications concerned. Examples of Admiralty Notices To Marin