(a) No wintering vessel shall return downbound through the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of the Seaway in the same navigation season in which it entered the Seaway unless the transit is authorized by the Corporation and the Manager.
(b) No vessel shall transit the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of the Seaway during the closing period in a navigation season unless
(1) It reports at the applicable calling in point referred to in paragraph (c) of this section on or before the clearance date in that navigation season; or
(2) It reports at the applicable calling in point referred to in paragraph (c) of this section within a period of 96 hours after the clearance date in that navigation season, it complies with the provisions of the agreement between Canada and the United States, known as the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls and the transit is authorized by the Corporation and the Manager.
(c) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of this section, the calling in point is,
(1) In the case of an upbound vessel, Cape St. Michel; and
(2) In the case of a downbound vessel, Cape Vincent.
(d) No vessel shall transit the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of the Seaway after the period of 96 hours referred to in paragraph (b)(2) of this section unless the transit is authorized by the Corporation and the Manager.
(e) Every vessel that, during a closing period, enters the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of the Seaway, upbound or downbound, or departs upbound from any port, dock, wharf or anchorage in that Section shall,
(1) At the time of such entry or departure, report to the nearest Seaway station the furthermost destination of the vessel's voyage and any intermediate destinations within that Section; and
(2) At the time of any change in those destinations, report such changes to the nearest Seaway station.
(f) Where ice conditions restrict navigation,
(1) No upbound vessel that has a power to length ratio of less than 24:1 (kW/meter) and a forward draft of less than 50 dm, and
(2) No downbound vessel that has a power to length ratio of less than 15:1 (kW/meter) and a forward draft of less than 25 dm shall transit between the St. Lambert Lock and the Iroquois Lock of the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of the Seaway and CIP 15 and CIP 16 of the Welland Canal. (68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [47 FR 51124, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 20691, May 9, 1983; 48 FR 39934, Sept. 2, 1983; 65 FR 52915, Aug. 31, 2000; 74 FR 18995, Apr. 27, 2009] Sec. Schedule I to Subpart A of Part 401--Vessels Transiting U.S. Waters
No vessel of 1600 gross tons or more shall transit the U.S. waters of the St. Lawrence Seaway unless it is equipped with the following maneuvering data and equipment:
(a) Charts of the Seaway that are currently corrected and of large enough scale and sufficient detail to enable safe navigation. These may be published by a foreign government if the charts contain similar information to those published by the U.S. Government.
(b) U.S. Coast Guard Light List, currently corrected.
(c) Current Seaway Notices Affecting Navigation.
(d) The following maneuvering data prominently displayed on a fact sheet in the wheelhouse:
(1) For full and half speed, a turning circle diagram to port and starboard that shows the time and distance of advance and transfer required to alter the course 90 degrees with maximum rudder angle and constant power settings:
(2) The time and distance to stop the vessel from full and half speed while maintaining approximately the initial heading with minimum application of rudder;
(3) For each vessel with a fixed propeller, a table of shaft revolutions per minute, for a representative range of speeds, and a notice showing any critical range of revolutions at which the engine designers recommend that the engine not be operated on a continuous basis.
(4) For each vessel that is fitted with a controllable pitch propeller, a table of control settings for a representative range of speeds;
(5) For each vessel that is fitted with an auxiliary device to assist in maneuvering, such as a bow thruster, a table of vessel speeds at which the auxiliary device is effective in maneuvering the vessel;
(6) The maneuvering information for the normal load and normal ballast condition for:
(A) Calm weather--wind 10 knots or less, calm sea;
(B) No current;
(C) Deep water conditions--water depth twice the vessel's draft or greater; and
(D) Clean hull.
(7) At the bottom of the fact sheet, the following statement:
``Warning
The response of the (name of the vessel) may be different from the above if any of the following conditions, on which the maneuvering is based, are varied:
(a) Calm weather--wind 10 knots or less, calm sea;
(b) No current;
(c) Deep water conditions--water depth twice the vessel's draft or greater;
(d) Clean hull;
(e) Intermediate drafts or unusual trim.''
(e) Illuminated magnetic compass at main steering station with compass deviation table, graph or record.
(f) Gyro-compass with illuminated gyro-repeater at main steering station.
(g) Marine radar system for surface navigation. Additionally, vessels of 10,000 gross tons or more must have a second main radar system that operates independently of the first.
(h) Efficient echo sounding device.
(i) Illuminated rudder angle indicator or repeaters that are:
(1) Located in the wheelhouse;
(2) Arranged so that they can easily be read from any position on the bridge.
(j) Illuminated indicator showing the operating mode of that device when vessel is equipped with auxiliary maneuvering devices. (68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [45 FR 52380, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 51124, Nov. 12, 1982; 49 FR 30936, Aug. 2, 1984; 61 FR 19552, May 2, 1996]
Schedule II to Subpart A of Part 401--Table of Speeds \1\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum speed over the bottom, knots
From-- To-- ------------------------------------------------------
Col. III Col. IV----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Upper Entrance, South Shore Lake St. Louis, Buoy 10.5...................... 10.5.
Canal. A13.2. Lake St. Louis Buoy A13........ Lower Entrance Lower 12 (dnb); 14 (upb)........ 11 (upb); 13 (dnb).
Beauharnois Lock.3. Upper Entrance, Upper Lake St. Francis, 9 upb; 10.5 dnb........... 9 upb; 10.5 dnb.
Beauharnois Lock. Buoy D3.4. Lake St. Francis, Buoy D3...... Lake St. Francis, 12........................ 12.
Buoy D49.5. Lake St. Francis, Buoy D49..... Snell Lock........... 8.5 upb; 10.5 dnb......... 8 upb; 10.5 dnb.6. Eisenhower Lock................ Iroquois Lock........ 11.5...................... 10.5.7. Iroquois Lock.................. McNair Island, Lt. 13........................ 10.5.
137.8. McNair Island, Lt. 137......... Deer Island, Lt. 186. 11.5...................... 10.5.9. Deer Island, Lt. 186........... Bartlett Point, Lt. 8.5 upb; 10.5 dnb......... 8 upb; 10.5 dnb.
227.10. Bartlett Point, Lt. 227....... Tibbetts Point....... 13........................ 10.5.11. Junction of Canadian Middle Open Waters between 9.5....................... 9.5.
Channel and Main Channel abreast Wolfe and Howe
of Ironsides Island. Islands through the
said Middle Channel.12. Port Robinson................. Ramey's Bend through 8......................... 8.
the Welland Bypass.13. All other canals.............. ..................... 6......................... 6.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Maximum speeds at which a vessel may travel in the identified area in both normal and high water conditions
are set out in this schedule. The Manager and the Corporation will, from time to time, designate the set of
speed limits that is in effect. [61 FR 19552, May 2, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 52915, Aug. 31, 2000; 77 FR 40805, July 11, 2012]
Sec. Schedule III to Subpart A of Part 401--Calling-in Table ------------------------------------------------------------------------
C.I.P. and checkpoint Station to call Message content------------------------------------------------------------------------
upbound vessels------------------------------------------------------------------------1. C.I.P. 2--entering Sector
1 (order of passing through
established):
(a) Vessels transiting Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
from the Lower St. Beauharnois, 2. Location.
Lawrence River. channel 14. 3. Destination.
4. Drafts, fore and aft.
5. Cargo.
6. Manifested dangerous
cargo--nature and
quantity; IMO
classification; location
where dangerous cargo is
stowed.
7. Pilot requirement--
Lake Ontario.
8. Confirm pilot
requirement--Upper
Beauharnois Lock (inland
vessels only).
(b) Vessels in Montreal
Harbor, dock, berth or
anchorage:
(i) Before getting under ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
way. 2. Location.
3. Destination.
4. Drafts, fore and aft.
5. Cargo.
6. Manifested dangerous
cargo--nature and
quantity; IMO
classification; location
where dangerous cargo is
stowed.
7. Pilot requirement--
Lake Ontario.
8. Confirm pilot
requirement--Upper
Beauharnois Lock (inland
vessels only).
(ii) C.I.P. 2--entering ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
Sector 1 (order of 2. Location.
passing through
established).2. C.I.P. 3--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.3. Exiting Upper Beauharnois ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
Lock. 2. Location.
3. ETA C.I.P. 7.
4. Confirm pilot
requirement--Snell Lock
(inland vessels only).4. C.I.P. 7--leaving sector ......do....... 1. Name of vessel
1. 2. Location.5. C.I.P. 7--entering sector Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
2. Eisenhower, 2. Location.
channel 12. 3. ETA Snell lock.6. C.I.P. 8--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.7. C.I.P. 8A................ ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.8. Exiting Eisenhower Lock.. ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA C.I.P. 11.
4. Confirm pilot
requirement--Lake
Ontario.
5. All ports of call.9. C.I.P. 11--leaving sector ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. 2. Location.10. C.I.P. 11--entering Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
sector 3. Iroquois, 2. Location.
channel 11.11. C.I.P. 12--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.12. Exiting Iroquois lock... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA Cross Over Island.13. Cross Over Island-- ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
leaving sector 3. 2. Location.14. Cross Over Island-- Seaway Clayton, 1. Name of vessel.
entering sector 4. channel 13. 2. Location.
3. ETA Cape Vincent or
River Port.15. Whale back Shoal--Con... ......do....... 4. Confirm pilot
requirement--Lake
Ontario.16. Wolfe Island Cut ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
(Beauvais Point)--vessels 2. Location.
leaving main channel. 3. ETA Kingston.17. Cape Vincent............ ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA Sodus Point.
4. ETA Port Weller
(C.I.P. 15) or Lake
Ontario Port.
5. Pilot requirement--
Port Weller.18. Sodus Point............. Seaway Sodus, 1. Name of vessel.
Channel 12. 2. Location.
3. ETA mid-Lake Ontario.19. Mid Lake Ontario-- Seaway 1. Name of Vessel.
entering Sector 5. Newcastle, 2. Location.
channel 11. 3. Pilot requirement--
Lake Erie.20. Mid-Lake Ontario-- ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
entering sector 5. 2. Location.21. Newcastle............... ......do....... 1. Name of Vessel.
2. Location.
22. C.I.P. 15--order of Seaway Welland, 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. channel 14. 2. Location.
3. Destination.
4. Drafts, fore and aft.
5. Cargo.
6. Pilot requirement--
Lake Erie.
Port Colborne piers........ ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA Long Point.23. C.I.P. 16............... Seaway Long 1. Name of vessel.
Point, channel 2. Location.
11.24. Long Point--leaving ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
sector 7. 2. Location.------------------------------------------------------------------------
downbound vessels------------------------------------------------------------------------29. Long Point--entering Seaway Long 1. Name of Vessel.
Sector 7. Point, channel 2. Location.
11. 3. ETA C.I.P. 16 or Port.
4. Manifested dangerous
cargo, including:
--nature and quantity.
--IMO classification.
--location where
dangerous cargo is
stowed.
and, if proceeding to
Welland Canal,
5. Destination.
6. Drafts, fore and aft.
7. Cargo.
8. Pilot requirement--
Lake Ontario.30. C.I.P. 16--order of Seaway Welland, 1. Name of Vessel.
passing through established. channel 14. 2. Location.31. Exiting lock No. 1, ......do....... 1. Name of vessel
Welland Canal. 2. Location.
3. ETA Newcastle.
4. ETA Cape Vincent or
Lake Ontario Port.
5. Pilot requirement--
Cape Vincent.32. C.I.P. 15............... Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
Newcastle, 2. Location.
channel 11.33. Newcastle............... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA mid-Lake Ontario.
4. ETA Sodus Point.34. Mid-Lake Ontario-- ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
leaving sector 5. 2. Location.35. Mid-Lake Ontario-- Seaway Sodus, 1. Name of vessel.
entering Sector 4. Channel 12. 2. Location.36. Sodus Point............. Seaway Sodus, 1. Name of vessel.
Channel 12. 2. Location.
3. Updated ETA Cape
Vincent or Lake Ontario
Port.
4. Confirm river pilot
requirement.
5. Pilot requirement--
Snell Lock and/or Upper
Beauharnois Lock (inland
vessels only).37. Cape Vincent............ Seaway Clayton, 1. Name of vessel
channel 13. 2. Location.
3. ETA Cross Over Island
or river port.38. Wolfe Island Cut (Quebec ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
Head)--vessels entering 2. Location.
main channel. 3. ETA Cross Over Island
or river port.39. Cross Over Island-- ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
leaving sector 4. 2. Location.40. Cross Over Island-- Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
entering sector 3. Iroquois, 2. Location.
channel 11.41. C.I.P. 14............... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.42. C.I.P. 13--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.43. Exiting Iroquois Lock... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA C.I.P. 10.
4. Harbor or river pilot
requirement--St.
Lambert.
5. Confirm pilot
requirement--Snell Lock
(inland vessels only).44. C.I.P. 10--leaving ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
sector 3. 2. Location.
45. C.I.P. 10--entering Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
sector 2. Eisenhower, 2. Location.
channel 12.46. C.I.P. 9--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.
3. ETA Snell lock.47. Exiting Snell lock...... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.
3. ETA C.I.P. 6.48. Buoy D47 Lake St. ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
Francis. 2. Location.
3. Confirm pilot
requirement--Upper
Beauharnois Lock (inland
vessels only).49. C.I.P. 6--leaving sector ......do....... 1. Name of Vessel.
2. 2. Location.50. C.I.P. 6--entering Seaway 1. Name of vessel.
sector 1. Beauharnois, 2. Location.
channel 14.51. C.I.P. 5--order of ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
passing through established. 2. Location.52. Exiting Lower ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
Beauharnois Lock. 2. Location.
3. Confirm harbor or
river pilot requirement--
St. Lambert.
4. Montreal Harbor Berth
number (if applicable).53. St. Nicholas Island..... ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
2. Location.54. St. Lambert lock to ......do....... 1. Name of vessel.
C.I.P. 2--leaving sector 1. 2. Location.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Upbound and Downbound Vessels------------------------------------------------------------------------55. Vessels departing from Appropriate 1. Name of Vessel.
ports between mid-lake Seaway station 2. Location.
Ontario and Long Point, for sector. 3. Manifested dangerous
except vessels westbound cargo:
from a Lake Erie port and --nature and quantity
not transiting the Welland --IMO classification
Canal. --location where
dangerous cargo is
stowed.
and if proceeding to
Welland Canal,
4. Destination.
5. Drafts, fore and aft.
6. Cargo.
7. Pilot requirement:
--Lake Erie if upbound or
Lake Ontario if
downbound.------------------------------------------------------------------------ (68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 39 FR 27797, Aug. 1, 1974; 40 FR 11722, Mar. 13, 1975; 40 FR 25814, June 19, 1975. Redesignated at 42 FR 27588, May 31, 1977; 43 FR 25819, June 15, 1978. Further redesignated and amended at 45 FR 52381, Aug. 7, 1980; 47 FR 51125, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20692, May 9, 1983; 55 FR 48600, Nov. 21, 1990; 65 FR 52915, Aug. 31, 2000; 75 FR 10690, Mar. 9, 2010]
Sec. Appendix I to Subpart A of Part 401--Vessel Dimensions
Structures are located at a number of Seaway locks which, when fully raised, overhang the lock wall at a given point, thereby limiting:
(a) The height of a vessel above the water line measured at the vessel's side; and
(b) The height of other structures that are located near the sides of the vessel, such as derricks, crosstrees, antennas, etc.
The following block diagram shows the limits beyond which a vessel's hull or superstructure cannot extend when the vessel is alongside the lock wall.
The limits in the block diagram are based on vessels with a maximum allowable beam of 23.2 m. For vessels that have a beam width less than this and that have dimensions exceeding the limits of the block diagram (measured with the vessel alongside the lock wall), a special permission to transit must be obtained. (Accurate measurements may be required before such permission is granted).
Caution: Masters must take into account the ballast draft of the vessel when verifying the maximum permissible dimensions. [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC31OC91.025 (68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [45 FR 52381, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 30936, Aug. 2, 1984; 61 FR 19552, May 2, 1996]