This is the second closure in recent  weeks of a Marine Communication and Traffic Service Centre . Please note the change in MMSI number for the Coast Guard.

West Coast Ham nets will continue on the same schedule as last year.

For information on the first closure see a post on this site dated April 22,2015

P-0507(2015) VANCOUVER MCTS

Activated:1617 05 May 2015Cancel Notship(s) P-0504(2015)

MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT EFFECTIVE 1000 PDT
MAY 06 2015 ALL MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND 
TRAFFIC SERVICES PROVIDED FROM VANCOUVER
WILL CONSOLIDATE TO VICTORIA MCTS.

THE MMSI FOR VANCOUVER COAST GUARD RADIO
WILL BE DISCONTINUED.  VESSELS USING VHF DSC 
SHOULD NOW USE THE VICTORIA MMSI NUMBER 
003160011.  

ANY VESSEL OPERATING IN THE VANCOUVER
TRAFFIC ZONE WILL REPORT TO VICTORIA TRAFFIC
ON VHF CH12, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VESSEL
TRAFFIC SERVICES ZONE REGULATIONS.