VTS Communication

Procedures

Ships to be subjected
to Traffic Service

Ocean-going ship for

international route
Ships over 300 tons for Gross
Tonnage(But, except the
inward fishing boats)
Cargo Ships carrying
dangerous goods as defined in
the provisions of the Sea Traffic
Safety Act, Article 2)

Tug Boat with its towage line over 200 m

Fishing boat with its length 45m or longer
Towing vessel for construction work
Oil tanker or Waste Oil Carrier with gross tonnage of 300 ton or less
Passenger ship within a control area (But cruise ship within a port is excluded)

Procedure of Report on
Vessel Traffic
Service(VTS)

(Report on the conditions of ships) The shipmaster of the vessel subjected to VTS should make report on matters required for VTS business to the concerning VTS center according to the reporting procedure as follows, in
accordance with the provisions set by the Enforcement Decree of the Public Order in Open Ports Act, Article 11.

Pre-Entry Report
Report on expected entrance of a ship into VTS zone (10 miles before Reporting Line of Location): Vessel Name, Call Sign, and Estimated Time to pass the reporting line of position, Destination, Last
departure port)

Report on passing the line of navigation position: Vessel Name, Time of passing, Destinations, Estimated time to enter the destination
Report on arrival at destination: Vessel Name, Call Sign, Entrance Location, Time

Report on Movement
Report on expected movement (10 min before): Vessel Name, Location, Estimated Time of Movement
Report on movement completion: Vessel Name, Call Sign, Location, Time

Report on Departure
Report on Expected Departure (10 min before): Vessel Name, Location, Estimated Time of Departure
Report on Departure: Vessel Name, Location, Call Sign, Departure Time, Destination
Report on passing the line of navigation position: Vessel Name, Time of Passing

VTS center can ask ships

that are not subjected to
VTS to report on a port
of departure, a port of
arrival, time and purpose
when they are sailing
within the VTS zone if
necessary.

The concerning pilotage company should make reports on the ships pilotage boarding/getting off location base and the time to VTS center in accordance with the provisions set by
the Enforcement Decree of the Public Order in Open Ports Act, Article 11, Paragraph 3

Reporting Line of Navigation Position (See the drawing)

South Reporting Line: N 34 35 00",
East Reporting Line E 128 00 00
North Reporting line N 34 48 26" (the line connection No.5 DW buoy and No.6 DW buoy)

VTS SECTOR
Classification
(See the drawing)
Sector 1

South side of the VTS zone based on the North

reporting line (located at N 34 48 26" within VTS
zone)

Sector 2

North side of the VTS zone based on the North reporting line
(located at N 34 48 26" within the VTS zone)

Sector 3

Sector 2: Area from Nak-po Port to Jungheung Port

VTS Report Frequency (VHF CH)

VHF CH 12: Moving and Anchoring ships inside Sector 1
VHF CH 67: Moving and Anchoring ships inside Sector 2
Channel change baseline North reporting line/Report on passing for entrance at CH67, for departure at CH12)

VHF CH 10: Supplemental channel or Port operation guide frequency within Sector 3)
VHF CH 08/10/14/20/22/68 : VTS Operation Reserved Frequency
VHF Uninstalled Ship : Mid-short wireless phone device SSB : 2,183.4khz/1,881.4khz

Obligation of Listening
Any ship moving or anchoring inside the VTS zone that is subjected to VTS should listen to the VTS operation frequency as well as Emergency frequency in use of very high frequency (VHF) wireless phone
and etc.

And for the ship not subjected to VTS should also open its VHF wireless phone to listen to the VTS operation frequency while sailing inside the VTS zone, so that it should take a route in order to avoid any
interference to the navigation of other ships

Special VTS and Navigation Method

Any ship that is subjected to VTS, and entering or departing GS Caltex product port or GS VCM product port follow the direction of the VTS center.

Any ship that is sailing within the port limit should keep to the optimal speed so as not to damage anchored ships or moored ships. In particular, ships sailing near Gwangyang Still Mill pier and GS Caltex crude oil pier
should sail along a route as far as possible from those piers.

Operation of the
entrance navigation into
the harbor inside the
speed limit zone of
Special Water Area for
Traffic Safety

From the effective date (Jan.12, 2006) of the Amended Enforcement Decree of the Sea Traffic Safety Act which regulates the sea route and the navigation for the Special
Water Area for Traffic Safety in Yeosu region,

any ship which wants to enter to the port using the entrance route inside the speed limit zone of the special water area, should use the deep water navigation route until the time that a separate amendment
of the same notification is made.

VTS Zone and

Reporting Line of
Position

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