04 Jun 2019 / Hong Kong
From 5 June 2019, the light buoy “CP11” and the Automatic Identification System (AIS) virtual aids to navigation “CPV1” in Urmston Road will be relocated with their characteristics remain unchanged.
The new positions of the light buoy and the virtual aids to navigation are as follows:
- Buoy Type Co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum)
- CP11 Starboard hand buoy 22 deg. 26.157’N / 113 deg. 53.233’E
- CPV1 Starboard hand virtual buoy 22 deg. 25.740’N / 113 deg. 53.325’E
Masters of vessels navigating in the vicinity are advised that the virtual aids to navigation established above is transmitted by a land based AIS station and is not physically in existence. The virtual aids to navigation can only be seen and displayed on navigational equipment, such as Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and Radar, connected with an appropriate AIS device. Vessels without AIS or in the absence of ECDIS or Radar overlay will not be able to fully utilize the virtual aids to navigation.
(For information about operations in Hong Kong contact GAC Hong Kong at [email protected])
Source: Government of the Hong Kong SAR Marine Department Notice No.95 of 2019
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