PROGRAMME DE DÉGLAÇAGE – RÉGIONS CENTRE & ARCTIQUE et

ATLANTIQUE
CENTRAL & ARCTIC and ATLANTIC REGIONS - ICEBREAKING PROGRAM
Bradley Durnford and Isabelle Pelchat
Surintendants / Superintendants
21 Novembre / November 21st 2018
Aperçu / Outline

• Revue saisonnière / Seasonal Review – 2017/2018

• Aperçu saisonnier / Seasonal Preview – 2018/2019

• Questions / Comments

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2017/2018 Atlantic Region / Région Atlantique

Ice Atlantic was staffed from December 01, 2017 to

June 30, 2018

Located within the Regional Operations Centre in

St. John’s.

Ice Office was staffed 24/7 by 2 Watch Keepers

working a week on/week off rotation – 12 hours in
the office and 12 hours on call.

ISS support provided by the Canadian Ice Service.

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Ice Control Zones / Zones de contrôle des Glaces

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Days Ice Control Zone’s where Active in 2015-2018

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Belle Isle Strait not recommended

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 ICEBERG CHART COMPARISONS

Each number represents possible number of icebergs present in that area.

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Newfoundland & Labrador Late February
Terre-Neuve et Labrador Fin Février

2016 2017 2018

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Routing Assistance Atlantic Region

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Time and Distance for Atlantic Taskings

Total Time for Taskings in 2017: 3745 Hours Total Distance for Taskings in 2017: 18,535 NM

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Icebreaking Activity for Ice Atlantic Region 2017-2018

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Helicopter Use For Ice Recon

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Fixed Wing Aircraft Use For Ice Recon

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Région du Centre et de l’Arctique – Secteur St-Laurent
Central and Arctic Region – St-Lawrence Sector

• Dates d’opération du bureau des Glaces / Ice Centre operating dates

– 15 Décembre 2017au 29 avril 2018 / December 15th 2017to April 29th 2018
– 24/7
– Opéré de Montréal par deux officiers des opérations de déglaçage travaillant 10
hrs/jour (en disponibilité 14 hrs) et en association avec le Centre des Opérations
Régionales (COR) / Operated from Montreal by two ice operations officers, working 10 hrs
(on standby 14 hrs) and in collaboration of the Regional Operation Center (ROC)
– 1 semaine de travail - 1 semaine de congé / 1 week on – 1 week off
– Un spécialiste des glaces basé à Montréal supportait les opérations.

 09 Routes recommandées émises / Recommended Ice Routes issued

 116 Bulletins SRCN 01/02 (Montréal)
 92 Bulletins spéciaux /special bulletins SRCN 05/06 (Sorel – Trois-
Rivières)
 136 Bulletins SRCN 03/04 (Escoumins – Detroit de Cabot)
 5084 photos reçus des patrouilles de glace par hélicoptère et MART /
pictures received from helicopter ice patrol and MART.

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Ice Coverage / Couverture de glace 1969 –
2018

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Gulf Late February / Golfe Fin Février

2015 2016

2017 2018
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Lake St. Pierre
Lac St-Pierre / Lake St. Pierre Lac St-Pierre / Lake St. Pierre
20-01-2018 20-03-2018

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 Statistics / Statistiques 2016/17 vs
2017/18
2017 season 2018 season
Total taskings / Assignations 227 503
total
Total time on task / Temps 632,82 hrs 1742 hrs
total en assignation
Escorts completed / Escortes 105 266
complétées + 7 besets
Harbour breakout / Déglaçage 29 + 2* 76 + 5
de port
Icebreaking for flood control / 42 61
Déglaçage pour control
d’inondation
Track maintenance / 47 86
Maintenance des chenaux
Patrouilles d’hélicoptère / 346,88 hrs 462 hrs
Helicopter patrols

• 76 ports commerciaux et 5 ports de pêche / 76 commercial harbours and 5 fishing harbours

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 Services 2017/2018 par zone SIDOD
Service Code L01 Lac L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L08 L09 L10 L11 The Total
St-Louis Trois- Québec Saguen Sept- Anticost Lower Magdal Gaspé/ Rivers
Rivières ay Îles i South North en Chaleur
Shore Islands s
2101 - Escort-Assist 14 6 104 79 23 2 3 19 16 266
through ice covered
waters
2102 - Maintenance of 4 22 30 23 1 4 2 86
channels/tracks in ice

2103 - Freeing Beset 1 2 1 3 7

Vessels
2301 - Commercial 1 9 3 37 15 5 6 76
Harbour Breakout
2303 - Fishing Harbour 2 3 5
breakout
2401 - Icebreaking for 6 30 10 1 14 61
flood control
2402 - Ice 1 1
Reconnaissance for
flood control
2202 - Ice 88 132 1 1 222
Reconnaissance with
helicopter
2201 - Ice 1 1
Reconnaissance with
vessel
Grand Total 25 157 271 150 39 3 15 20 30 15 725
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Hiver / Winter 2018-2019

Aperçu Saisonnier / Seasonal Preview

2018 - 2019

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Regional Boundaries
Démarcation des Régions

Objectives:
• To facilitate the safe and timely movement of maritime traffic through and around ice-covered waters
• To minimize the effect of flooding caused by ice jams
• To assist in the re-supply of northern communities for which there is no commercial services

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2018/19 Atlantic Region / Région Atlantique

• Ice Atlantic will be staffed December 1, 2018 – July 01st 2019

• Located within the Regional Operations Centre in St. John’s

• Ice Office will be staffed 24/7 by 2 Watch Keepers working a week

on/week off rotation – 12 hours in the office and 12 hours on call.

• ISS support will be provided by the Canadian Ice Service

• Ice information and routings will be sent to shipping via MCTS

stations, Email or Phone, whichever communication method works
best for the client and Coast Guard

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Atlantic Ice Operations Centre

Canadian Coast Guard/Garde côtière canadienne

Ice Operations Centre - Atlantic Region,
Centre des Opérations de Glaces - Région de l’Atlantique

Address : P.O. Box 5667 C.P. 5667

St. John’s, NL St. John’s, (T.-N.)
A1C 5X1 A1C 5X1
Telephone/Téléphone: (709) 772-2078
1-800-565-1633

e-mail for general inquiries /courriel pour les demandes de renseignements généraux :
ICEATL.CGGC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

e-mail for 24 hour ice assistance /courriel pour l’assistance de glace 24 hr/24:
VTS.Labrador@innav.gc.ca

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Région du Centre et de l’Arctique / Central and Arctic Region

• Montreal Ice Operations will be staffed for the season with 4 Ice
officers working closely with the Regional Operation officers. /Le
Centre des Opérations des glaces Montréal sera doté de 4 officiers
des glaces travaillant de concert avec les officiers du COR.
• Available/disponible 24/7
• Daily staffed by 2 Ice Watch keepers: 1 for Great Lakes Sector – 1
for St. Lawrence Sector/ Doté quotidiennement de 2 officiers des
glaces: 1 pour les Grands Lacs et 1 pour le Golfe et St. Laurent.
• Staffed by 2 Ice Service Specialists from Canadian Ice Services/
doté de 2 Spécialistes des glaces du Service Canadien des Glaces
• Ice information and routings will be sent to shipping through marine
radio stations/ L’information sur les conditions de glaces et les routes
recommandées seront acheminées via les stations radio marines.

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Région du Centre et de l’Arctique – Secteur St-Laurent
Central and Arctic Region – St-Laurent Sector

Centre des glaces de Montréal / Montreal ice centre

Officier des opérations / Ice operations officer

Icebreaking operations / Opérations de Déglaçage

Phone: 1-855-209-1976 / 514-283-1746
Fax: (514) 283-1798
Email:
DFO.IceOpsStLawrence.GlacesOpsStLaurent.MPO@
dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Ice conditions / Conditions des Glaces

Phone: 1-855-201-0086
Fax: (514) 283-1798
Email:
DFO.IceStLawrence.GlacesStLaurent.MPO@dfo-
mpo.gc.ca
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 CCGS/NGCC Terry Fox

Deployed to: Déployé

Straits Rover
Gulf/Golfe St. Lawrence
and/et
Strait/Détroit Belle Isle,
If needed NE Coast

Power 17,300 kw
Lenth 88 m
Beam 17.8 m
Draft 8.3 m
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 CCGS/NGCC Louis S. St. Laurent

Deployed/déployé:

Gulf of St. Lawrence

Golfe St. Laurent
Main Corridor / Voie Principal

Power 20,142 kw
Length 119.6 m
Beam 24.4 m
Draft 9.9 m
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 CCGS/NGCC Henry Larsen

Deployed to/ déployé

West Coast NL
Côte Ouest de
Terre Neuve

Power 12,174 kw
Length 99.8 m
Beam 19.6 m
Draft 7.3 m
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 CCGS/NGCC Edward Cornwallis

Deployed to/
déployé à:

SAR East
Maritimes

Power 5,250 kw
Length 83 m
Beam 16.2 m
Draft 5.75 m

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 CCGS/NGCC George R. Pearkes

Deployed to:

Northeast Coast
of
Newfoundland

Power 5,250 kw
Length 83 m
Beam 16.2 m
Draft 6m
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CCGS/NGCC Sir William Alexander

Deployed to/
déployé:

Gaspé to Sydney
and / et
Northumberland
Strait

Power 5,250 kw
Length 83 m
Beam 16.2 m
Draft 5.75 m
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Commercial icebreaker

• Newest addition to Coast Guard Fleet

Available for ops this
winter season.
Scheduled for late
December

Power 13,440 kw
Length 83.7 m
Beam 18 m
Draft 6.5 m

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CCGS / NGCC Earl Grey

• Available for ice

• Depends on SAR

Power 6,589 kw
Length 69 m
Beam 13.7 m
Draft 5.5 m

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 CCGS/NGCC Ann Harvey

Undergoing
Major Repairs
in St. John’s/ En
réparations
majeurs à St
Jean, T-N-L

Power 5,250 kw
Length 83 m
Beam 16.2 m
Draft 6.2 m
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 CCGS/NGCC Amundsen

Déployé / Deployed
to:

Saguenay & Estuary /

Saguenay & Estuaire

Power 10,142 kw
Length 98,33m
Beam 19,5m
Draft 7,18m

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 CCGS/NGCC Martha L. Black

Déployé / Deployed
to:

VMSL / SLSMC
Estuary / Estuaire
Trois-Rivières

Power 5250 kw
Length 83m
Beam 16.2m
Draft 6m

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 CCGS/NGCC Des Groseillers

Déployé /Deployed
to:

Saguenay
Quebec

Power 10,141 kw
Length 98,24m
Beam 19.51m
Draft 7,44m

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 CCGS/NGCC Pierre Radisson

Déployé / deployed to:

VMSL / SLSMC*
Trois-Rivieres
Estuary / Estuaire

Power 11,155 kw
Length 98,33m
Beam 19,51m
Draft 7,16m

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 ACV –VCA Mamilossa

Trois-Rivieres
Déglaçage printanier / Spring breakout

Power 3281 kw
Length 28,5m
Beam 12m
Draft N/A

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 ACV - VCA Sipu Muin
Trois-Rivieres
Déglaçage printanier / Spring Breakout

Power 2818 kw
Length 28,5m
Beam 12m
Draft N/A

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 ICEBREAKER DEPLOYMENT PLAN WINTER 18-19

04-mars
11-mars
18-mars
25-mars
07-janv
14-janv
21-janv
28-janv
04-févr
11-févr
18-févr
25-févr

06-mai
13-mai
20-mai
03-déc
10-déc
17-déc
24-déc
31-déc

01-avr
08-avr
15-avr
22-avr
29-avr
2018-11-07
Corridor Principal(T1200) Straits Rover 17
Corridor Principal(T1300) 18
Corridor Principal (T1100) N. Humb/Gaspé/Sydney 24
Estuaire
Saguenay 4 14 21
Québec 14
Trois-Rivières 19
VCA 14
VCA 28
VMSL T1100 20 31 22
VMSL T1100 20 31 22
VMSL T1200 22 16
Basse Côte-Nord/West Coast NL (T1200) 21
North East Coast 24
Baie des Chaleurs / Côte NB (VCA) 6 25
Lab. Coast Nov 21st
Lake Erie - Detroit River 1 21
Lake Huron - St. Clair system 21 15
West Coast NL SAR 12
East Coast SAR 24
Nova Scotia SAR 3
Chasse aux phoques / Seal Harvest Pas de Navires dédiés / No Ship assigned Pas de navires dédiés
NGCC
Amundsen Edward Cornwalis Changements d'équipage / Crew Change
Des Groseilliers Louis S St.Laurent Amundsen → 6 déc, 3 jan, 31 jan, 28 fév, 28 mars
Pierre Radisson Terry Fox Pierre Radisson → 1 jan, 29 jan, 26 fév, 26 mars
Martha L. Black Henry Larsen Des Groseilliers → 2 jan, 30 jan, 27 fév, 27 mars
Griffon George R Pearkes Martha L. Black → 27 déc, 24 jan, 21 fév, 21 mars
Samuel Risley Ann Harvey Griffon → 26 déc, 23 jan, 20 fév, 20 mars
Sipu Muin Earl Grey Samuel Risley → 26 déc, 23 jan, 20 fév, 20 mars
Mamilossa Icebreaker # 1 Louis S St.Laurent → 20 Déc, 10 jan, 07 fév, 7 mars
Terry Fox → 27 déc, 24 jan, 21 fév, 21 mars
Henry Larsen → 19 déc, 16 jan, 13 fév, 13 mars
Brise-Glace sur d'autre programme Edward Cornwallis
George R.Pearkes
→ 19 déc, 16 jan,, 13 fév, 13 mars
→ 19 déc, 16 jan, 13 fév, 13 mars 41
Sir William Alexander - VLE - Dec 3
Daily Ice conference / Conférence
journalière des glaces.

Atlantic and C&A region will be holding Daily Ice calls

to discuss CCG operations with the industry and our
partners. (week days)
Les Régions de l’Atlantique et du Centre et de
L’Arctique tiendrons une conférence téléphonique
journalière pour discuter des opérations de la GCC
avec l’industrie et nos partenaires. (en semaine)
The Ice Specialist will prepare a presentation that will
be available 7/7 through an FTP site
Le Spécialiste des Glaces va préparer une
présentation qui sera disponible 7/7 sur un site FTP
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Icebreaking Superintendent / Surintendant
Déglaçage

Région de l’Atlantique / Atlantic region

Brad Durnford

Téléphone / Phone
709-772-3513

bradley.durnford@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Région du Centre et de l’Arctique / Central & Arctic region

Isabelle Pelchat & Frederick Mercier

Téléphone / Phone
514-283-2410

Isabelle.Pelchat@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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• QUESTIONS/ COMMENTS

• MERCI / THANK YOU

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Provision of Information in Digital Format
AIS Application Specific Messages (AIS ASM)
 AIS messages :
• Over the last few years, the CCG worked closely with
the Canadian Hydrographic Service and Environment
Canada to broadcast meteorological and hydrographic
data through its terrestrial AIS Network.

• Right now, data from 99 meteorological and 79

hydrographic stations are broadcasted throughout the
country.

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 AIS Messages - Current Situation
Meteorological and Hydrographic Data
Western Atlantic

32 Meteo
24 Hydro

32 Meteo
13 Hydro

C&A C&A
Great Lakes Quebec

17 Meteo
14 Hydro

18 Meteo
28 Hydro 46
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Provision of Information in Digital Format
AIS Application Specific Messages (AIS ASM)
 AIS messages :
• Last winter season, a trial was conducted with the Ice Recommended Route.
• Prior to broadcasting a real route, a preliminary test was done near Quebec City to
evaluate the capability of ships’ equipment to display the information on their ECDIS
or ECS.
• The main objective is to avoid ship’s officers to manually enter the route waypoints in
their display system → risk of error.

Current procedures Ice Routes

Tested last winter

Way points transmitted by email or voice

Recommended Route #05
Broadcast 1748UTC 31 JAN 2018
By the Canadian Coast Guard’s Montreal Estuary & Gulf
Ice Centre.

From the Les Escoumins pilotage station

to
Change point ALFA: 4843N 06845W to
Change point BRAVO: 4918N 06705W to Northumberland Strait
Change point CHARLIE: 4940N 06540W
Quebec
to
Change point DELTA: 4835N 06205W
then Regular navigation route. 47
 Ice Routes Trials – Display on ECDIS

Ice route

Info on Ice rout

e

Direct display on ECDIS – No manual transcription of way points

Credit photo: Captain Jean –François Simard
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 Ice Routes Trials – Display on ECS Rose Point

Recent trial in Halifax Harbour

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 Ice Routes Trials – Display on ECS SeaIQ

Recent trial in Halifax Harbour 50

 Winter Season 2018/19

• In addition to current procedures, ice recommended routes

will be broadcasted through AIS messages and
consequently, be available in an a digital format

• To display the Ice route on board, ships’ display system

must:
 Be interfaced with the AIS, and
 Have the functionalities to decode the AIS message

• CCG is using the IMO format based on SN.1/Circ. 289

• If you need further details or would like to provide

feedback, please contact CCG e-Navigation team at:
CCG.ENAV.GCC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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