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“The Local Notice to
Mariners is issued by each U.S. Coast Guard District to disseminate
important information affecting navigational safety within the District.
This Notice reports changes and deficiencies in aids to navigation
maintained by the Coast Guard. Other marine information such as new charts,
channel depths, naval operation, and regattas is included. Since temporary
information of short duration is not included in the NIMA Notice to
Mariners, the Local Notice to Mariners may be the only source for
it. Since correcting information for U.S. charts in the NIMA Notice
is obtained form the Coast Guard local notices, there is a lag on one or two
weeks for NIMA Notice to publish a correction from each source.”
Bowditch (2002) article 424.
In April 2004 the Coast
Guard ended its practice of mailing hard-copy Notices, and now
expects the conscientious mariner to go to the Internet and download the
Notices. Although this task in not difficult, there are many vessels
and port offices who do not have the time, the equipment, or the inclination
to perform it on a week in, week out basis. Pilothouse, therefore, offers a
LNM subscription service.
The Service
Pilothouse downloads,
prints, and mails the Local Notices to Mariners every week.
The copies are printed both sides in black & white and stapled.
Billing
Subscriptions are billed
each quarter, in advance. There is one consolidated invoice for each
fleet. Invoices over $100 are discounted ten percent. Subscriptions
beginning during the quarter are pro-rated.
Prices
Prices shown are per
subscription, per quarter.
| District 1 (Boston) |
$35.00 |
| District 5 (Norfolk) |
$48.00 |
| District 7 (Miami) |
$55.00 |
| District 8 (New Orleans)
*Gulf Coast edition |
$77.00 |
| District 9 (Cleveland) |
$42.00 |
| District 11 (Alameda) |
$40.00 |
| District 13 (Seattle) |
$36.00 |
| District 17 (Juneau) |
$40.00 |
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