Compulsory Pilotage Area
Zone A
Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone A, Placentia Bay) consists of all the navigable
waters north of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, thence to Ragged Point (the
most southerly point of Red Island), thence to Eastern Head.
- Pilot Boarding Station: 47° 20′ 00″N / 54° 06’30″W
- First ETA UTC (Hours): 12
- Confirm or Correct ETA (Hours): 4
- Departure / Movage Local Time (Hours): 12 – Tentative / 2 – Confirm *Exception Anchorage FF / 12 -Tentative / 4 – Confirm
- Pilot Boat R/T Channel No.: 16 / 12
Zone B (Argentia)
Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone B, Argentia) consists of all the navigable waters
east of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, then along a line to a position of
Latitude 47°20.6’00″N., Longitude 54°01.8’00″W., thence to Latine Point at a position of Latitude
47°18.9’00″N., Longitude 54°00.3’00.
- Pilot Boarding Station: 47° 20′ 00″N / 54° 06’30″W
- First ETA UTC (Hours): 12
- Confirm or Correct ETA (Hours): 4
- Departure / Movage Local Time (Hours): 12 – Tentative / 3 – Confirm
- Pilot Boat R/T Channel No.: 16 / 12