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Crinan Canal - Season Opening
Crinan Canal Engineering Works
Closure Extension
For those who may be contemplating an early transit of the Crinan Canal, we have been advised that due to a combination of the extreme weather and site difficulties the engineering works currently underway on the Crinan Canal are running slightly behind schedule.
British Waterways and the Contractors are working hard to recover lost time but we anticipate that the Crinan Canal will not be open to transit vessels until Monday 29th March 2010 at 08.30hrs.
MCA - Disposal of Flares
MCA OUTLINE CHANGES IN THE COLLECTION OF TIME EXPIRED PYROTECHNICS
The MCA, with the assistance of the Department for Transport, will continue to accept TEPs from the public; however the collection and disposal service will no longer be undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with effect from the 31 March 2010 because of their operational pressures.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency has awarded a new contract to undertake the collection and disposal of Time Expired Pyrotechnics (TEPs) from its premises. The new contracted service will be phased in from December 2009 with Ramora UK Ltd of Portsmouth. (http://www.ramorauk.com/)
Following recent changes of legislation with regard to the storage and transportation of explosives, MCA premises now require to be brought into line with those changes. This will mean that the number of sites which will be able to accept TEPs will be significantly reduced.
The Agency plan to achieve this by concentrating available resources on 18 sites evenly spaced across the country. Analysis of the quantities of TEPs deposited with the MCA indicate that up to 70% of items find their way to the vicinity of the 18 proposed sites which will accept TEPs.
The following sites have therefore been identified:
Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres at
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Shetland
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Stornoway
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Belfast
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Liverpool
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Holyhead
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Milford
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Falmouth
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Brixham
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Solent
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Dover
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Thames
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Humber
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Forth
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Inverness Sector Base
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North Norfolk Sector Base
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Cruden Bay Coastguard Rescue Office
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Girvan Coastguard Rescue Office and
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A location at Poole
Douglas MacDonald, Head of Environment & Emergency Response Standards said:
"These 18 locations, spaced evenly across the country have been chosen because we believe that they will meet the majority of the public demand and are reasonably accessible. Unfortunately not all sites are manned 24 hours, but full details of locations, contact details and opening times will be posted on our web site http://www.mcga.gov.uk/ as the new service is rolled out. We are also asking the public not to take TEPS to police stations as they have no storage facilities for these items."
Notice to Mariners - Crinan Canal
Crinan Canal Draft Restrictions
Please note that from 13th October 2009 until further notice Mariners are advised that the maximum draught for transit vessels on the Crinan Canal has been reduced to a maximum fresh water draught 2 metres.
Please see 
NTM-50-09 for full details.
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