Estonian Maritime Administration

Valge 4, 11413 Tallinn, tel  6 205 500, faks 6 205 506
e-post: eva@vta.ee
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Procurement for Chartering Backup Icebreakers

02.07.2010

The Estonian Maritime Administration announced a public procurement to charter backup icebreakers in the Bay of Pärnu, the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland for the winter navigation season of 2010-2011.


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List of Lights in Estonian Waters 2010

01.07.2010

The MA has published a new edition of List of Lights in Estonian Waters, containing information on the fixed and floating aids to navigation located in Estonian waters and on the coast as of 01 June 2010.

The technical description of the aids to navigation listed (name, location, coordinates, light characteristics, height from sea level, visibility and description) is given in Estonian and English, and the text is illustrated with photographs.
This publication can be purchased directly from the MA at 4 Valge Street (additional information: +372 620 5645, +372 620 5649) or from the distributors of the MA navigational charts.
The full database of aids to navigation is available on the MA homepage (http://195.50.203.61/SLAID1EN.HTM).
 
Information concerning inoperative, malfunctioning or damaged AtoNs, as well as any other navigational hazards, can be notified to the MA:
 
Valge 4, 11413 Tallinn
Phone +372 620 5665
Fax +372 620 5766
E-mail navinfo @ vta.ee
 

The New Inspection Regime (NIR) of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding

01.06.2010

As of 01 January 2011, the Paris MoU New Inspection Regime (NIR) will take effect. With the introduction of the NIR the Paris MoU will change its target of inspecting 25% of individual ships calling at each member State to a shared commitment for full coverage of inspecting all ships visiting ports and anchorages in the PMoU region as a whole.

The explanatory NIR text on the Paris MoU website can be found here.

21.04.2010 Icebreaking Operations Concluded in Gulf of Finland and Pärnu Bay
05.04.2010 Restrictions on Vessel Traffic Changed
30.03.2010 Traffic Restrictions Cancelled
11.03.2010 Vessel Traffic Reopened
05.03.2010 Estonian International Boat Show 2010

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Reporting deviations in the operation of aids to navigation and obstructions / activities on waterways endangering vessel traffic:

phone: +372 620 5665
fax: +372 620 5766
e-mail:
navinfo[at]vta.ee
 

NAVTEX warnings in the Baltic Sea