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Notice 01/2026 - Navigating near McIntyre Bay, Haida Gwaii (June 3, 2026)
Notice 04/2025 - Eastbound nighttime transit trials for Second Narrows (October 1, 2025)
Notice 03/2025 - LNG Carriers entering Chatham Sound (September 9, 2025)
Notice 02/2025 - Escort Tug Regime for Northern British Columbia (updated January 8, 2026)
Notice 01/2025 - Pilot Transfer Area for LNG Carriers near Triple Island (March 28, 2025)
Notice 04/2024 - Engine and Shaft Power Limiters (July 16, 2024)
Notice 03/2024 - Tidal Lift Program 2024 (May 24, 2024)
Notice 02/2024 - Escort tug regime for compulsory pilotage area #1 (March 14, 2024)
Notice 01/2024 - Porpoise Channel transits (February 16, 2024)
Notice 06/2023 - DPWFS Seasonal Operating Measures in Freshet Conditions (May 31,2023)
Notice 05/2023 - Cascadia Tug Matrix for 3-Knot Current Windows (May 30, 2023)
Notice 04/2023 - DPW Fairview Container Ship Tug Guidelines (April 19, 2023)
Notice 03/2023 - SGI Anchorage Information (April 5, 2023)
Notice 02/2023 - Neptune Bank First Narrows Transit Windows for Bulk Carriers (February 7, 2023)
Notice 01/2023 - Environmental Limits at Triple Island Pilot Station (January 20, 2023)
Notice 03/2022 - British Columbia North Coast Waterway Management Guidelines (April 30, 2024)
Notice 01/2022 - Pilot boarding requirements for cruise vessels bound to Ogden Point (March 1, 2022)
Notice 02/2021 - Kitimat Anchorages (revised August 20, 2024)
Notice 01/2021 - Piloted vessel transits through Active Pass & Porlier Pass (May 19, 2021)
Notice 08/2020 - Interim Guidelines for Seymour Narrows and Johnstone Strait (revised October 21, 2022)
Notice 07/2020 - Violations of the Pilotage Act and Associated Regulations (revised July 12, 2022)
Notice 06/2020 - Pilot Transfers at Outer Anchorages in Prince Rupert (April 9, 2020)
Notice 02/2020 - Standards for Pilot Transfer Arrangements (March 4, 2020)
Notice 07/2019 - Rules for vessels carrying liquids in bulk (November 5, 2019)
Notice 06/2019 - Wind limitations for Very Large Cruise Ships entering Victoria (February 28, 2024)
Notice 05/2019 - Pilot order times at Sand Heads for inbound ships (April 26, 2019)
Notice 04/2018 - Guideline for use of docking tugs at container terminals in BC (December 6, 2018)
Notice 03/2018 - Container Ships' Bollards & Fairleads - Tug Operations (March 19, 2018)
Notice 02/2018 - Interim Protocol for the use of Southern B.C. anchorages (February 7, 2018)
Notice 01/2018 - Water taxis used for transferring pilots to/from ships (revised April 29, 2025)
Notice 06/2017 - Transfer of parcels to/from ships using pilot launch (May 29, 2017)
Notice 05/2017 - Use of Docking Tugs at Ridley Island Grain Terminal (May 5, 2017)
Notice 03/2017 - Use of Docking Tugs at Port Mellon (HSPP Terminal) (May 5, 2017)
Notice 02/2017 - Early Arrival at Pilot Boarding Stations (March 6, 2017)
Notice 01/2017 - Changes to Shift Pilot Rules (February 6, 2017)
Notice 12/2016 - Constance Bank Temporary Anchorage (February 3, 2017)
Notice 11/2016 - Interim Guidelines for Docking at Alliance Grain Terminal, East (May 29, 2017)
Notice 10/2016 - Berthing Instructions for Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) (August 3, 2016)
Notice 07/2016 - Guideline for Use of Docking Tugs at Lynn Terminal, Berth #4 (May 2, 2017)
Notice 06/2016 - Guideline for Use of Docking Tugs at Lynn Terminal, Berth #1, 2 & 3 (Jan 29, 2020)
Notice 05/2016 - Guideline for Use of Docking Tugs at Harmac Terminal, East (June 6, 2016)
Notice 04/2016 - Load verification of ships' bollards used for tug escort operations (May 6, 2016)
Notice 02/2016 - Positioning of container cranes during arrival and departure of vessels (March 4, 2016)
Notice 01/2016 - Pine Island Pilot Station Procedures (February 23, 2016)
Notice 05/2015 - Remeasured liquid bulk carriers (June 10, 2015)
Notice 11/2013 - Protocol when pilot fails to return to bridge (December 20, 2013)
Notice 09/2013 - Bollard Pull Certification for Tugs (November 1, 2013)
Notice 05/2013 - Pilot Accommodations aboard Ships (July 23, 2013)
Notice 04/2013 - Aerial Power Tranmission Wires (April 8, 2013)
Notice 01/2012 - Change to the VHF channel monitored by the Vancouver dispatch office (February 13, 2012)
Notice 06/2010 - Shifting Orders from English Bay to Westshore Terminals (October 12, 2010)
Notice 01/2008 - Passing Arrangement Seymour Narrows and First Narrows (March 13, 2008)
Notice 02/2007 - Transiting Boat Bluff and Heikish Narrows (March 30, 2007)
Notice 03/2002 - Pilot Ladders and Pilot Boarding Safety (March 5, 2002)