St Lawrence Seaway has issued Seaway Notice no 10 of 2025, reminding of regulation no. 14 of our Seaway Practices & Procedures that requires ships to have their anchors cleared and have the anchor marking buoys free to deploy with the buoy lines firmly secured to each anchor and ready to be released prior to entering the Seaway. Failure to adhere to the Seaway regulation will result in a violation.
Seaway Practices & Procedures, Regulation no. 14:
Anchors, Anchor Marking Buoys
(a) Every ship shall have their anchors cleared and have the anchor marking buoys free to deploy (weak link to hold buoy line on board) with the buoy lines firmly secured to each anchor and ready to be released prior to entering the Seaway.
(b) Every ship shall deploy the anchor marking buoy when dropping an anchor in Seaway waters (designated Seaway anchorages are exempt).
(c) Every ship shall be equipped with operational anchor(s) suitably rigged for immediate release, holding and retrieval. Every ship shall be responsible for locating and retrieving any anchor deployed by the ship and shall do so as timely manner so as to not delay transits of ships.