California Harbors and Navigation Code ARTICLE 4 - Vessel Traffic Service

• Section 445.
  (a) The Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Inc., hereafter referred to as the marine exchange, a corporation organized under the Non-Profit Mutual Benefit Corporation...
• Section 445.5.
  “Covered vessel,” as used in this article, means any of the following:(a) Every power-driven vessel of 40 meters (approximately 131 feet) or more in length, while...
• Section 446.
  Prior to entering the VTS area, every covered vessel shall report to the marine exchange the vessel’s name, call sign, location, course, speed, destination, estimated...
• Section 446.5.
  The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may impose fees upon all covered vessels within the VTS area to pay the cost of operating...
• Section 447.
  The following vessels, while transiting the VTS area, shall comply with the requirements of Section 447.5:(a) Every power-driven vessel of 20 meters or more in length.(b) Every...
• Section 447.5.
  While transiting the VTS area, every vessel described in Sections 445.5 and 447 shall do all of the following:(a) Maintain continuous radio monitoring or communication with...
• Section 448.
  The vessel traffic service shall be advisory in nature. Nothing in this article relieves, or is intended to relieve, any vessel, its owners, agents, charterers,...
• Section 448.5.
  (a) It shall be understood and agreed, and shall be the essence of the marine exchange’s operation of the vessel traffic service, that the marine exchange...
• Section 449.
  (a) The marine exchange and its officers and directors are subject to Section 5047.5 of the Corporations Code to the extent that the marine exchange meets...
• Section 449.3.
  The marine exchange shall cooperate fully with the administrator appointed pursuant to Section 8670.4 of the Government Code in the development and implementation of the...
• Section 449.5.
  (a) Upon request by the administrator, the marine exchange shall submit a complete description and operational status report of the vessel traffic service. After a public...

Last modified: October 22, 2018