SECTOR SAN FRAN

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco

Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco

VTS Area Geography

Codes and Abbreviations for VTS Area Destinations

Links 

San Francisco Marine Exchange Dock Code List

AIS Destination Field Data Entry Format

 

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Docks, Piers, Berths

Areas, Zones (dredging, dumping, anchorages, tug escort)

VTS Area Boundaries

Passenger Ferry Operations (Special Procedures)

 


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Docks, Piers, Berths

Locations

Enter in AIS

Like example + optional abbv

Spoken as (example)

Alameda

>US NGZ 1 abbv

Alameda One

Antioch

>US ANZ 3 abbv

Antioch Three

Benicia

>US BNC 4 abbv

Benicia Four

Concord

>US CCR 2 abbv

Concord Two

Crocket

>US CRM 1 abbv

Crocket One

Martinez

>US MRZ 1 abbv

Martinez One

Oakland

>US OAK 58 abbv

Oakland Fifty-eight

Pittsburg

>US PBG 4 abbv

Pittsburg Four

Richmond Inner Harbor

>US RCH 4 abbv

New Richmond Four

Richmond Point San Pablo

>US RCH PSP4 abbv

Point San Pablo Four

Richmond Long Wharf

>US RCH RLW1

Richmond Long Wharf One

Rodeo

>US --- ROD4 abbv

Rodeo Four

San Rafael

>US SRF 1 abbv

San Rafael One

Redwood City

>US RWC 4

Redwood City Four

Sacramento

>US SAC 2

Sacramento Two

San Francisco

>US SFO 35

San Francisco Thirty-five

 Stockton

>US SCK 2

Stockton Two

Vallejo

>US VLO 1 abbv

Vallejo One

 

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Areas, Zones

Locations

Enter in AIS

like example

Spoken as (example)

Dredge Placement Areas (dumpsites)

>US SFO D11 or

>US SFO DOBEACH

Dumpsite Eleven

Ocean Beach Near-shore dumpsite

Dredging Areas

>US SFO DB or

>US OAK BARCHA

Dredge-site Bravo

Oakland Bar Channel

Navigation Channels

(Also used for channel deepening dredging areas.)

Added: 11/03/2011

>US SCK SDWCHA

>US SFO BARCHA

Stockton Deep Water Channel

San Francisco Bar Channel

SF Region Federal Anchorage Areas

>US SFO A9

Anchorage Nine

SF Region Tanker Tug Escort Zones

>US SFO Z1

Zone One

Tugs – Ship Assistance

>US SFO ASST

Ship assist

 

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VTS Area Boundary Lines

When leaving the VTS Area a VTS Area boundary line, use one of the abbreviations below, or use the UN/LOCODE for the final destination point beyond the VTS Area boundary line.

Note: The three-letter abbreviations listed below represent the UN/LOCODE for the most significant nearby city. Refer to the UN/LOCODE list  for the specific UN/LOCODE for points outside of the VTS San Francisco Area.

Locations

Enter

Spoken As

Petaluma River Entrance 19 20

(PUM = Petaluma)

>US PUM

Petaluma River Nineteen and Twenty

Napa River at the Mare Island Causeway Bridge

(APC = Napa)

>US APC

Mare Island Causeway Bridge

Dumbarton Bridge toward San Jose

(SJC = San Jose)

>US SJC

Dumbarton Bridge

 

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