NOAD Schema 3.5 — 30-day Notice

4/24/2015 - 10 Years Ago

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance maritime domain awareness, we continue to improve handling of essential data contained within Notices of Arrival and Departure (NOAD). On Tuesday, 26 May 2015, an updated NOAD schema, versioned 3.5, will be released which will reflect recently released changes to 33 CFR 160 and improvements to vessel/crew longshoreman data reporting. When NOAD Schema 3.5 is released on 26 May 2015, NOAD Schema 3.3 and older versions will no longer be supported. As more details regarding the specifics of the schema changes become available they will be made available via the NVMC Web Site and our additional communication channels.

A link to the final rule is provided at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-01-30/pdf/2015-01331.pdf.

Schema Change Details
For your review, a draft of Schema 3.5 has been added to the Developer Resource Files, however, it is subject to change and is not intended for use in any production or otherwise official system/environment in the form in which it is presented.
The following is a list of the specific changes from Schema 3.4 to Schema 3.5

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/NOTICE_DETAILS/VERSION

Change Details:
The only acceptable value for this field under Schema 3.5 will be "3.5" (not including the quotation marks)

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/VOYAGE/LESS_THAN_24HR

Change Details:
A new element named LESS_THAN_24HR has been added and will be used to indicate whether or not the vessel is on a voyage which is less than 24 hours in duration. This will be a REQUIRED element within the schema and the acceptable values for the element are Yes or No

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/VESSEL/LONGSHOREMAN_WORK_DECLARATION

Change Details:
The element LONGSHOREMAN_WORK_DECLARATION remains a REQUIRED element at the vessel level, however, a choice of NOT APPLICABLE has been added to the existing choices of NOT PROVIDED, Yes, No.

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/VESSEL/MMSI_NUMBER

Change Details:
A new element named MMSI_NUMBER has been added and will be used to indicate the vessel’s MMSI Number, if available. This 9-digit element will use the MMSI SHIP format which consists of the following: The first three digits indicate the country to which the vessel is registered. These are called the Maritime Identification Digits (MID). The remaining six digits range in value from 0-9 for each digit. These digits serve as the Ship Station Identifier. This is an OPTIONAL element within the schema, but may be subject to certain Business Rules during processing.

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/VESSEL/LESS_THAN_300GT

Change Details:
A new element named LESS_THAN_300GT has been added and will be used to indicate whether or not the vessel’s gross tonnage is less that 300. This will be a REQUIRED element within the schema and the acceptable values for the element are Yes or No

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/VESSEL/VESSEL_TONNAGE

Change Details:
A new element named VESSEL_TONNAGE has been added and will be used to indicate the tonnage of the vessel. This will be an OPTIONAL element within the schema, however, if included, the acceptable range of values is 1 to 9999999. Note that ITC tonnage convention is preferred, but not required.

Affected Element:
//NOTICE/CREW_LIST/CREW/LONGSHOREMAN_WORK_DECLARATION

Change Details:
The element LONGSHOREMAN_WORK_DECLARATION has been changed to an OPTIONAL element at the crew member level, however, if provided, the acceptable choices remain as NOT PROVIDED, Yes, No.

Picklist Updates
The domestic port additions will be included in the Schema 3.5 release:

Port Name: Belle River Fleeting
State: Louisiana

Port Name: Sterlington
State: Louisiana

Port Name: Ottawa
State: Illinois

Port Name: Pekin
State: Illinois

Port Name: Peru
State: Illinois

Port Name: Wood River
State: Illinois

Port Name: Calvert City
State: Kentucky

Port Name: Catlettsburg
State: Kentucky

Port Name: Paducah
State: Kentucky

Port Name: Wickcliffe
State: Kentucky

Port Name: Charleston
State: West Virginia

Port Name: Congo
State: West Virginia

Port Name: Institute
State: West Virginia

Port Name: Point Pleasant
State: West Virginia

Additionally, the following port updates will be made:

• The domestic port of Mt Vernon, IN will be renamed to Mount Vernon, IN
• The foreign port of “SIHEUNG-DONG/SEOUL ” was found to have a space at the end of its name, this space will be removed.

InfoPath Retirement
Please note that the InfoPath template is in the process of being retired and as such no Schema 3.5 based InfoPath template will be released during this schema update. For those currently using the InfoPath template, there are other offline tools, including but not limited to the NVMC Workbooks, which can be used as a replacement. For additional information you may contact the National Vessel Movement Center using the contact method of your choice which can be found at http://www.nvmc.uscg.gov/NVMC/ContactUs.aspx.