Contents PageIntroduction....................xi SOLAS1974,asamended, regulationV/10.......................xiii PartA—Generalprovisionsonships’routeing Introduction................1 1Objectives..................1 2Definitions..................1 3Proceduresandresponsibilities...2 4Methods...................4 5Planning...................7 6Designcriteria...............8 7Temporaryadjustmentsand suspensions.................10 8Useofrouteingsystems........11 9Representationoncharts........12 PartB—Trafficseparationschemes Rule10ofCOLREG1972,asamended1 SectionI–BalticSeaandadjacentwaters OffSommersIsland.............I/1 OffHogland(Gogland)Island.....I/2 OffRodsherIsland..............I/3 OffKalba°dagrundlighthouse......I/4 OffPorkkalalighthouse..........I/5 OffHankoniemiPeninsula........I/6 OffKo˜puPeninsula(HiiumaaIsland)I/7 SouthHoburgsBank............I/8 Midsjo¨bankarna................I/9 TheA°landSea.................I/10 WestKlintehamn...............I/11 NorthHoburgsBank(formerly “OffGotlandIsland”).........I/12 OffO¨landIsland...............I/13 InBornholmsgat...............I/14 OntheapproachestothePolishports intheGulfofGdan´sk.........I/15 SlupskaBank..................I/16 Adlergrund...................I/17 OffFalsterborev................I/18 InTheSound..................I/19 NorthofRu¨gen................I/20 SouthofGedser................I/21 OffKiellighthouse..............I/22 BetweenKorsoerandSprogoe......I/23 AtHatterBarn................I/24 SectionII–WesternEuropeanwaters WestoftheScillyIsles...........II/1 SouthoftheScillyIsles...........II/2 OffLand’sEnd,betweenSevenStones andLongships...............II/3 OffUshant...................II/4 OffCasquets..................II/5 IntheStraitofDoverandadjacent waters.....................II/6 Page AtWestHinder................II/7 IntheSUNKareaandinthenorthern approachestotheThamesestuary.II/8 OffFriesland..................II/9 IntheapproachestoHookofHolland andatNorthHinder..........II/10 OffTexel.....................II/11 OffVlieland,VlielandNorthand VlielandJunction.............II/12 Terschelling–GermanBight........II/13 GermanBightwesternapproach....II/14 Jadeapproach.................II/15 Elbeapproach.................II/16 IntheapproachestotheRiver Humber....................II/17 OffFeistein...................II/18 OffthecoastofNorwayfromVardø toRøst....................II/19 OffFastnetRock...............II/20 OffSmalls....................II/21 OffTuskarRock...............II/22 OffSkerries...................II/23 InLiverpoolBay...............II/24 IntheNorthChannel............II/25 OffNeistPointinTheMinches....II/26 Offthesouth-westcoastofIceland– North-westofGarðskagiPoint...II/27 Offthesouth-westcoastofIceland– South-westoftheReykjanes Peninsula...................II/28 OffFinisterre..................II/29 OffCapeRoca.................II/30 OffCapeS.Vicente.............II/31 AtBancodelHoyo.............II/32 SectionIII–MediterraneanSeaandBlackSea IntheStraitofGibraltar.........III/1 OffCabodeGata..............III/2 OffCapePalos.................III/3 OffCapeLaNao...............III/4 OffCaniIsland................III/5 OffCapeBon.................III/6 IntheAdriaticSea:intheNorth AdriaticSea.................III/7 IntheAdriaticSea:approachesto GulfofTrieste...............III/8 IntheAdriaticSea:approachesto GulfofVenice...............III/9 IntheAdriaticSea:intheGulfof Triesteandapproachesto/from Koper.....................III/10 IntheAdriaticSea:approaches to/fromMonfalcone...........III/11 SaronicosGulf(intheapproachesto PiraeusHarbour).............III/12 Intheapproachestotheportof Thessaloniki.................III/13 OfftheMediterraneancoastofEgyptIII/14 Ships’Routeing(2010edition)(Amended2010)v Page Inthesouthernapproachestothe KerchStrait.................III/15 Intheareaoffthesouth-westerncoast oftheCrimea................III/16 BetweentheportsofOdessaand Ilichevsk...................III/17 Intheapproachestotheportsof OdessaandIlichevsk..........III/18 StraitofIstanbul–Northapproach..III/19 StraitofIstanbul...............III/20 StraitofIstanbul–Southapproach andSeaofMarmara...........III/21 StraitofC¸anakkale.............III/22 StraitofC¸anakkale–South-west approach...................III/23 SectionIV–IndianOceanandadjacentwaters IntheGulfofSuez..............IV/1 IntheentrancetotheGulfofAqaba.IV/2 Nearthedeep-waterrouteleadingto JazanEconomicCityPort.......IV/3 InthesouthernRedSea–westand southofHanishalKubra.......IV/4 InthesouthernRedSea–eastofJabal ZuqarIsland................IV/5 IntheStraitofBabelMandeb.....IV/6 OffRasalHadd...............IV/7 OffRa’salKuh...............IV/8 IntheStraitofHormuz..........IV/9 Tunb–Farur...................IV/10 BetweenZaqqumandUmmShaif...IV/11 IntheapproachestoRasTanuraand Ju’aymah...................IV/12 Marjan/Zuluf..................IV/13 ApproachestotheportofRa’sal Khafji....................IV/14 OffMinaAl-Ahmadi............IV/15 OffDondraHead...............IV/16 OffAlphardBanks34milessouthof CapeInfanta................IV/17 OfftheFAplatform47milessouthof MosselBay.................IV/18 SectionV–South-EastAsia SummarychartletsforStraitsof MalaccaandSingapore.........V/1 AtOneFathomBank............V/2 PortKlangtoPortDickson.......V/3 PortDicksontoTanjungKeling....V/4 MalaccatoIyuKecil............V/5 IntheSingaporeStrait(MainStrait).V/6 SingaporeStrait(OffSt.John’sIsland)V/7 SingaporeStrait(OffChangi/Pulau Batam)....................V/8 AtHorsburghlighthousearea......V/9 IntheEastLammaandTathong Channels...................V/10 SectionVI–Australasia SouthofWilsonPromontoryinthe BassStrait..................VI/1 IntheBassStrait...............VI/2 Page SectionVII–NorthAmerica,Pacificcoast InPrinceWilliamSound..........VII/1 IntheStraitofJuandeFucaandits approaches.................VII/2 InPugetSoundanditsapproaches..VII/3 InHaroStraitandBoundaryPass,and intheStraitofGeorgia.........VII/4 OffSanFrancisco..............VII/5 IntheSantaBarbaraChannel......VII/6 IntheapproachestoLosAngeles– LongBeach.................VII/7 IntheapproachestoSalinaCruz....VII/8 SectionVIII–SouthAmerica,Pacificcoast Landfallandapproachesto TalaraBay..................VIII/1 LandfallandapproachestoPaitaBayVIII/2 LandfalloffPuertoSalaverry......VIII/3 LandfallandapproachestoFerrolBay (PuertoChimbote)............VIII/4 ApproachestoPuertoCallao......VIII/5 IntheapproachestoPuertoPisco...VIII/6 LandfallandapproachestoSan NicolasBay.................VIII/7 LandfallandapproachestoPuertoIloVIII/8 IntheapproachestoArica........VIII/9 IntheapproachestoIquique.......VIII/10 IntheapproachestoAntofagasta...VIII/11 IntheapproachestoQuinteroBay..VIII/12 IntheapproachestoValparaiso....VIII/13 IntheapproachestoConcepcionBayVIII/14 IntheapproachestoSanVicenteBayVIII/15 IntheapproachestoPuntaArenas..VIII/16 SectionIX–WesternNorthAtlanticOcean, GulfofMexicoandCaribbeanSea IntheapproachestoChedabuctoBayIX/1 IntheBayofFundyandapproaches.IX/2 IntheapproachestoPortland,MaineIX/3 IntheapproachtoBoston, Massachusetts...............IX/4 IntheapproachestoNarragansett Bay,RhodeIsland,andBuzzards Bay,Massachusetts............IX/5 OffNewYork.................IX/6 OffDelawareBay...............IX/7 IntheapproachestoChesapeakeBayIX/8 IntheapproachestotheCapeFear River.....................IX/9 IntheapproachestoGalvestonBay..IX/10 Intheapproachestotheportof Veracruz...................IX/11 OffCaboSanAntonio...........IX/12 OffLaTabla..................IX/13 OffCostadeMatanzas...........IX/14 IntheOldBahamaChannel.......IX/15 OffPuntaMaternillos............IX/16 OffPuntaLucrecia..............IX/17 OffCaboMaysi................IX/18 vi(Amended2010)Ships’Routeing(2010edition) Page SectionX–Asia,Pacificcoast InthefourthKurilStrait.........X/1 IntheProlivBussol.............X/2 OfftheAniwaCape.............X/3 IntheapproachestotheGulfof Nakhodka..................X/4 OfftheOstrovnoiPoint..........X/5 InthewatersoffChengshanJiao Promontory.................X/6 SectionXI–EasternNorthAtlanticand SouthAtlanticOceans BetweenGrandCanaryand Fuerteventura...............XI/1 BetweenGrandCanaryandTenerife.XI/2 PartC—Deep-waterroutes SectionI–BalticSeaandadjacentwaters Recommendationonnavigation throughtheentrancestothe BalticSea..................I/1 Deep-waterroutebetweenHatterRev andHatterBarn..............I/2 Deep-waterrouteofftheeastcoast ofLangeland................I/3 Deep-waterroutenorth-eastofGedserI/4 Deep-waterrouteoffGotlandIsland.I/5 Deep-waterrouteinsidethebordersof thetrafficseparationschemefrom GoglandIslandtoRodsherIsland.I/6 Deep-waterrouteinsidethebordersof the“NorthA°landSea”traffic separationscheme............I/7 Deep-waterrouteinsidethebordersof the“SouthA°landSea”traffic separationscheme............I/8 SectionII–WesternEuropeanwaters Deep-waterrouteleadingtotheportof Antifer....................II/1 Deep-waterrouteformingpartofthe north-eastboundtrafficlaneofthe trafficseparationscheme‘‘Inthe StraitofDoverandadjacent waters’’....................II/2 Deep-waterroutesformingpartsof routeingsystem‘‘OffFriesland’’..II/3 Deep-waterrouteleadingto Europoort..................II/4 Deep-waterrouteleadingtoIJmuidenII/5 Deep-waterroutewestoftheHebridesII/6 SectionIII–IndianOceanandadjacentwaters, South-EastAsiaandAustralasia Deep-waterrouteleadingtoJazan EconomicCityPort...........III/1 Deep-waterrouteswithinthetraffic separationschemesintheStraitof Malacca...................III/2 Deep-waterroutesformingpartofthe eastboundtrafficlaneoftraffic separationschemesintheSingapore Strait......................III/3 Page SectionIV–WesternNorthAtlanticOcean, GulfofMexicoand CaribbeanSea Deep-waterrouteinthesouthern approachtoChesapeakeBay.....IV/1 PartD—Areastobeavoided SectionI–North-westernEuropeanwaters AroundtheCS4buoyintheDover Strait......................I/1 AroundtheFoxtrot3stationwithin thetrafficseparationscheme ‘‘IntheStraitofDoverand adjacentwaters’’..............I/2 Intheouterprecautionaryareaofthe trafficseparationscheme‘‘Inthe SUNKareaandinthenorthern approachestotheThamesestuary’’I/3 AtNorthHinderJunctionPoint....I/4 AtMaasCentre................I/5 IntheregionoftheOrkneyIslands..I/6 IntheregionofTheFairIsle......I/7 IntheregionoftheShetlandIslands.I/8 BetweenTheSmallslighthouseand GrassholmeIsland............I/9 InLiverpoolBay...............I/10 Offthesouth-westcoastofIceland– EasternandWesternareas......I/11 Offthesouth-westcoastofIceland– Faxaflo´iBay................I/12 IntheregionoftheRochebonneShelfI/13 IntheregionoftheBerlengasIslandsI/14 SectionII–NorthandCentralAmerican waters InRosewayBasin,southofNova Scotia.....................II/1 InthevicinityoftheNeptune deepwaterportinthewesternNorth AtlanticOcean...............II/2 InthevicinityoftheExcelerate NortheastGatewayEnergyBridge deepwaterportintheAtlantic Ocean.....................II/3 IntheGreatSouthChannel,offthe eastcoastoftheUnitedStates....II/4 IntheregionofNantucketShoals...II/5 IntheregionoftheBermudaIslands.II/6 OfftheFloridacoast............II/7 AtLouisianaOffshoreOilPort (LOOP)intheGulfofMexico...II/8 AtElPasoEnergyBridgedeepwater portintheGulfofMexico......II/9 Intheapproachestotheportof Veracruz...................II/10 IntheGulfofCampeche.........II/11 AtmaritimeoilterminaloffCayo Arcas.....................II/12 Intheaccessroutestotheportsof MatanzasandCardenas........II/13 InthePapaha-naumokua-keaMarine NationalMonumentPSSA......II/14 Ships’Routeing(2010edition)(Amended2010)vii Page OfftheWashingtoncoast.........II/15 OfftheCaliforniacoast..........II/16 IntheapproachestoSalinaCruz....II/17 SectionIII–Otherareastobeavoided InthesouthernBalticSeasouthofthe islandofGotland:HoburgsBank.III/1 InthesouthernBalticSeasouthofthe islandofGotland:Norra Midsjo¨banken...............III/2 IntheNorthAdriaticSea........III/3 IntheapproachestotheGulfof Venice....................III/4 IntheregionoftheVorioiSporadhes Islands....................III/5 NorthoftheStraitsofTiran.......III/6 NorthofSharmelSheikhharbour..III/7 Atthesouthernextremityofthe SinaiPeninsula...............III/8 IntheregionofFashtBuldani.....III/9 IntheregionofMahe´Islandinthe Seychelles..................III/10 IntheregionoftheAldabraIslands intheSeychelles..............III/11 IntheregionoftheGreatBarrierReefIII/12 IntheregionofThreeKingsIslands.III/13 Offthenorth-eastcoastoftheNorth IslandofNewZealand........III/14 IntheBassStrait...............III/15 MalpeloIsland.................III/16 IntheGalapagosArchipelago.....III/17 IntheParacasNationalReserve....III/18 IntheregionofCapeTerpeniya (Sakhalin)..................III/19 OffLanzaroteIsland............III/20 OfftheislandofGrandCanary....III/21 OfftheislandofTenerife.........III/22 OffLaPalmaIsland............III/23 OfftheislandofElHierro........III/24 AroundoilrigsofftheBraziliancoast –CamposBasin.............III/25 PartE—Otherrouteingmeasures Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowintheprecautionaryareaofthe separationscheme“OffPorkkala lighthouse”.................1 Recommendedtwo-wayrouteleading totheA°landSea.............2 Two-wayroute“Salvorev”,northof GotlandIsland...............3 Recommendedtracksinthe approachestothePolishportsin theGulfofGdan´sk...........4 Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowwithintheprecautionaryarea aroundtheFoxtrot3stationinthe DoverStrait.................5 Page Two-wayrouteandrecommended routeintheSUNKareaandinthe northernapproachestotheThames estuary....................6 Recommendationsonnavigation aroundtheUnitedKingdomcoast.7 Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowintheGermanBight.......8 RecommendedroutesintheFairIsle Channel....................9 Recommendedroutesjoiningtraffic separationschemesoffthecoastof NorwayfromVardøtoRøst.....10 RecommendedroutesinTheMinches11 Two-wayroutesoffthesouth-west coastofIceland..............12 Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowintheprecautionaryareaoff Tanger-MedintheStraitof Gibraltar...................13 RouteingmeasuresintheStraitof Bonifacio...................14 Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowintheChannelofOtranto, southernandcentralAdriaticSea.15 Recommendedroutesoffthe MediterraneancoastofEgypt...16 Recommendeddirectionsoftraffic flowoffRasShukheir.........17 InthesouthernRedSea– RecommendedtracksbetweenJabal Zuqarandtheprecautionaryarea andbetweenHanishalKubraand theprecautionaryarea.........18 InthesouthernRedSea– Precautionaryareanorthofthe trafficseparationscheme‘‘Inthe StraitofBabelMandeb’’.......19 Two-wayrouteintheGreatNorth- EastChannel,TorresStrait.....20 Precautionaryareaoffthewestcoast oftheNorthIslandofNewZealand21 Recommendedtwo-wayrouteinthe StraitofJuandeFuca.........22 Recommendedtracksoffthe Californiacoastforshipsof300 grosstonnageandaboveandfor shipscarryinghazardouscargoin bulk......................23 Recommendedtracksthroughthe GalapagosATBAtoenterthe ParticularlySensitiveSeaArea...24 Precautionaryareaintheregionofthe GrandBanksofNewfoundland..25 Two-wayrouteoffDelawareBay...26 RecommendedtracksintheGulfof Campeche..................27 Precautionaryareaintheapproaches totheportofVeracruz........28 viii(Amended2010)Ships’Routeing(2010edition) Page PartF—Associatedrulesandrecommendationsonnavigation Recommendationsonnavigation throughtheGulfofFinland Trafficarea.................1 Recommendationsonnavigationto thePolishportsthroughtheGulfof Gdan´skTrafficarea..........2 Recommendationsonnavigation throughtheEnglishChanneland theDoverStrait.............3 Rulesandrecommendationson navigationthroughtheStraitof Istanbul,theStraitofC¸anakkale andtheMarmaraSea.........4 RulesforshipsnavigatingintheGulf ofSuez...................5 Rulesfornavigationofladentankers offtheSouthAfricancoast.....6 Rulesforvesselsnavigatingthrough theStraitsofMalaccaand Singapore..................7 NavigationinthevicinityoftheGrand BanksofNewfoundland.......8 PartG—Mandatoryshipreportingsystems,mandatoryrouteingsystemsandmandatorynoanchoringareas SOLAS1974,asamended, regulationV/11.......................1 SectionI–Mandatoryshipreportingsystems IntheGulfofFinland[GOFREP]...I/1 OntheapproachestothePolishports intheGulfofGdan´sk[GDANREP]I/2 IntheStorebælt(GreatBelt)Traffic area[BELTREP].............I/3 TheWestEuropeanTankerReporting System[WETREP]............I/4 OffUshant[OUESSREP].........I/5 OffLesCasquetsandtheadjacent coastalarea[MANCHEREP]....I/6 IntheDoverStrait/PasdeCalais [CALDOVREP]..............I/7 Offthesouth-westcoastofIceland [TRANSREP]...............I/8 Inthe‘‘OffFinisterre’’traffic separationschemearea[FINREP].I/9 OffthecoastofPortugal[COPREP].I/10 ‘‘IntheStraitofGibraltar’’traffic separationschemearea[GIBREP].I/11 IntheStraitofBonifacio [BONIFREP]................I/12 IntheAdriaticSea[ADRIREP]....I/13 IntheStraitsofMalaccaand Singapore[STRAITREP].......I/14 Page IntheTorresStraitregionandthe InnerRouteoftheGreatBarrier Reef[REEFREP].............I/15 InthePapaha-naumokua-keaMarine NationalMonumentParticularly SensitiveSeaArea[CORAL SHIPREP]..................I/16 IntheGalapagosParticularlySensitive SeaArea[GALREP]..........I/17 Mandatoryshipreportingsystemsin Greenlandwaters[GREENPOS& COASTCONTROL]..........I/18 Mandatoryshipreportingsystemsfor protectionofendangeredNorth AtlanticRightWhalesinseaareas offthenorth-easternandsouth- easterncoastsoftheUnitedStates.I/19 OffChengshanJiaoPromontory....I/20 TheCanaryIslands[CANREP].....I/21 SectionII–Mandatoryrouteingsystemsand mandatorynoanchoringareas Mandatoryroutefortankersfrom NorthHindertotheGermanBight andviceversa...............II/1 Mandatorynoanchoringareainthe approachestotheGulfofVenice..II/2 Mandatorynoanchoringareasinthe vicinityoftheNeptunedeepwater portinthewesternNorthAtlantic Ocean.....................II/3 Mandatorynoanchoringareasinthe vicinityoftheExcelerateNortheast GatewayEnergyBridgedeepwater portintheAtlanticOcean.......II/4 Mandatorynoanchoringareasinthe TortugasEcologicalReserveand TortugasBank...............II/5 MandatorynoanchoringareaatEl PasoEnergyBridgedeepwaterport intheGulfofMexico..........II/6 Mandatorynoanchoringareasforall shipsonFlowerGardenBanks coralreefs..................II/7 Mandatorynoanchoringareason SharksBankandLongShoal....II/8 PartH—Adoption,designationandsubstitutionofarchipelagicsealanes Generalprovisionsfortheadoption, designationandsubstitutionof archipelagicsealanes..........1 SectionI–Adoptedarchipelagicsealanes Partialsystemofachipelagicsealanes inIndonesianarchipelagicwaters..I/1 Ships’Routeing(2010edition)(Amended2010)ix