Call of duty rule 345/2/2023 ![]() To enable this to be done as quickly as possible the MSC has been authorized to adopt and amend traffic separation schemes on behalf of the Organization. New traffic separation schemes are introduced regularly and existing ones are amended when necessary to respond to changed traffic conditions. In other areas where such schemes did not exist the number of collisions rose sharply. This showed that between 19 there were 60 collisions in the Strait of Dover twenty years later, following the introduction of traffic separation schemes, this total was cut to only 16. The effectiveness of traffic separation schemes can be judged from a study made by the International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) in 1981. By SOLAS regulation V/8, IMO is recognized as being the only organization competent to deal with international measures concerning the routeing of ships. Rule 10 of the Collision Regulations deals with the behaviour of vessels in or near traffic separation schemes adopted by the Organization. Such vessel was obliged to fulfil this obligation also when taking avoiding action in accordance with the steering and sailing rules when risk of collision exists. A new paragraph (f) was added, stressing that a vessel which was required not to impede the passage of another vessel should take early action to allow sufficient sea room for the safe passage of the other vessel. In Rule 9 a vessel proceeding along the course of a narrow channel or fairway is obliged to keep "as near to the outer limit of the channel or fairway which lies on her starboard side as is safe and practicable." The same Rule obliges a vessel of less than 20 metres in length or a sailing vessel not to impede the passage of a vessel "which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway." The Rule also forbids ships to cross a narrow channel or fairway "if such crossing impedes the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within such channel or fairway." The meaning "not to impede" was classified by an amendment to Rule 8 in 1987. Rule 8 covers action to be taken to avoid collision. The importance of using "all available means" is further stressed in Rule 7 covering risk of collision, which warns that "assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information" Several of these refer specifically to vessels equipped with radar. ![]() The Rule describes the factors which should be taken into account in determining safe speed. It requires that: "Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed.". Rule 5 requires that "every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision. Rule 4 says the section applies in any condition of visibility. Section I - Conduct of vessels in any condition of visibility (Rules 4-10) Part B - Steering and sailing (Rules 4-19) Rule 2 covers the responsibility of the master, owner and crew to comply with the rules. Rule 1 states that the rules apply to all vessels upon the high seas and all waters connected to the high seas and navigable by seagoing vessels. additional signals for fishing vessels when operating in close proximity and.technical requirements concerning lights and shapes and their positioning.Part F - Verification of compliance with the provisions of the Convention.The COLREG include 41 rules divided into six sections: The first such traffic separation scheme was established in the Dover Strait in 1967 and the Organization has adopted nearly 200 of such schemes around the world. One of the most important innovations in the 1972 COLREG was the recognition given to traffic separation schemes - Rule 10 gives guidance in determining safe speed, the risk of collision and the conduct of vessels operating in or near traffic separation schemes. The 1972 Convention was designed to update and replace the Collision Regulations of 1960 which were adopted at the same time as the 1960 SOLAS Convention.
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