Resolution
A.957(23)
AMENDED TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME OFF
FINISTERRE
(Adopted
on 5 December 2003)
THE
ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING
Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and
guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships,
RECALLING
ALSO resolution A.858(20) by which the Assembly, recognizing the need for an
expeditious adoption and amendment procedure for traffic separation schemes,
routeing measures other than traffic separation schemes, including the
designation and substitution of archipelagic sea lanes, and ship reporting
systems, resolved that all the aforementioned functions should be performed by the
Maritime Safety Committee on behalf of the Organization,
RECALLING
FURTHER resolution A.767(18) by which it adopted amendments to the traffic
separation scheme Off Finisterre ,
NOTING
the urgent need to implement the amendments to the traffic separation scheme
Off Finisterre proposed by the Government of Spain in order to enhance maritime
safety, safety of navigation and protection of the marine environment in the
area concerned, and the invitation by the Maritime Safety Committee at its
seventy-seventh session to the Assembly to adopt the proposed amendments,
subject to the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation being satisfied that all
the pertinent criteria had been met,
HAVING
CONSIDERED the report of the Maritime Safety Committee on its seventy-seventh
session and the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation at
its forty-ninth session,
1.
ADOPTS the amendments to the traffic separation scheme Off Finisterre set out
in the Annex to the present resolution, for implementation at 0000 hours UTC on
1 June 2004, on which date resolution A.767(18) will be revoked;
2.
REQUESTS the Secretariat to issue, as soon as possible, a COLREG.2 circular
containing the aforementioned traffic separation scheme in its new form,
incorporating the initial scheme as amended.
Annex.
AMENDED TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME OFF FINISTERRE
New
traffic lanes for ships carrying dangerous or pollutant cargoes in bulk in the
traffic separation scheme "Off Finisterre
Amended
traffic separation scheme Off Finisterre :
(a) A separation zone is
bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(1) 42°52'.90 N
009°44'.00 W (4) 43°21'.50
N 009°37'.70 W
(2) 43°10'.50 N
009°44'.00 W (5) 43°11'.00
N 009°45'.20 W
(3) 43°21'.00 N
009°36'.40 W (6) 42°52'.90
N 009°45'.70 W
(b) A separation zone is
bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(7) 42°52'.90 N
009°49'.40 W (10) 43°25'.00
N 009°47'.00 W
(8) 43°12'.20 N
009°49'.40 W (11) 43°13'.70
N 009°54'.80 W
(9) 43°23'.00 N
009°41'.90 W (12) 42°52'.90
N 009°54'.80 W
(c) A traffic lane for
northbound traffic is established between the separation zones described in
paragraphs (a) and (b).
(d) A traffic lane for
northbound traffic is established between the separation zones described in
paragraphs (b) and (e).
(e) A separation zone at the
outside limit of the existing scheme, bounded by lines connecting the following
geographical positions:
(13) 42°52'.90 N
009°59'.00 W
(14) 43°14'.70 N
009°59'.00 W
(15) 43°26'.40 N
009°50'.90 W
(16) 43°28'.20 N
009°56'.00 W
(17) 43°16'.45 N
010°04'.25 W
(18) 42°52'.90 N
010°04'.25 W