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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1994

MEASURES FOR SAFE NAVIGATION OFF EDINBURGH PLACE

THE

MARINE EXERCISR PARTICULAR

DEPARTMENT REMINDS VIGILANCE WHEN

ΤΟ

OF MASTERS

ALL VESSELS NAVIGATING IN THE WATER OFF

EDINBURGH PLACE WHERE THE MARINE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY RECENTLY.

"AT

ALL

FOR TIMES, THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS COLLISIONS AT SEA

SPOKESMAN FOR MUST BE FOLLOWED," A DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

PREVENTING THE MARINE

HE

DREW ALL

MASTERS' ATTENTION

TO THE

CHANGES

OF

MARINE

MEASURES

TRAFFIC SITUATION IN THE VICINITY OF STAR FERRY PIERS AND QUEEN'S PIER IN CENTRAL AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN MARINE TRAFFIC IN THIS CONNECTION.

THESE MARINE DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

IN TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN

PLACE

SINCE

MASTERS THE DEPARTMENT REISSUED THE MARINE TRAFFIC MESSAGE TO

THE VICINITY ALL VESSELS RECENTLY AFTER TWO MINOR COLLISIONS IN OCCURRED THIS YEAR.

OF

WATER MARK TYPE THE MARINE TRAFFIC MEASURES INCLUDE A SAFE LIGHT BUOY LAID 380 METRES NORTH-EAST OF STAR FERRY EAST PIER.

THE PILLAR SHAPE LIGHT BUOY WITH RED AND WHITE VERTICAL STRIPES IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADAR REFLECTOR AND FLASHES AT NIGHT..

THE DISCOVERY BAY-CENTRAL FERRIES WHICH ARE BERTHED AT THE EAST APPROACH AND LEAVE WING OF STAR FERRY EAST PIER IN CENTRAL SHOULD

BUOY AND THEIR BERTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LINE JOINING THE LIGHT THE TIP OF THE PIER.

AT THE THE

PASSING

MEANWHILE, THE HUNG HOM-CENTRAL STAR FERRIES BERTHED WEST WING OF STAR FERRY EAST PIER SHOULD FOLLOW A ROUTE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE LIGHT BUOY.

WHICH ΤΟ FACILITATE THE USE OF THE QUEEN'S PIER LANDING STEPS

AND TO AVOID ARE OPEN TO ALL VESSELS NOT EXCEEDING 35 METRES LONG,

SMALL CRAFT CONGESTION OF VESSELS IN THE APPROACH AREA, A CIRCULAR WAITING AREA MEASURING 300 METRES IN DIAMETER WITH ITS CENTRE AT NAVAL MOORING BUOY NO. 4 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

AWAITING BERTHS OR

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT VESSELS PASSENGERS AT QUEEN'S PIER SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE WAITING AREA.

RESTRAINS

WHILE THE

AS RECLAMATION WORK IN THE WEST OF STAR FERRY PIERS THE STAR FERRIES FROM MOVING TO THE WEST OF THEIR ROUTES ROUTES OF THE STAR FERRIES AND DISCOVERY BAY-CENTRAL FERRIES INTERSECT

NEAR THE SOMEWHERE

MANOEUVRE BUOY, THE FERRIES SHOULD

APPROPRIATELY.

LIGHT

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED MASTERS OF ALL VESSELS USING QUEEN'S PIER KEEP THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED A GOOD AND ORDINARY PRACTICE OF SEAMEN TO

THE THEIR VESSELS TO THE EAST OF THE LINE JOINING THE LIGHT BUOY AND TIP OF STAR FERRY EAST PIER WHEN APPROACHING AND LEAVING QUEEN'S PIER.

/VESSELS SHOULD