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  2. Navigation light - Wikipedia

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    Small power-driven vessels (under 12 metres (39 ft)) may carry a single all-round white light in place of the two or three white lights carried by larger vessels, they must also carry red and green navigation lights. Vessels under 7 metres (23 ft) with a maximum speed of less than 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) are not required to carry navigation ...

  3. Day shapes - Wikipedia

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    The appropriate lights may also be displayed during the day at times of restricted visibility or other necessary circumstances. [3] Vessels under 7 meters are generally not required to display day shapes even if they are required to display lights at night. [4] A square black flag displayed over the ball may be used as a distress signal. [5]

  4. International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

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    These vary according to the length of the vessel. [30] For example, for vessels greater than 50 metres in length, the visibility ranges of lights are 6 miles for masthead lights, 3 miles for sidelights, 3 miles for the sternlight, 3 miles for towing lights and 3 miles for an all round light. [30] Rule 23 – Power-driven Vessels Underway

  5. MV American Mariner - Wikipedia

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    On April 28, 2000, the vessel lost steering and struck Light number 7 in the Lake Huron Cut. The Mariner was loaded with taconite for Ashtabula, OH. A survey of damage from the accident revealed a 30-foot by 10-foot tear in the forepeak and another 6-inch-wide tear on the starboard bow stretching nearly 25 feet.

  6. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 ⇅ Left-hand traffic ⇵ Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the ...

  7. Sea trials under way for wind-powered sail in bid to cut ...

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    The 5,000-tonne cargo carrier the Pacific Grebe has been retrofitted with the 20-metre FastRig test sail and assessed in the Solent under controlled trials to test the ship’s performance in ...

  8. Oceanbird - Wikipedia

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    An auxiliary engine will be used to navigate harbors and provide emergency power. [ 7 ] While the design is meant to be usable for different types of ships and even retrofitted to existing vessels, [ 7 ] the first vessel from the Oceanbird concept is planned to be a 200 m (660 ft) long roll-on/roll-off ship with a capacity of up to 7,000 cars.

  9. Iranian vessel, drone or UFO: Mystery over bizarre lights ...

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    The FBI has been investigating and has asked residents to share any videos, photos or other information they may have. US Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey shared a video on X on Friday of a group of ...