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The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, also known as Collision Regulations (COLREGs), are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels.
The Brussels Collision Convention (formally, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Collisions between Vessels (French: Convention internationale pour l'unification de certaines règles en matière d'abordage)) is a 1910 multilateral treaty that established the rules of legal liability that result from collisions between ships at sea.
Day shapes from ColRegs Day shapes are black in color and their sizes are determined by the ColRegs; for example, the size of the ball is not less than 0.6 metres (2.0 ft). The vertical distance between shapes is at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).
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The "stricter" inland rules are under the United States CFRs and are not actually provided for under the '72 COLREGS. While the common Navigation Rules book as published in accordance with the US Coast Guard includes both the '72 COLREGS and the CFRs containing the inland rules I believe it would be incorrect to include the inland rules here.
Equipment required under COLREG 72 (currently only includes MED/6.1 Navigation lights) 7. Other equipment (currently only includes MED/7.1 - Self-contained compressed-air-operated breathing apparatus for entry and work in gas-filled space) 8. Equipment under SOLAS Chapter II-1 (currently only includes MED/8.1 - Water level detectors) 9.
The TSS rules are incorporated in the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (Under Part B, Section I, Rule 10- Traffic Separation Schemes), SOLAS V/10 and the General Provisions on Ships' Routeing (GPSR). An individual TSS is controlled by a vessel traffic service.
The English Channel connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Southern part of the North Sea and is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world with ships going in numerous direction: some are passing through in transit from the Southwest to Northeast (or vice versa) and others serving the many ports around the English Channel, including ferries crossing the Channel.