Annex 2 - Associated Protective Measures
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Annex 2 - Associated Protective Measures

  1 Two-Way Route. The forty-ninth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on the Safety of Navigation approved the implementation of a two-way shipping route through the Torres Strait. Details of this measure, including a chartlet, are provided in document NAV 49/3/3. The following co-ordinates (in WGS 84) define the two-way route:

  • (A) The northern limits are bound by the line joining the following co-ordinates:

    1. 10° 29'.70 S 142° 22'.63 E 2. 10° 29'.14 S 142° 25'.76 E
    3. 10° 27'.80 S 142° 28'.45 E 4. 10° 26'.40 S 142° 31'.30 E
    5. 10° 21'.90 S 142° 41'.50 E 6. 10° 19'.37 S 142° 47'.97 E
    7. 10° 18'.14 S 142° 50'.82 E 8. 10° 13'.38 S 142° 54'.96 E
    9. 10° 00'.50 S 143° 03'.42 E 10. 09° 47'.73 S 143° 10'.40 E
    11. 09° 25'.80 S 143° 31'.07 E 12. 09° 12'.47 S 143° 51'.34 E

  • (B) The southern limits are bound by the line joining the following co-ordinates:

    13. 10° 30'.45 S 142° 24'.02 E 14. 10° 28'.38 S 142° 28'.66 E
    15. 10° 27'.38 S 142° 31'.85 E 16. 10° 22'.85 S 142° 41'.95 E
    17. 10° 19'.80 S 142° 48'.23 E 18. 10° 17'.63 S 142° 53'.29 E
    19. 10° 09'.78 S 143° 05'.55 E 20. 09° 53'.97 S 143° 15'.61 E
    21. 09° 46'.02 S 143° 18'.48 E 22. 09° 37'.96 S 143° 21'.97 E
    23. 09° 27'.60 S 143° 32'.15 E 24. 09° 13'.95 S 143° 52'.62 E

  • (C) The centre polygon is defined by the following co-ordinates:

    25. 10° 16'.10 S 142° 53'.82 E 26. 10° 13'.79 S 142° 55'.85 E
    27. 10° 01'.05 S 143° 04'.20 E 28. 09° 48'.10 S 143° 11'.30 E
    29. 09° 41'.04 S 143° 18'.87 E 30. 09° 45'.72 S 143° 17'.51 E
    31. 09° 53'.84 S 143° 14'.50 E 32. 10° 09'.15 S 142° 04'.70 E

  2 Pilotage. Refer to paragraph 3 of this resolution.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.133(53) - Designation of the Torres Strait as an Extension of the Great Barrier Reef Particularly Sensitive Sea Area - (Adopted on 22 July 2005)
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