MANDATORY ROUTE FOR TANKERS FROM NORTH HINDER TO
THE GERMAN BIGHT AND VICE VERSA
(Reference charts: International, British Admiralty, Netherlands
Hydrographic Office and German
Hydrographic Office
INT-number NL-number German-number BA-number
INT 1042 - 1001 2182B
INT 1043 1014 1002 2182A
INT 1045 1037 50 -
INT 1046 1035 53 -
INT 1412
INT 1413 1353 87 -
INT 1414 2593 84 2593
INT 1415 2322 244 2322
INT 1416 3371 - 3371
INT 1419 1507 95 1507
INT 1420 1505 96 1505
INT 1509 - 202 1503
INT 1510 - 193 1504
1972 -
-
1970** -
-
2910** -
-
103
196
1187
1406
1408
** Passage Planning Charts
Note: These charts are based on European Datum.)
Description of the mandatory route
Deep-water route from North Hinder to traffic separation scheme
"Off Brown Ridge"
(a) The deep-water route is bounded by a line connecting the following
geographical positions:
(1) 52°55'.75 N, 3°14'.25 E
(2) 52°09'.92 N, 2°35'.00 E
(3) 51°54'.88 N, 2°33'.60 E
(4) 52°01'.23 N, 2°42.47 E
(5) 52°09'.58 N, 2°43'.33 E
(6) 52°54'.17 N, 3°22.00 E
This mandatory route for tankers coincides with the eastern route of
the routeing system "Off Friesland" and the traffic separation scheme
"German Bight western approach" and replaces the route for tankers from North
Hinder to the German Bight and vice versa".