3.9 The responsible Government implementing a new or amended
routeing system should ensure that full and final details of planned changes to aids to
navigation, anchorage areas or pilot boarding areas which are closely associated with the
system and important to its effective utilization by the mariner are provided to the
appropriate hydrographic authority at least six months prior to the date of
implementation.
"3.10 When establishing or amending a routeing system in a
particular area where two or more Governments have a common interest, they should
formulate joint proposals for adoption by IMO in accordance with SOLAS chapter V,
regulation 8(f)."
"3.11 A Government, or Governments jointly, proposing a new
routeing system or an amendment to an adopted system, any part which lies beyond its or
their territorial sea or seas or in straits used for international navigation, should
consult IMO so that such system may be adopted or amended by IMO for international use.
Such Government or Governments should furnish all relevant information, in particular with
regard to:
.1 the objectives of the proposed routeing system and a
demonstrated need for its establishment, including the consideration of alternative
routeing measures and the reasons why the proposed routeing system is preferred;
.2 the traffic pattern, hazards to navigation, aids to navigation
and the state of hydrographic surveys;
.3 marine environmental considerations;
.4 the application to all ships, certain categories of ships or
ships carrying certain cargoes of a routeing system or any part thereof;
.5 any alternative routeing measure, if necessary, for all ships,
certain categories of ships or ships carrying certain cargoes which may be excluded from
using a routeing system or any part thereof; and
.6 the number, edition and, where possible, the geodetic datum of
the reference chart used for the delineation of the routeing system, together with copies
of the reference charts listed in the description of the routeing system showing the new
system or the amendments to existing systems."
"3.12 Governments are recommended to ensure, as far as
practicable, that drilling rigs (MODUs), exploration platforms and other similar
structures are not established within the traffic lanes of routeing systems adopted by IMO
or near their terminations. When the temporary positioning of a drilling rig or similar
structure in a traffic lane of an adopted traffic separation scheme cannot be avoided, the
system should, if necessary, be amended temporarily in accordance with the guidelines
given in section 7.
In the case of mandatory routeing systems, Governments should ensure
that drilling rigs (MODUs), exploration platforms and other structures obstructing
navigation and not being an aid to navigation will not be established within the traffic
lanes of a traffic separation scheme being part of a mandatory routeing system."
