SUB-COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF
NAVIGATION
45th session
Agenda item 3
NAV 45/3/Rev.1
12 January 1999
Original: SPANISH
ROUTEING OF SHIPS, SHIP REPORTING AND RELATED MATTERS (INCLUDING VOYAGE PLANNING)
New traffic separation scheme for the ports of Iquique and Punta Arenas in the Republic of Chile
Submitted by Chile
SUMMARY
Executive summary: This document sets out the wish of the Government of the Republic of Chile with regard to the traffic separation scheme in the ports of Iquique and Punta Arenas (Shifts of Magellan), to increase maritime safety and protection of the marine environment in those ports, given that maritime traffic to and from both ports has increased, especially in Punta Arenas, the construction of a new wharf in Bahia Catalina, which has made it necessary to extend the limits of the port, and thus modify the existing traffic separation scheme (TSS).
Action to be taken: Paragraph 3
1 PORT OF IQUIQUE
In the light of the increase in maritime traffic in the port of Iquique in recent years, and the need to control, by traffic separation schemes, the movement of ships to and from the south of Chile and to and from the north-east, serving the east and south-east coast of South America, and to ensure greater safety to navigation, the following new traffic separation scheme set out on the annexed map, is submitted for examination and approval.
1.1 The new traffic separation scheme for the port of Iquique will consist of:
4 traffic lanes
3 traffic separation zones between them
