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Rule 6 of the COLREGS mandates that every vessel must maintain a safe speed to avoid collisions and be able to stop within a distance appropriate to the circumstances. Factors to consider include visibility, traffic density, vessel maneuverability, and environmental conditions, with additional considerations for vessels using radar. These factors ensure that vessels can effectively navigate and respond to potential hazards.

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Colregs 6

Rule 6 of the COLREGS mandates that every vessel must maintain a safe speed to avoid collisions and be able to stop within a distance appropriate to the circumstances. Factors to consider include visibility, traffic density, vessel maneuverability, and environmental conditions, with additional considerations for vessels using radar. These factors ensure that vessels can effectively navigate and respond to potential hazards.

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COLREGS

Safe Speed

Rule 6 - Safe Speed


Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be
stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions.
In determining a safe speed the following factors shall be among those taken into account:
(a) By all vessels: (b) Additionally, by vessels with operational radar:
(i) the state of visibility; (i) the characteristics, efficiency and limitations of the
(ii) the traffic density including concentrations of fishing radar equipment;
vessels or any other vessels; (ii) any constrains imposed by the radar range scale
(iii) the manoeuvrability of the vessel with special reference in use;
to stopping distance and turning ability in the prevailing (iii) the effect on radar detection of the sea state,
conditions; weather and other sources of interference;
(iv) at night the presence of background light such as from (iv) the possibility that small vessels, ice and other
shore lights or from back scatter of her own lights; floating objects may not be detected by radar at an
(v) the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of adequate range;
navigational hazards; (v) the number, location and movement of vessels
(vi) the draught in relation to the available depth of water. detected by radar;
(vi) the more exact assessment of the visibility that may
be possible when radar is used to determine the
range of vessels or other objects in the vicinity.

NORTH OF ENGLAND P&I ASSOCIATION LIMITED The Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DU UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2325221 Fax: +44 (0) 191 2610540 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nepia.com
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