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Denmark. Sweden. The Sound. Kattegat. Skagerrak. TSS, precautionary areas, recommended routes and deep-water routes to be established at Skagen, in Kattegat and the Sound.

Expired notices: 2020:788/14337(P)

Time: July 1, 2020, 0000 UTC

The following measures for improving the safety at sea at Skagen, in Kattegat and in The Sound will be established on the above stated time

A. 'TSS Skagen West'

B. 'TSS Skagen East'

C.' Inshore traffic zone At Skagen'

D. 'Precautionary area Off Skagen'

E. 'TSS Fladen'

F. 'TSS Lilla Middelgrund'

G. 'TSS Entrance to The Sound'

H. 'Inshore Traffic Zone - Entrance to the sound west'

I. 'Inshore Traffic Zone - Entrance to the sound east'

J. DW-route 'DW Kattegat North'

K. 'DW-route "DW Kattegat South'

L. 'Precautionary area At Kummel Bank'

M. Recommended route 'Route A'

N. Recommended route 'Route B'

O. Recommended route 'Route T' between 'TSS Skagen East' and 'Precautionary area At Kummel Bank'

P. Recommended route 'Route T' between 'Precautionary area At Kummel Bank' and DW-route 'DW Kattegat North'

Q. Recommended route 'Route T' between DW-route 'DW Kattegat North' and DW-route 'DW Kattegat South'

R. Recommended route 'Route T' between DW-route 'DW Kattegat South' and 'TSS at Hatter Barn'

S. Recommended route 'Route S' between 'Precautionary Area At Kummel Bank' and 'TSS Fladen'

T. Recommended route 'Route S' between 'TSS Fladen' and 'TSS Lilla Middelgrund'

U. Recommended route 'Route S' between 'TSS Lilla Middelgrund' and 'TSS Entrance to the Sound'

V. Recommended route 'Route C' between 'Precautionary Area Off Skagen' and recommended route 'Route T' north of 'TSS at Hatter Barn'

W. Recommended route 'Route D' between recommended route 'Route T' and 'Route C'

X. Existing recommended route 'Route D' deleted

Y. Recommended direction of traffic flow southbound

Z. Recommended direction of traffic flow northbound

Note: The new traffic separation schemes and routeing measures are shown in the latest edition of the Swedish charts 74, 8, 92, 922, 924, 925, 93 and 931.

Designators 'A' - 'Z' refers to the following description of each amendment:

A - TSS Skagen West

Description of the traffic separation scheme:

a) A separation zone within positions 1 - 4

b) A separation zone within positions 5 - 8

c) A traffic lane for east-bound traffic between the separation zones a) and b)

d) A traffic lane for west-bound traffic between the separation zone a) and a line connecting position 9 and 10

B - TSS Skagen East

Description of the traffic separation scheme:

e) A separation zone within positions 11 - 14

f) A separation zone within positions 15 - 19

g) A traffic lane for eastbound traffic between the separation zones e) and f)

h) A traffic lane for westbound traffic between the separation zone e) and a line connecting position 20 and 21

C - Inshore Traffic zone - At Skagen

i) Inshore Traffic zone bounded by lines connecting positions 27, 8, 7, 22 - 26

D - Precautionary Area Off Skagen

j) A precautionary area within positions 10, 28, 20, 15, 24, 23 and 22

E - TSS Fladen

Description of the traffic separation scheme:

k) A separation zone bounded by positions 29 - 34

l) A traffic lane for southbound traffic between the traffic separation zone k) and a line connecting positions 35 - 37

m) A traffic lane for northbound traffic between the traffic separation zone k) and a line connecting position 38 - 40

F - TSS Lilla Middelgrund

Description of the traffic separation scheme:

n) A separation zone bounded by positions 41 - 44

o) A traffic lane for southbound traffic between traffic separation zone n) and a line connecting positions 45 - 46

p) A traffic lane for northbound traffic between traffic separation zone n) and a line connecting position 47 - 48

G - TSS Entrance to The Sound

Description of the traffic separation scheme:

q) A separation zone bounded by positions 49 - 52

r) A separation zone bounded by positions 53 - 56

s) A separation zone bounded by positions 57 - 62

t) A traffic lane for the southbound traffic between separation zones q) and r)

u) A traffic lane for the northbound traffic between separation zones q) and s)

H - ITZ Entrance to The Sound west

The inshore traffic zone is bounded by the following positions:

v) Inshore traffic zone bounded by positions 63, 56, 55 and 64.

I - ITZ Entrance to The Sound east

The inshore traffic zone is bounded by the following positions:

w) Inshore traffic zone bounded by positions 66, 59, 58, 57 and 65.

J - DW Kattegat North

x) A deep-water route with a minimum depth of 19 m is established, bounded by the following positions:

K - DW Kattegat South

y) A deep-water route with a minimum depth of 19 m is established, bounded by the following positions:

L - Precautionary area At Kummel Bank

z) A precautionary area is established within positions 75 - 79

M - Recommended Route A

A recommended route "Route A" is established from the North Sea to "TSS Skagen West" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

N - Recommended Route B

A recommended route "Route B" is established from the North Sea to "TSS Skagen West" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

O - Recommended Route T

A recommended route "Route T" is established between "TSS Skagen East" and "Precautionary Area At Kummel Bank" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

P - Recommended Route T

A recommended route "Route T" is established between "Precautionary Area At Kummel Bank" and deep-water route "DW Kattegat North" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

Q - Recommended Route T

A recommended route "Route T" is established between deep-water route "DW Kattegat North" and deep-water route "DW Kattegat South" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

R - Recommended Route T

A recommended route "Route T" is established between deep-water route "DW Kattegat South" and "TSS At Hatter Barn" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

S - Recommended Route S

A recommended route "Route S" is established for vessels with draft of 10 m or less between "Precautionary area At Kummel Bank" and "TSS Fladen" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

T - Recommended Route S

A recommended route "Route S" is established for vessels with draft of 10 m or less between "TSS Fladen" to "TSS Lilla Middelgrund" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

U - Recommended Route S

A recommended route "Route S" is established for vessels with draft of 10 m or less between "TSS Lilla Middelgrund" to "TSS Entrance to The Sound" with a central line drawn between the following positions:

V - Recommended Route C

Existing recommended "Route B" between "Precautionary Area Off Skagen" and "Route T" north of "TSS Off Hatter Barn" will be renamed to "Route C" and will be amended to a central line drawn between the following positions:

W - Recommended Route D

Existing recommended route "Route A" between "Route T" and "Route C" off Grenaa is renamed to "Route D" and will be amended to a central line drawn between the following positions:

X - Existing "Route D" is deleted

Existing recommended route “Route D” between “Route T” east of Anholt and “TSS In the Sound” is deleted.

Y - Recommended direction of southbound traffic flow

A recommended direction of traffic flow southbound is established for vessels with a draught of 10 meters or more between "Route T" and "TSS Entrance to The Sound". The direction is marked with arrows placed at the following positions:

Z - Recommended direction of northbound traffic flow

A recommended direction of traffic flow northbound is established for vessels with a draught of 10 meters or more between "TSS Entrance to The Sound" and "Route T". The direction is marked with arrows placed at the following positions: