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Nautical Publications
Combined Cardinal and Lateral System
(Red to Port in Region A and Red to Starboard in Region B)
CONTENTS
Introduction and description
Lateral Marks
Cardinal Mardk
Isolated Danger Marks
Safe Water Marks
Special Marks
Emergency Wreck Marking Buoy
Charting
The severest test of a buoyage system occurs when the mariner is confronted unexpectedly by night or in low visibility by lights marking an uncharted danger, such as a recent wreck; immediately he must instinctively, positively and correctly decide what he must do.
In the Dover Strait in 1973, MV Brandenvurg struck the wreckage of MV Texaco Caribbean and sank, though the wreckage was appropriately marked. A few weeks later the wreckage, despite being marked by a wreck-marking vessel and many buoys, was struck by MV Niki, which also sank, A total of 51 lives was lost. It was this disaster which gave rise to the development and implementation of the IALA Maritime Buoyage System.
The wreck of MV Tricolor in the Dover Strait in 2002 highlighted once again the need to mark new dangers quickly and resulted in the introduction, initially on a trial basis, of the Emergency Wreck Marking Buoy. For full details, see 7.1.
