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Automatic Identification System display showing traffic in the strait in 2006. Most maritime traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea and Baltic Sea passes through the Strait of Dover, rather than taking the longer and more dangerous route around the north of Scotland. The strait is one of the busiest international seaways in the ...
A traffic separation scheme (or 'TSS') is an area in the sea where navigation of ships is highly regulated. Each TSS is designed to create lanes in the water with ships in a specific lane all travelling in (roughly) the same direction.
The Dover Strait/Détroit du Pas de Calais was the first International Maritime Organisation (IMO) approved traffic separation scheme in the world in 1967. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Other TSS areas can be found in the Mediterranean Sea , western side of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific .
The Port of Dover has declared a critical incident as coach traffic faces “significant delays due to lengthy French border processes and sheer volume” of traffic.PA
Dover (/ ˈ d oʊ v ər / DOH-vər) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone.
Monitoring sea traffic is crucial in the English Channel, which has 20 percent of global traffic (about 300,000 ships annually). [3] CROSS receives and analyses mandatory reports sent by all ships traversing the English Channel and using one of the three traffic separation schemes off the coast of Ushant (Ouessant) and across the Strait of Dover.
Footage of traffic at the Port of Dover in Kent during the getaway for the Easter weekend. Holidaymakers have been warned they could face two-hour delays after chaotic scenes at the port last ...
The world's busiest shipping lane is the Dover Strait, with 500–600 vessels passing through daily. In 1999, 1.4 billion tonnes gross, carried by 62,500 vessels, passed through the strait. [ 2 ] The strait serves as a critical chokepoint for international trade, connecting the North Sea to the English Channel and facilitating maritime traffic ...