Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel
Rule 3 (a)
Every water craft including:
Non-displacement craft
WIG craft
Seaplanes
Used or capable of being used as a means of
transportation on water
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Types of Vessels
Every description of water craft used as a means of
transportation on water
Merchant vessels
Pleasure craft
Large and small vessels
Fast or slow vessels
Non-conventional vessels
Dredgers
Non-displacement craft
Seaplanes
Dredgers
Etc.
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Vessel propelled by machinery
Vessel capable of using her machinery
immediately
Vessel using her own machinery (e.g. not that of
a tug)
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
General Cargo Ship
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Oil Tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Oil Tanker
- VLCC
Oil Tanker - VLCC
Oil
Tanker
Tanker
--VLCC
-VLCC
VLCC
OilOil
Tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Bulk carrier
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Gas tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
LNG Tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Chemical Tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Chemical Tanker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Handymax Bulker
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Ore Carrier
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Container Ship
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Fruit Ship
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Car Carrier
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Heavy Lift Carrier
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Large Motor Yacht
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Small Motor Yacht
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Navy Ships
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Hovercraft
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Power-driven vessel
Rule 3 (b)
Jetfoil
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Sailing vessel
Rule 3 (c)
Vessel propelled by sails
If fitted with an engine, engine may not be
running at all (even with propeller not engaged)
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Sailing vessel
Rule 3 (c)
Sailing Vessel
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Sailing vessel
Rule 3 (c)
Small Sailing Yacht
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Sailing vessel
Rule 3 (c)
Large Sailing Yacht
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Rule 3 (d)
Vessel engaged in fishing
When fishing with apparatus restricting her
manoeuvrability
Vessel NOT engaged in fishing
Fishing with trolling lines or other apparatus not
affecting the manoeuvrability
Pole and line fishing vessels
Yachts fishing with short lines
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
At sea, the main fishing vessels encountered
are:
Side trawlers
Beam trawlers
Stern trawlers
Drift net fishers
Seine net fishers
Long line fishers
For details on fishing methods, see Rule 26
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Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Side Trawler
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Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Stern Trawler
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Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Russian Factory Trawler
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Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Beam Trawler
Beam Trawler
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Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Drift Net Fishing
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Longline
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Vessel NOT engaged in fishing
Rule 3 (d)
Trolling
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Seaplane
Rule 3 (e)
Seaplane
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Seaplane
Rule 3 (e)
Seaplane
Seaplane
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Rule 3 (f)
Vessel not under command
Through exceptional circumstance
Unable to manoeuvre
As required by the Rules
Unable to keep out of the way
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel not under command (NUC)
Rule 3 (f)
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Rule 3 (f)
Vessel entirely not under command
Engine breakdown
Rudder breakdown
Sailing vessel that has become becalmed
Etc.
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Vessel not under command (NUC)
Rule 3 (f)
Vessel on Fire
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Vessel not under command (NUC)
Rule 3 (f)
Vessel on Fire
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Rule 3 (f)
Vessel partially not under command
Difficulty in keeping the course due to adverse
weather
Forced to heave to secure cargo which has
begun to move
Etc.
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Vessel not under command (NUC)
Rule 3 (f)
NUC in heavy weather
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Vessel not under command (NUC)
Rule 3 (f)
Yacht NUC in heavy weather
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Rule 3 (g)
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Vessel which from the nature of her work:
Is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
As required by the Rules and
Is unable to keep out of the way
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Rule 3 (g)
Examples
Buoying or beacon ships
Lighthouse tenders
Cable ships
Dredgers
Survey vessels
Salvage vessels
Supply vessels
Aircraft-carriers in operation
Mineclearence ships
Towing vessels unable to deviate from her course
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (i)
Buoying or Beacon Ship
Buoy and Beacon Ship
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (i)
Buoyage or Beacon Vessel
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (i)
Lighthouse Tender
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (i)
Cable Layer
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (i)
Pipe-Laying Vessel
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Research Vessel
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
DREDGING
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly
underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering
up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location
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The main types of dredgers are:
Bucket dredgers
Trailing suction hopper dredgers
Cutter suction hopper dredgers
Split hopper dredgers
Backhoe dredgers
Stone dumping and Fallpipe vessels
Floating cranes
Reclamation dredgers
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Suction Dredger
A stationary dredger used to mine
for sand. The suction pipe is pushed
vertically into a sand deposited. If
necessary water jets help to bring
the sand up. It is loaded into
barges or pumped via pipeline
directly to the reclamation area
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
A self propelled ship which fills its
hold or hopper during dredging,
while following a pre-set track. The
hopper can be emptied by o bottom
doors or valves (dumping) or by
pumping its load ashore. This kind
of dredger is mainly used in open
water: rivers, canals, estuaries and
the open sea.
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Cutter Suction Dredger
A stationary dredger which
makes use of a cutter head to
loosen the material to be
dredged. It pumps the dredged
material via a pipeline ashore or
into barges. While dredging the
cutter head describes arcs and is
swung around the spudpole
powered by winches. The cutter
head can be replaced by several
kinds of suction heads for special
purposes, such as environmental
dredging.
Reclamation Dredger
A stationary dredger used to
empty hopper barges. A suction
pipe is lowered into the barge.
Extra water can be added by
water by water jets to facilitate
the suction process. The dredged
material is pumped by pipeline
ashore, to a reclamation area, or
to a storage depot.
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Bucket Dredger
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Bucket dredgers raise bottom sediments to the surface. The buckets are
attached to a chain and graded according to size (200 to 1,000 litres). Bucket
dredgers are held in place by anchors. These days, this classic vessel is
mainly used on environmental dredging projects. (www.boskalis.com/
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
A hopper dredger is a self propelled ship which fills its hold or hopper during
dredging, while following a pre-set track. The hopper can be emptied by bottom
doors or valves (dumping) or by pumping its load ashore. This kind of dredger is
mainly used in open water: rivers, canals, estuaries and the open sea.
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Trailing Suction Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Cutter Dredger
Cutter Hopper Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Split Hopper Dredgers
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Backhoe Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Cutter Suction Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Split Barge
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Grab Dredger
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
D.P. Side Stone Dumping Vessel
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Water Injection Dredger
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Lifting Vessel
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Fallpipe Vessel
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (ii)
Underwater Operations
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (iii)
Vessels Engaged in Replenishment
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (iii)
Transferring persons
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (iii)
Transferring Provisions or Caqrgo
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (iv)
Launching or Recovery of Aircraft
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (v)
Mine Clearance Operations
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Vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
Rule 3 (g) (vi)
Difficult Towing Operation
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel constrained by her draught
Rule 3 h
Power-driven vessel
Draught in relation to water depth restricts her
manoeuvrability
Not applicable to sailing vessels
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Vessel constrained by her draught
Rule 3 (h)
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel Underway
(Rule 3 (I))
Not at anchor
Not made fast to the shore
Not aground
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Vessel at anchor is NOT Underway
Rule 3 i
Vessel at Anchor
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Vessel made fast to the shore is NOT
Underway Rule 3 i
Vessel Moored
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Vessel aground is NOT Underway
Rule 3 i
Verssel Aground
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Underway and:
Making way though the water
Moving with regard to the water (vessel can be
stopped with regard to the bottom when there is
current)
Not making way through the water
Stopped with regard to the water (vessel can move
with regard to the bottom when there is current)
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Conclusion
A vessel can be:
Not underway
Underway and making way through the water
Underway and not making way through the water
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Underway and not making way through the
water
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Length and breadth of a vessel
(Rule 3 j)
LOA = Length over all
Beam = Breadth
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Vessels in sight of one another
(Rule 3 k)
When one can be observed visually from the other
It doesnt apply to vessels observing one another on the
radar
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (k)
Visibility restricted by:
Fog
Mist
Falling snow
Heavy rainstorm
Sandstorms or
Any other similar cause
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Fog - Mist
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Visibility restricted on Sb-side
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Snowstorm
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Rule 3 - General definitions
Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Rainstorm
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Rainstorm
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Restricted visibility
Rule 3 (l)
Sandstorm
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Wing-in-Ground (WIG) craft
Rule 3 (m)
Multimodal craft
Flying in close proximity to the surface
Utilizing surface-effect action
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WIG-craft
Rule 3 (m)
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