Navigation & Navigable Waters

Inland Navigational Rules. Information from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University

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Below is an amalgamation of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (72 COLREGS) and the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules, their Annexes, and associated Federal regulations. This amalgamated version of the Rules follows, and, provides a more printer friendly method to access the information found in the U.S. Coast Guard Rules and Regulations Handbook Below is an amalgamation of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (72 COLREGS) and the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules, their Annexes, and associated Federal regulations. This amalgamated version of the Rules follows, and, provides a more printer friendly method to access the information found in the U.S. Coast Guard Rules and Regulations Handbook.

The purpose of a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is to provide active monitoring and navigational advice for vessels in particularly confined and busy waterways.