Division 4.1.2 Fairway and traffic related message

The fairway and traffic related message contains information for fairway section(s) or object(s), and it is used to indicate limitation(s) for the following purposes:

1. (a)

   ‘Warning’: relevant for safety. The warning must contain at least one limitation that results in direct and concrete endangerment of persons, crafts or facilities, such as welding works on a bridge producing sparks, inspection cage/workers hanging from a bridge, obstacle in the fairway,

2. (b)

   ‘Announcement’: relevant for voyage planning or safety. The announcement may contain limitations, such as blockage of a lock chamber due to maintenance works, dredging on the fairway,

3. (c)

   ‘Info service’: general information that is not directly linked to voyage planning or safety. The info service must not contain specific limitations, therefore it is not directly relevant to voyage planning or safety. Such information might include general information such as local rules of traffic, Inland ECDIS Update.