M3000-1.2.3

Conduct in and near Traffic Separation Schemes and VTS areas

M3000-1 · Navigation · M3000-1.2 Safe Navigational Watchkeeping Arrangements

This lesson covers a Master's command-level obligations when navigating in and near Traffic Separation Schemes and VTS areas, encompassing COLREGS Rule 10, passage planning responsibilities under SOLAS V/34, and the legal framework for VTS participation and compliance.

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Practise what this lesson covers

RulesCOLREGs — the Rules, verbatimRules 1–41 and the Annexes, complete and word-for-word.

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA Master (Yachts less than 3000 GT) examination syllabus (updated June 2026). Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.