List of traffic separation schemes

A traffic separation scheme (or 'TSS') is an area in the sea where navigation of ships is highly regulated.

A TSS is typically created in locations with large numbers of ship movements and vessels travelling in different directions and where there might otherwise be a high risk of collisions.

Details of traffic separation schemes and similar routing-systems can be found on Admiralty charts.

Internationally agreed traffic separation schemes were first adopted by the IMCO (precursor to the IMO) in November 1973.

[citation needed] Most TSSs in the Baltic Sea are governed by the IMO, but some are the responsibility of the local country.

In the North Sea, there are several TSSs to manage the traffic to and from some of the busiest ports in the world, such as Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, and Antwerp.

A complete list can be retrieved from the Notice 17: TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING ROUTEING SYSTEMS SHOWN ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS[1] On the Western shores of the Atlantic Ocean are the eastern coasts of North America with the United States of America and Canada.