Picture board of the maritime navigation signs in Germany

This picture table of the maritime navigation signs in Germany contains the currently valid shipping signs , as they are listed in Annex I of the Maritime Road Regulations .

Flag sign

A.16 Request to stop
(flag "L", "Lima")

Blackboard sign

Mandatory and prohibitive signs

A.1a No overtaking for all vehicles
A.1b No overtaking for tow formations
A.2 No meeting at bottlenecks
A.3 Speed limit
A.4 Speed limit due to danger from suction or wave impact
A.5 Speed limit in front of swimming pools
A.6 Maintaining the driving distance
A.7 Stopping in front of movable bridges , barriers and locks
A.8 Anchoring ban
A.9 Ban on mooring
A.10 No lying down
A.11 Keeping one direction of travel
A.12 Emission of sound signals
A.13 stopping in locks ( Drempel marking)
A.14 Driving through bridges
A.15 End of a mandatory or prohibited route in one direction
A.18a Closure of the entire shipping route or part of it - permanent closure

Warning signs and information signs

B.1a Ferry station for free-moving ferries
B.1b Ferry station for ferries that are not moving freely
B.2a driving through fixed bridges; Passable in both directions
B.2b driving through fixed bridges; Passable in one direction
B.3 Telephone station
B.4 Boundaries of a switch area on the Kiel Canal
B.5 water skiing
B.7 cross flow
B. 8 personal watercraft

Body mark

Blocked water areas

A.17a Driving ban for machine vehicles and personal watercraft
A.17b Restricted areas

Waterways (lateral system)

B.10 Marking of access to fairways and the middle of shipping lanes
B.11a starboard side of the fairway
B.11b port side of the fairway

Branching or flowing waters

B.13a starboard side of the continuous fairway / port side of the branching or confluent fairway
B.13b port side of the continuous fairway / starboard side of the branching or confluent fairway

Roads

B.14a General Reeden
B.14b Roads for vehicles carrying certain dangerous goods
B.14c Roads for vehicles under quarantine

Danger spots (cardinal system)

B.15 Hazardous areas

The tips of the top mark of the bin and the body of the bin marked with black and yellow paint indicate where the bin is in relation to the danger point.

B.15a North cardinal sign
B.15b East cardinal sign
B.15c South Cardinal Sign
B.15d West Cardinal Sign

Fire cardinal sign

B.15 Danger zones
North: Q
East: Q (3) 10s
South: Q (6) + LFl.15s
West: Q (9) 15s
B.15a North cardinal sign
Q
= uninterrupted lightning
1 lightning per second
B.15b East cardinal sign
Q (3) 10s
= 3 flashes + pause
in 10 seconds
E.g. 15c south cardinal sign
Q (6) + LFl.15s
= 6 flashes + 1 flash + pause
in 15 seconds
B. 15d West cardinal sign
Q (9) 15s
= 9 flashes + pause
in 15 seconds