Cone ship

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Blue cone on a tanker

As cone ship in the are inland navigation vessels referred to legal due provisions, § 3.14 RheinSchPV must do one or more blue cones because of their charge. The cones are to be attached with the point downwards, clearly visible from all sides. At night, the ships must have blue lights corresponding to the number of cones. The cone must have a height of 80 cm and a diameter of 50 cm.

Number of cones

  • Ships with a certain inflammable cargo according to ADN have a blue cone, which must be placed at least three meters above the sink mark on the bow and aft.
  • Ships with harmful substances each have two cones at a distance of one meter on top of each other, with the bottom three meters above the sink mark.
  • Ships carrying explosives must have three cones on top of each other.

Restrictions and special regulations

Cone ships must report to certain river and canal sections on the radio channels specified there. Berths for cone ships are specially marked, other ships are banned there.

Marking of berths for cone ships

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  • E.5.14 Permit.svg
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Lock control

Other ships must keep a distance of at least ten meters in the waiting areas in front of the locks and in the locks. Passenger ships may not be locked together with cone ships .

Ships or combinations of several ships with one or two cones are channeled individually. Container ships with one or two cones can be funneled together with other motorized goods ships if the distance between the ships (bow-stern) is at least ten meters.

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