Sea Waterways Order

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Basic data
Title: Shipping route order
Abbreviation: SeeSchStrO
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany        
Legal matter: Maritime law
References : 9511-1
Original version from: May 6, 1952
( Federal Law Gazette II p. 553 )
Entry into force on: October 1, 1952
New announcement from: October 22, 1998
( BGBl. I p. 3209, 3210 ,
ber. 1999 I p. 193 )
Last revision from: May 3, 1971
( BGBl. I p. 641 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		1st November 1971
Last change by: Art. 2 VO of September 21, 2018
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1398, 1564 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		October 7, 2018
(Art. 3 of September 21, 2018)
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Maritime Traffic Regulations (SeeSchStrO) are part of German maritime traffic and shipping law . It supplements and specifies the international collision prevention rules on German maritime waterways .

In the Ems estuary, the Ems estuary shipping regulations apply , which implement a bilateral agreement with the Netherlands , in which the shipping route regulations are adopted almost unchanged. For more information, see under "Local area of ​​application".

The basis of the SeeSchStrO as a statutory ordinance can be found in the Sea Tasks Act .

Essential components are the driving rules on these waters and the regulations on the visual and sound signals to be used and observed .

The SeeSchStrO applies equally to all road users, ie also to pleasure craft . The SeeSchStrO is supplemented by a large number of other laws and ordinances. The Inland Waterways Regulations (BinSchStrO) apply on the waterways that are further inland .

Overview of the order of the maritime waterways

(SeeSchStrO of October 22, 1998; key words in brackets only in excerpts)

  1. General provisions ( scope, definitions, basic rules )
  2. Visual signals and sound signals from vehicles ( position lights, sound signals, regulations for small vehicles )
  3. Sound signals from vehicles ( canceled )
  4. Driving rules ( right-hand drive, overtaking, meeting, driving speed, driving restrictions and driving bans )
  5. Stationary traffic ( anchoring, mooring and mooring, driving past, dangerous goods )
  6. Other regulations ( what to do in the event of ship accidents, fishing, passenger ships and ferries )
  7. Supplementary regulations for the Kiel Canal
  8. Responsibilities of the federal waterways and shipping administration
  9. Fine and final regulations

Investments

Geographic scope

(see § 1 SeeSchStrO)

  • For the so-called “rest of the German territorial sea ”, i.e. the area between the above-mentioned 3 nautical mile line (or the beginning of the lateral buoying) and the seaward border of the territorial sea, only selected paragraphs of the SeeSchStrO apply, namely exactly those in Section 1, Paragraph 2.
  • The SeeSchStrO applies in the above. Areas also on the federally owned shipping facilities (e.g. locks) and in the public federally owned ports.

For better illustration, a map of the area of ​​application is attached to the text of the SeeSchStrO.

Classification of the SeeSchStrO

The SeeSchStrO does not replace the international collision prevention rules (KVR), but supplements or specifies them in the sense of a lex specialis . Generally speaking: Where the SeeSchStrO makes a special regulation, this applies (also different from the KVR); otherwise the collision prevention rules apply . In the text of the SeeSchStrO, reference is often made to the KVR, e.g. B. with the definitions ( § 2 ) or individual driving rules.

The main additions to the SeeSchStrO are the notices of the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping to the SeeSchStrO . In these notices, the SeeSchStrO is further specified and, in particular, adapted to the particular local conditions of the respective waterway and published in the Federal Gazette . The notices are published by the Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping for each area of ​​responsibility and are regularly updated. Further additions can be found u. a. in special traffic regulations (e.g. for national parks).

Special regulations of the SeeSchStrO (selection)

(in particular regulations that deviate from or go beyond the KVR)

  • § 2 definitions define u. a. "Special" vehicleclassessuch as the extraordinarily large vehicles andships with right of way , for which special driving rules and restrictions apply.
  • § 23 overtaking and § 24 meeting form the basis for the overtaking and meeting bans regulated in the "Announcements" for certain vehicles in precisely defined sections of the fairway.
  • § 25 Right of way of navigation in the fairway is the most profound deviation from the KVR with regard to the navigation rules. Unlike the non-exclusionary order of the KVR the SeeSchStrO sets binding that in the wake traveling and following the fairway course ships have right of way.
  • Section 30 driving restrictions and driving bans contains the so-called "tank stop". According to this, ships that carry certain dangerous substances in bulk are only allowed to use the seaway under certain conditions (i.e. only when visibility is good). Furthermore, Section 30 forms the basis for the tide-dependent driving restrictions, which are regulated in the “Notices” in the form of the so-called “tide timetables”.
  • Section 32 Anchoring forms the basis for the definition of anchorages with special purposes madein the “Announcements”. There is z. B. stipulated in detail which roads may be used by which vehicles - also depending on the load - for waiting, handling goods and bunkering .
  • Sections 55–60 regulate special tasks and responsibilities of the authorities of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration; especially in connection with the activity of the traffic control centers (Vessel Traffic Service). There are also reporting obligations for shipping and regulations for the shipping police (including permits, exemptions, orders)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The official title is Seeschiffahrtsstraßen-Ordnance and will also be referenced in this spelling (with two fs) when it was changed in 2016 ( BGBl. 2016 I pp. 1257, 1272 ). In some cases, however, the law has already been cited with three fs (e.g. BGBl. 2012 I p. 2802, 2960 ).
  2. ↑ For north z. B. the announcement on the shipping route regulations of January 28, 2014 BAnz AT January 31 , 2014 B7 .
  3. ↑ For example for North on July 1, 2014 BAnz AT July 15 , 2014 B4