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Some or all of the information contained in this Notice to Mariners may have been included on the ENCs affected.													
													
1785(P)/26 ITALY  West Coast Anchorage areas.Traffic separation scheme.Fairways.Pilot boarding places.													
Source: Italian Notices 5.3/26 and 5.18(P)/26													
													
	1.	Changes are being made in the approaches to Civitavecchia harbour. These amendments come into effect on 29 April 2026.											
													
	2.	The details of the new Traffic Separation Scheme, along with pilot boarding places and amendments to the positions of the existing anchorage areas are shown in the accompanying diagram. The numbered positions on the 		diagram relate to the positions below.											
													
	3.	Traffic separation lanes will be amended. The new shipping fairways will be bounded by the following positions and separated by Separation Zones:											
													
		Fairway Direction				Position	
				
		(1) Inbound north lane				42 06' .65N.,11 40' .53E.	
				
								42 05' .90N.,11 40' .82E.
					
								42 06' .68N.,11 43' .30E.
					
								42 06' .96N.,11 43' .20E.

					
		(2) Outbound lane				42 06' .63N.,11 43' .33E.
					
								42 05' .85N.,11 40' .85E.
					
								42 05' .20N.,11 41' .37E.	
				
								42 06' .399N.,11 43' .511E.

					
		(3) Inbound south lane				42 05' .16N.,11 41' .41E.
					
								42 04' .78N.,11 41' .88E.	
				
								42 06' .217N.,11 43' .726E.	
				
								42 06' .356N.,11 43' .554E.					
													
	4.	Pilot boarding places will be established in the following positions:											
													
		42 06' .79N.,11 43' .20E.	
										
		42 06' .291N.,11 43' .627E.											
													
	5.	The limits of the anchorage areas south of Civitavecchia harbour will be bounded by the following positions:											
													
		Designation					Position	
				
		A						42 05' .375N.,11 44' .015E.	
				
								42 04' .42N.,11 45' .00E.
					
								42 04' .91N.,11 45' .86E.	
				
								42 05' .526N.,11 45' .186E.	
				

		B						42 03' .57N.,11 45' .87E.	
				
								42 04' .42N.,11 46' .39E.	
				
								42 04' .91N.,11 45' .86E.
					
								42 04' .42N.,11 45' .00E.					
													
	6.	Mariners should follow the appropriate traffic lane and navigate in the general direction of traffic flow for that lane. They should, as far as reasonably practicable, keep clear of the separation zones.			
		(WGS84 DATUM)