North Atlantic Track Agreement

North Atlantic Track Agreement

The North Atlantic Track Agreement was an agreement in November 1898[1] among 13 passenger steamship companies to use a set series of trans-Atlantic routes that stretched from the northeast of North America to western Europe for the Atlantic crossing. Following the tracks was recommended but not compulsory.

There were 7 routes, three to Canada and four to New York and Boston.[2] The two main routes are 60 miles apart to prevent collisions.[3]

The agreement was given government recognition in the 1948 Safety-at-Sea-Convention.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "STEAMER ROUTES CHANGED.; Transatlantic Liners to Run a Degree South of Last Year's Course.". New York Times. January 9, 1913. p. 4. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E6DB163FE633A2575AC0A9679C946296D6CF. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
  2. ^ ""EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA" (ROUTE).". Hansard 347. 17 May 1939. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1939/may/17/empress-of-australia-route. 
  3. ^ "THE WORLDS TRANSPORTATION". world economic geography. Taylor & Francis. c1963. p. 608. http://books.google.com/?id=kZQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA608&lpg=PA608&dq=%22North+Atlantic+Track+Agreement%22. 
  4. ^ McDowell, Carl E.; E. L. Cochrane, Helen M. Gibbs (1999). Ocean Transportation. Beard Books. p. 432. ISBN 189312245X. http://books.google.com/?id=0ZdsWLJmk10C&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=North+Atlantic+Track+Agreement. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 

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