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Entrando en un puerto vemos una boya cónica de color verde con una banda roja en el medio, ¿qué indica?Entering port we see a green conical buoy with a red band in the middle. What does it show?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) The main channel is to port.
Why it is correct
Green with a red band is main channel to port. Leave it to starboard like a green.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- b) Would be red.
- c) No such mark.
- d) Not that.
How to work it out in the exam
- Green, red band: main channel to port.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.