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La marca de tope en las marcas de aguas navegables:The topmark on safe water marks:
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Correct answer: a) If fitted, is a single red sphere.
Why it is correct
Safe water marks may carry a single red sphere as topmark.
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) Just one.
- c) One, red.
- d) Red.
How to work it out in the exam
- Safe water: one red ball.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
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