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¿Qué color y forma tendrá una señal lateral de la región A de babor?What colour and shape is a Region A port lateral mark?
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Correct answer: a) Red, and can, pillar or spar shaped.
Why it is correct
Port is red, can, pillar or spar. Starboard is green and conical.
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) Green is starboard.
- c) Cone is starboard.
- d) Starboard.
How to work it out in the exam
- Port: red and can.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 3 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.