Legal instruments on: Sea lane

The archipelagic State shall clearly indicate the axis of the sea lanes and the traffic separation schemes designated or prescribed by it on charts to which due publicity shall be given. 📑Read more

9. In designating or substituting sea lanes or prescribing or substituting traffic separation schemes, an archipelagic State shall refer proposals to the competent international organization with a view to their adoption. The organization may adopt only such sea lanes and traffic separation schemes as may be agreed with the archipelagic State, after which the sea lanes or traffic separation schemes ... 📑Read more

Ships in archipelagic sea lanes passage shall respect applicable sea lanes and traffic separation schemes established in accordance with this article. 📑Read more

If an archipelagic State does not designate sea lanes or air routes, the right of archipelagic sea lanes passage may be exercised through the routes normally used for international navigation. 📑Read more

Duties of ships and aircraft during archipelagic sea lanes passage: Ships and aircraft in archipelagic sea lanes passage shall: (a) proceed without delay through or over the sea lanes; (b) refrain from any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the archipelagic State, or in any other manner in violation of the principles of international l ... 📑Read more

Artificial islands, installations and structures and the safety zones around them may not be established where interference may be caused with the use of recognized sea lanes essential to international navigation. 📑Read more