{"id":439,"date":"2012-11-10T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T14:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2022-06-08T03:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T03:56:51","slug":"pla-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/?page_id=439","title":{"rendered":"Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Last updated: 08-06-2022 @ 03:56<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You must at all times abide by the rules of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collisionregs.com\/MSN1781.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972<\/a> also known as the COLREGS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lock Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-442\" title=\"Phones\" src=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phones1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phones1.jpg 677w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phones1-300x130.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phones1-150x65.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phones1-400x173.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning Light Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-444\" title=\"Bridge signs\" src=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bridge-signs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bridge-signs.jpg 675w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bridge-signs-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bridge-signs-150x130.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bridge-signs-400x347.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-458\" title=\"RHTB\" src=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RHTB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"886\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RHTB.jpg 886w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RHTB-300x80.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RHTB-150x40.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RHTB-400x107.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Richmond Half Tide barrier displaying 3 red discs in an inverted tiangle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the PLA are starting to used remotely operated &#8220;smart signals&#8221; to indicate if a particular arch is in use. Current examples &#8211; near to Thames tideway construction sites, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackfriars No 2 (inbound, NTM <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.co.uk\/assets\/m41of2019-kingsreach-blackfriarsbridges-cofferdamconstructionandarchclosures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>M41 of 2019<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Vauxhall No 4 (outbound, NTM <a href=\"http:\/\/pla.co.uk\/assets\/m25of2019-nineelmsreach-vauxhallbridge-no4archsmartsignallight.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>M25 of 2019<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sound Signals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-448\" title=\"Sounds\" src=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Sounds1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Sounds1.jpg 910w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Sounds1-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Sounds1-150x97.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Sounds1-400x260.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth look at the signalling sounds in the CEVNI rules below (pages 135 to 140) which are seemingly at odds with the PLA requirements. \u00a0The view we take is when in Rome do as the Romans do !<\/p>\n<p>The CEVNI rules and regulations are available <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.unece.org\/display\/TransportSustainableCEVNIv5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. The RYA do an online training course and test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: 08-06-2022 @ 03:56<\/p>\n<p>You must at all times abide by the rules of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 also known as the COLREGS.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Information<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Warning Light Information<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Richmond Half Tide barrier displaying 3 red discs in an inverted tiangle<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the PLA [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thamescruising.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}