New Regulations on the safety of navigation and new chart of the VTS area

3/28/2025 12:56:00 PM

New Regulations on the safety of navigation in the internal waters and the territorial sea of the Republic of Croatia, and on the manner and conditions for monitoring and management of maritime traffic (NN 52/2025) shall enter into force on 29 March 2025 (available in Croatian only). https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2025_03_52_685.html

The March issue of Notice to Mariners (OZP 03/2025) is released also on 29 March 2025, to ensure that users have up-to-date information on amendments to nautical charts and publications.

New chart of the VTS area was produced to comply with new Regulations: 101 VTS HRVATSKA (Hrvatska služba nadzora i upravljanja pomorskim prometom), which shall replace as of 29 March 2025 the chart 950 VTS HRVATSKA (Hrvatska služba nadzora i upravljanja pomorskim prometom).

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