Earth:North Atlantic Track Agreement
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The North Atlantic Track Agreement was an agreement in November 1898[1] among thirteen passenger steamship companies to use a set series of trans-Atlantic routes that stretched from the northeast of North America to western Europe for the Atlantic crossing. Following the tracks was recommended but not compulsory.
There were seven routes: three to Canada and four to New York and Boston.[2] The two main routes are 60 miles (97 km) apart to prevent collisions.[3]
The agreement was given government recognition in the 1948 Safety-at-Sea-Convention.[4]
Members
- 9 British - White Star Line,
- 1 American
- 1 Belgian
- 1 French
- 1 Dutch
References
- ↑ "Steamer Routes Changed.; Transatlantic Liners to Run a Degree South of Last Year's Course.". New York Times: p. 4. January 9, 1913. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E6DB163FE633A2575AC0A9679C946296D6CF. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ ""Empress of Australia" (ROUTE).". Hansard 347. 17 May 1939. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1939/may/17/empress-of-australia-route.
- ↑ "The World's Transportation". World Economic Geography. Taylor & Francis. c. 1963. p. 608. ISBN 9780416944006. https://books.google.com/books?id=kZQOAAAAQAAJ&q=%22North+Atlantic+Track+Agreement%22&pg=PA608.
- ↑ McDowell, Carl E.; Cochrane, E. L.; Gibbs, Helen M. (1999). Ocean Transportation. Beard Books. p. 432. ISBN 1-893122-45-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZdsWLJmk10C&q=North+Atlantic+Track+Agreement&pg=PA432. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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