I actually thought this was an interesting question. So a cursory search tells me that international waters is normally 12 nautical miles from land. The channel is 130nm at its widest point but 21nm at its thinnest. Does that mean in order to pass through, a ship would need to cross into territorial waters of either France or Britain? Some results state that the channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world, not sure on that.
Thats international waters yiu have international straights like gebralter the English channel the straight of Magellan that while being territoral waters* are unless the vessel is going to attack the host nation not allowed to restrict transit
If your looking the law of the sea treaty calls them “straits used for international navigation” and the passage im talking about it a “transit passage”
Yes you are right. Thanks, this got me looking into it further. Its really interesting how ships of a certain size have to conform to strict shipping lanes just like aircraft control does to prevent accidents. Also, after further reading I think the correct term is “transit passage”, as “international waters” has a separate meaning, but I think most people would just call it the latter as I’ve never heard of the former until now!
I actually thought this was an interesting question. So a cursory search tells me that international waters is normally 12 nautical miles from land. The channel is 130nm at its widest point but 21nm at its thinnest. Does that mean in order to pass through, a ship would need to cross into territorial waters of either France or Britain? Some results state that the channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world, not sure on that.
Thats international waters yiu have international straights like gebralter the English channel the straight of Magellan that while being territoral waters* are unless the vessel is going to attack the host nation not allowed to restrict transit
If your looking the law of the sea treaty calls them “straits used for international navigation” and the passage im talking about it a “transit passage”
Yes you are right. Thanks, this got me looking into it further. Its really interesting how ships of a certain size have to conform to strict shipping lanes just like aircraft control does to prevent accidents. Also, after further reading I think the correct term is “transit passage”, as “international waters” has a separate meaning, but I think most people would just call it the latter as I’ve never heard of the former until now!