Meanings
COLREGS1
alternative COLREG · alternative COLREGs
- international lawInternational Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the rules published by the International Maritime Organization to prevent collisions involving boats.
There are no material differences between the COLREGS and Inland Rule.
2005, Craig H. Allen, Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road, page 142 more examples
The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision RULE at Sea (COLREGS) apply to all vessels, from kayaks to ocean-liners, on all of the oceans and bodies of water outside the magenta (red) Demarcation Line printed on charts.
1998, Charles Wing, Boating Magazine's One Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the RoadThe proposed algorithm is based on modified velocity obstacle which applies encounter situation judgment and decision-making of autonomy hazard avoidance of ship, which also take COLREGS into account.
2014, Jing Leng, Jian Liu, Hongli Xu, “Online Collision Avoidance Based on Modified Velocity Obstacle Approach for Unmanned Surface Vehicles”, in International Conference on Electrical, Control and Automation, page 112
COLREGs2
- alternativeAlternative form of COLREGS.
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