Call for establishment of a new traffic separation scheme south of Sri Lanka
Submitted by IWC, ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO, CLIA, INTERCARGO, IPTA, IFAW and WSC.
This document outlines the environmental and safety problems surrounding the traffic separation scheme (TSS) south of Dondra Head, Sri Lanka. The document also lays out the history of outreach undertaken actions on this matter. The establishment of a new TSS would lead to significant environmental and safety benefits for the thousands of vessels transiting this major East-West trade lane, smaller fishing vessels, and a major reduction in the risk of ship strikes with endangered blue whales that feed in the waters surrounding the existing TSS.
Recognizing the important safety issues and the specific action requested in paragraph 15, the co-sponsors plan to follow with an appropriate submission on this matter to MSC 108.