Admiralty Sailing Directions. NP30. China Sea Pilot. Volume 1

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The book is a navigational guide to the sea routes of the South China Sea, describing navigation conditions, dangers, currents, weather factors and shipping regulations, and also covering in detail the coastal areas, straits and ports from Singapore to China and Hong Kong.

Content
Record of updates
Preface
Reporting new dangers to navigation
Feedback
Contents
Abbreviations
Glossary
Chapter Index Diagrams
Chapter 1. Countries, Navigation and Regulations
Limits of the book (1.1)
Country information (1.2)
Navigational dangers and hazards (1.18)
Traffic and operations (1.27)
Charts (1.41)
Aids to navigation (1.53)
Pilotage (1.55)
Radio facilities (1.56)
Regulations (1.62)
Signals (1.69)
Distress and rescue (1.78)
Natural conditions
Maritime topography (1.83)
Magnetic variation and local anomalies (1.88)
Currents, tidal streams and flow (1.89)
Sea level and tides (1.96)
Sea and swell (1.97)
Sea water characteristics (1.101)
Climate and weather (1.105)
Climate information (1.139)
Chapter 2. Through routes - Singapore Strait to Hong Kong and Taiwan Strait
Chapter 3. Peninsular Malaysia - East coast - Tanjung Lompat to Tumpat
Chapter 4. Gulf of Thailand
Chapter 5. Vietnam - South and east coasts - Mui Bai Bung to Vinh Da Nang
Chapter 6. Gulf of Tonkin - Coast of Vietnam and China - Vinh Da Nang to Fangcheng Gang
Chapter 7. China - South coast - Fangcheng Gang to Zhujiang Kou, including Hainan Dao
Chapter 8. China - South coast - Zhujiang, Hong Kong and approaches
Chapter 9. China - South coast - Hong Kong to Zhelang Yan
Appendices
Appendix I - Former Mined Areas
Appendix II - Regulations governing supervison and control of foreign vessels by The People's Republic of China
Appendix III - Hong Kong - Boundary of administration
Distances table
Table of distances - South China Sea
Index
Index