Fairways

For waterway managers

The party responsible for maintaining the appropriate condition of waterways and aids to navigation is the waterway manager. Traficom is responsible for taking care of transport regulation, permit, approval, register and supervision tasks.

Water construction

Notices of construction and completion must be submitted to Traficom so that they can be published in Notices to Mariners and on nautical charts. Traficom must also be notified of the installation or removal of waterway signs and light signals.

Prohibitions and restrictions in accordance with the Water Traffic Act

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has the authority to issue prohibitions and restrictions concerning public channels and other water areas. Also, the use of a certain type of motor-powered watercraft may be prohibited or restricted.

The use of fairways in merchant shipping

As part of the N2000 fairway and nautical chart reform, the use of merchant shipping fairways has also been reformed and the planned fairway design draught is emphasised.

Report a non-functioning aid to navigation or defect waterway sign

Section 52 of the Water Traffic Act (782/2019) obligates anyone who notices a non-functioning aid to navigation to report the situation to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom).

Permanent prohibitions and restrictions concerning waterborne traffic

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has the authority to issue prohibitions and restrictions concerning public channels and other water areas.

Buoyage, waterways, and maritime safety devices

Traficom issues regulations on the marking and lighting of navigation channels, as well as the buoyage system to be used, and the names, structure, significance, and color and light characteristics of maritime safety devices