The North Atlantic Track Agreement was an agreement in November 1898[1] among thirteen passenger steamship companies to use a set series of trans-Atlantic routes that stretched from the northeast of North America to western Europe for the Atlantic crossing. Following the tracks was recommended but not compulsory.
There were seven routes: three to Canada and four to New York and Boston.[2] The two main routes are 60 miles (97 km) apart to prevent collisions.[3]
The agreement was given government recognition in the 1948 Safety-at-Sea-Convention.[4]
Members edit
- 9 British - White Star Line,
- 1 American
- 1 Belgian
- 1 French
- 1 Dutch
References edit
- ^ "Steamer Routes Changed.; Transatlantic Liners to Run a Degree South of Last Year's Course". New York Times. January 9, 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ ""Empress of Australia" (ROUTE)". Hansard. 347. 17 May 1939.
- ^ "The World's Transportation". World Economic Geography. Taylor & Francis. c. 1963. p. 608. ISBN 9780416944006.
- ^ McDowell, Carl E.; Cochrane, E. L.; Gibbs, Helen M. (1999). Ocean Transportation. Beard Books. p. 432. ISBN 1-893122-45-X. Retrieved 2008-06-18.