The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a Marine Circular entitled New Routing Measures other than Traffic Separation
Schemes It reports on new routing measures adopted by IMO that will come into effect on December 1, 2002. The measures affect the Tortugas area of the Florida Keys, the
Florida Keys generally, Malpelo Island, the Washington coast, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Terra Nova FPSO, and the Shetland Islands.