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The Bosporus SP-1 Compliance Primer — 2024 Edition
Turkish Maritime Authority · 8 chapters · Instant PDF
What's inside
- 1 Montreux Convention overview — what it means for transit rights and tonnage restrictions by vessel type
- 2 SP-1 form structure — the 4 required forms and what each section expects
- 3 Filing deadlines — 48hr dangerous cargo, 24hr standard, 6hr emergency
- 4 Top rejection reasons from Turkish Straits VTS — tonnage mismatches, missing DG declarations, pilot gaps
- 5 Pilot mandatory thresholds — LOA >150m and what anchorage costs when you miss the booking
- 6 2024 fees breakdown — lighthouse, health, transit, and pilot charges
- 7 Sample SP-1 filled correctly — annotated example of an accepted submission
- 8 Pre-transit compliance checklist — 20-point checklist before your pilot boards
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Used by operators transiting
Bosporus Strait
Turkish Straits System
Dardanelles
Suez Canal
Panama Canal