>Press Releases Home > Publications and press releases > Press Releases Height restrictions on Kap Shui Mun Bridge waterways The Marine Department today (Wednesday) reminds owners and operators of vessels using the Kap Shui Mun Bridge waterways to observe the boom length restrictions which will become effective next month. Starting from June 1, vessels with crane/derrick boom length of 35 metres or more are prohibited from entering, navigating or remaining in the height restricted area of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge as specified in the Shipping and Port Control Regulations, a Marine Department spokesman said. To give effect to the above boom length restriction, a licensing condition to prohibit vessels with boom length of 35 metres or more from using the restricted area will be entered into the license books of these vessels. Owners, masters, coxswains and persons-in-charge of these vessels are requested to immediately present their vessels' license books for such endorsement at any Marine District Offices or Public Cargo Working Areas Administration Offices which are convenient for them. Furthermore, a marking system to indicate the derrick boom of a vessel which is 35 metres or more will be implemented. "The derrick boom head of such a vessel is required to be painted with a six metres size of alternate red and white strips during the next renewal of its license," the spokesman said. Marine Department Notice No. 68 of 1998 and its annex have been issued on May 5 to announce details of the above arrangements and outline requirements of the marking system. Wednesday, 20 May 1998
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