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Navigation Buoy

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A Navigation Buoy is a special floating buoy (or maybe fixed in occasional cases) that are set on waters for enhancing safety of sea activities by providing lights and/or marks and other relevant information. For instance, it is of vital importance for marine traffic to obtain correct LOPs. It is also called Aids to Navigation buoy (AtoN buoy). Figure 1 shows a typical navigation buoy.

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Typical navigation buoy with a light and a chart symbol on top. (Adopted from https://www.ybw.com/features/navigation-essential-buoys-marks-8611)

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  1. SW MARE Marine Technology, Cork, Ireland

    Wanan Sheng

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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    Wanan Sheng

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Sheng, W. (2019). Navigation Buoy. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_67-1

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