Update · Scenery & Weather
Harbour shipping follows the fairways
Ships now sail one way along the charted fairways, keeping right, and most of the harbour's vessels are moored or at anchor.
Ships in the harbour now go somewhere on purpose. Moving ships follow the real fairways and traffic separation schemes from the Marine Department charts, and most of the rest of the harbour's shipping sits still, moored or at anchor.
One way, keeping right
- Lanes follow the Victoria Harbour and Lei Yue Mun fairway, the Ma Wan and Western Fairway, the Castle Peak Fairway, Rambler Channel and the East Lamma Channel scheme
- Each fairway has a lane each way, and ships keep to their starboard side, so the two streams pass port to port
- Ships never turn round: they sail the length of the chart and re-enter at the far end
- Freighters, container ships, liners, junks and yachts use the lanes; junks and yachts keep to the outer edge
Most ships are going nowhere
- Container ships and freighters lie alongside the Kwai Chung side, with tugs, and others swing at anchor in the western anchorages, all facing the same way
- Junks, yachts and launches are moored along the shore in Kowloon Bay and Causeway Bay
- Moored ships show anchor lights only and leave no wake
- Star Ferries still cross between their piers, and tugs, launches and police boats still roam
港內嘅船而家有明確去向。行緊嘅船跟返海事處海圖上嘅真實航道同分道航行制，港內其餘大部分船就係停泊或者拋錨，唔會郁。
單向行駛，靠右行
- 航道跟維多利亞港同鯉魚門航道、馬灣同西面航道、青山航道、藍巴勒海峽同東博寮海峽分道航行制
- 每條航道雙向各有一條線，船靠右舷行，兩邊船隻左舷對左舷咁交會
- 船唔會調頭：沿住海圖行到盡頭，再由另一端重新入場
- 貨船、貨櫃船、郵輪、帆船同遊艇行航道；帆船同遊艇行喺航道外邊
大部分船都係唔郁嘅
- 貨櫃船同貨船喺葵涌一邊靠岸，仲有拖船；其他喺西面錨地拋錨，船頭全部朝同一方向
- 帆船、遊艇同小艇停泊喺九龍灣同銅鑼灣沿岸
- 停泊嘅船只亮錨燈，冇尾浪
- 天星小輪照舊喺碼頭之間往返，拖船、小艇同水警船照舊四圍行
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