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Last updated: 31.03.2021
Waypoint is defined by a virtual line perpendicular on the fairway axis running from side to side of the fairway. When a vessel crosses that line in any position of the vessel in the navigable part of the fairway it is said that the vessel has passed a waypoint.
(Source: draft revision of Commission Regulation (EU) No 164/2010 (Electronic Reporting))