避碰规则适用的时机

国际海上避碰规则何时开始适用于会遇的两船，不讼对于海上避碰还是对于海上避碰中碰撞责任的划分都是非常重要的。该文对一个多世纪以来英美两国相关的海事判例和学术观点进行了回顾，在此基础上结合典型案例对经进行了分析，并论述了与规则适用问题相关的几种特殊情况。

The Time When the Collision Regulations Begin to Apply

When the Collision Regulations begin to apply to the encountered vessels is of very importance either for collision avoidance at sea of for collision liability division. Reviewing most relevant English and American cases in the last half a century,this paper analyses this topic with some special circumstances.