🔍 Key Concepts

• Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) purpose and when it is activated • Difference between peacetime routing/advice and wartime mandatory control • How requirements change for all merchant vessels during declared wartime

💭 Think About

• Think about whether, in a declared wartime situation, Naval Control of Shipping applies only to certain routes or types of trade, or whether it becomes a general requirement. • Ask yourself: would limiting mandatory control only to convoys, hazardous areas, or certain trades effectively protect overall wartime shipping? • Consider how easily naval authorities must be able to track and direct merchant vessels when there is a wartime threat to shipping.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify whether Naval Control of Shipping is tied specifically to convoys, or if it covers independent sailings as well in wartime. • Check if the rule distinguishes between coastwise and foreign-bound voyages for NCS during wartime. • Confirm whether, in a declared wartime, NCS measures are described as mandatory or voluntary in general.