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Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 78, D-20359 Hamburg
P.O. Box 30 12 20,
D-20305
Hamburg
Tel. +49 40 3190-0
Fax: +49 40 3190-5000
posteingang@bsh.de
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Tel. +49 381 4563-5
Fax: +49 381 4563-948
posteingang@bsh.de
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to contact the publisher. No images or graphs from the BSH's website may
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governed by public law (öffentlich-rechtliches Sondervermögen).
Links from the website www.bsh.de to third-party Internet sites are provided
as an information service only. The BSH expressly disclaims any responsibility
or liability for the contents of such third-party sites, particularly with respect
to possible infringements of copyright, trademark right or personal rights,
violations of competition law, or to possible criminal offences.
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check the font size in your browser settings. The font sizes on www.bsh.de are
scalable, in line with web content accessibility requirements, and allow you
to choose your individual settings.
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Jörg Gerdes. Any questions and comments relating to the contents of the web
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