Commercial shipping channels in Penobscot Bay.
Click each link for an image of a portion of the route. The purple bar is the official 1/2 mile wide tanker route. Tankers, including LNG vvessels, can be anywhere within that bar. Note that a 1 mile security zone around the shipping lane would impact numerous important lobstering areas.
Matinicus to south of Vinalhaven
Northport to Penobscot River mouth
Scale from chart (black bar in center= 1 mile)
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