international voyage "international voyage" means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, either of those countries being a country to which the Safety Convention applies, and "short international voyage" means an international voyage - (a) in the course of which a ship is not more than two hundred nautical miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety; and (b) which does not exceed six hundred nautical miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port destination; so however that for the purpose of the definitions contained in this paragraph (i) no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from her intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled; and (ii) every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or other territory for whose international relations a government that has accepted the Safety Convention is responsible, or for which the United Nations are the administering authority, shall be deemed to be a separate country; ORD 70/1952 - THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE 1952 2. Interpretation.