442 BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are crossing a narrow channel in an 18-meter tug when you sight a loaded tankship off your port bow coming up the channel. Which statement is correct?

A. Neither vessel is the stand-on vessel because the tankship is crossing.
B. You cannot impede the safe passage of the tankship.
C. The tankship is the stand-on vessel because it is in the channel.
D. The tankship is the stand-on vessel because it is the larger of the two vessels.