Cape Town & Senegal

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****CAPE TOWN, including Table Bay:

APPROACHES: Depth in the entrance channel is 15.9 m. at Chart Datum.

PILOTAGE: Compulsory except for vessels exempted by law, and is

available throughout 24 hours except for oil tankers and other vessels

carrying dangerous cargoes. Vessels should send their request for a Pilot72 hours prior to arrival and then give one hours notice to the Port Captain,

call sign Port Operations, on VHF Channel 16, working Channel 12.

Vessels should update their ETA when 10 nautical miles seaward of the

breakwater head light.

Pilot boat fitted with multi-channel VHF. Two pilot boats, one with black

hull and white upperworks and one with an orange hull and white upperworks.

Pilot boards at position main breakwater bearing 155_(T)_2.5 nautical miles.

ANCHORAGES: Area to the NE and east of pilot boarding station

(Fairway Buoy) in depth 20.0 25.0 m.

PRATIQUE: Pratique granted at first port of entry in South Africa. Pratique

message 24 hours prior to arrival to Port Health at port of entry. If radio

pratique not granted International Code of Signal flag Q to be flown until

ship has been cleared. Valid certificates must be held for yellow fever. Ships

from eastern ports must also have valid certificates for cholera and typhoid.

VHF: Cape Town Port Control listens on Channel 16 and works on

Channels 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 29 throughout 24 hours.

TUGS: Join vessel approximately 0.25 nautical miles from harbourentrance.

Four diesel Voith Schneider tugs with a bollard pull of 43 tons. All tugs are

fitted for firefighting and salvage. Tugs wires used at no extra charge.

Stand-by tugs compulsory for tankers discharging crude.

BERTHS: Chart datum is that referred to in the South African Tide Tables

published by The Hydrographer of South African Navy.

*****SENEGAL

APPROACHES: Passage between Goree Island and east coast of

Cap-Vert Peninsula is forbidden.

The instructions are marked by a line of port hand buoys numbered 2, 4,

6, 8 and 10, equidistant one from the other, between Cap Manuel and the

islands southern tip.


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By night, the line is marked by the (087_(T)) south limit of the red sector

of Goree Islands light.

Ships must by-pass South and East Goree and go to the north of Buoy

No. 12 (light buoy).

On leaving the port they must sail between Buoy No. 12 andTacoma Buoy.

Channel depth: The channel is swept to 11.0 m.

Harbour Entrance: The entrance width is 250 m. facing north south.

PILOTAGE: Available throughout 24 hours. Pilots meet vessels 1.4 n.m.

off the north point of Goree Island in a naturally sheltered area. Pilots listen

on VHF Channel 16 and work on Channel 14.

VHF: The Port Captains office, pilot station and tugs are equipped with

VHF, with the following Channels:

Channel 16 used by vessels approaching to contact Pilot Station or Port

Captains Office.

Channel 12 used during manoeuvres for communications between Pilots

and tugs.

Channel 6 for general use.

Tug requirements should be notified to Agent by fax, telephone or email,

or to Port Control by VHF upon arrival.

VTS/RADAR: Port radar service is operated by Port Control. Passive

Radar Surveillance (PRS) can be reached through VHF Channels 16 and 14.Two PRS units of which one has a 5 mile range and another 43 mile range.

TUGS: Not compulsory. Operated by a private company, five tugs available

up to 2,000 h.p. (bollard pull 24 tons). All tugs are equipped with anti-pollution

and firefighting equipment.

BERTHS: More than half of quay length has depths of 8.0 11.0 m.

alongside. Eight mooring berths.

The southern area is mostly allocated to general cargoes, containers,

goods in transit to Mali and passenger traffic. Three berths are assigned to

Ro-Ro vessels, 12 to multi-purpose vessels and two for tugs and launches.

The northern area is dotted with specific facilities for bulk liquids (refined

hydrocarbons, oil, wine, etc.) and bulk solids (minerals, wheat, rice, sulphur,

etc.), general cargoes and equipped with a petroleum wharf dredged to

12.0 m. Its container terminal handles more than 70% of the container traffic


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VNG TUVUNG TAU, including Cat Lo, Petrolimex K2 Port andTruong Sa Sea Product Port: 10_ 21' N 107_ 04' EPILOTAGE: Compulsory for all foreign vessels arriving or leaving the portsof Vung Tau. Available throughout 24 hours.

Vessels to request the Pilot 24 hours prior to arrival.General Pilot Station in position Lat. 10_ 20' 40" N, Long. 107_ 03' 00" E,limited by a half circle westward with radius of 1 n.m. for vessels which arepassing Vung Tau Anchorage Area.Pilot station Tel: +84 (8) 856106.ANCHORAGES: On the left side of the channel from Buoy No. 1 to BuoyNo. 5 for all vessels over 2,000 d.w.t.On the right side of the channel from Buoy No. 1 to No. 5 for all vesselsless than 2,000 d.w.t. only.All tankers, gas and dangerous cargo vessels or vessels with transit cargoanchor in Ganh Rai Gulf if proceeding to Vung Tau port, and Thieng Lieng

Gulf if proceeding to Sai Gon.All anchorage positions are marked on the Chart No. 1016 (Vietnam-SongSai Gon) edition 1993.All vessels arriving at the pilot station must communicate with the VungTau Port Control, four hours in advance of arrival on VHF Channel 16, workingChannel 69, so that anchor position can be allocated by the Vung Tau PortControl.When vessel leaves Vung Tau waters, Master must inform Vung Tau PortControl by VHF.PRATIQUE: See General before first port.VHF: Vung Tau Port Control and Pilot Station listen on Channel 16 andwork on Channels 6 and 14. Contact local agency, shipowners, etc., throughVung Tau Radio that listens on Channel 16 and works on Channel 25.Ships Agents listen on Channel 16 and work on Channel 9.TUGS: Available from 500 8,000 h.p.BERTHS: Vung Tau has 10 ports as follows:


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