PORT OF CORK

NOTICE TO MARINERS

NO. 1 OF 2010


REPORTING PROCEDURES AND PROCEDURE
FOR OBTAINING A PILOT IN CORK HARBOUR FOR ALL VESSELS
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All vessels, with the exception of exempted vessels listed in the directive, must comply with Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2004 which gives effect to Council Directive No. 2002/59/EC,
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (VESSEL TRAFFIC MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM) REGULATIONS, 2004.

As and from the 1 July 2009 the National Competent Authority (NCA) which in Ireland is the Marine Survey Office (MSO) of the Department of Transport, have implemented notification’s according to Regulation 15.1.a(2) of S.I. No. 81 of 2004

Therefore, vessels failing to supply the required information through the SafeSeasIreland system may be subject to inspections and alerts now made available for the next receiving EU port.

Further information is available in Marine Notice No.21 of 2009 or through the link below

http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp?id=11522&lang=ENG&loc=2344



A person who contravenes these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to fine not exceeding €3,000

Full compliance with the above requirements will obviate the need to submit a separate berth request to the Port Company.

1. Mariners are advised that the Port Operations Service, call sign "Cork Harbour Radio", maintains a twenty-four hour listening watch on VHF Channel 16, 14 &12. VHF Channel 12 is the primary working channel.

It is through this organisation that the requirements of the Harbour Master will be made known. Whilst vessels are navigating in Cork Harbour, a watch must be kept on the Channel 12 at all times.







2. The limits of the Port of Cork Company Pilotage District are as follows:-

(a) the outward limits consisting of the waters within an imaginary arc with radius of 9.65 kilometres drawn seawards from Roches Point;

(b) The inward limits commencing at the Eamonn de Valera Bridge and Michael Collins Bridge in the City of Cork.






VESSELS EXEMPTED FROM COMPULSORY PILOTAGE

(a)
(i) Vessels owned by the state.
(ii) Pleasure craft.
(iii) Fishing vessels less than 50 metres LOA
(iv) Passenger vessels plying as such exclusively within the Pilotage District,
provided that the Company is satisfied that the Master has the necessary local knowledge.
(v) Vessels of less than fifty tons Gross Tonnage (GT).
(vi) Vessels, the property of the Lighthouse Authority responsible for the care and maintenance of lighthouses in the state, so engaged.
(vii) Vessels, the property of or engaged by the Company.
(viii) Sail training vessels less than 50 metres LOA.

(b) Tugs, dredgers, sludge vessels, barges, and other similar craft may be exempt from compulsory pilotage if the Company is satisfied that the Master has the necessary local knowledge.



















4. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE


Pilotage is compulsory within the Pilotage District as follows:

(i) for all vessels within the limits of the “Compulsory Pilotage Area”, defined as follows:-

“that portion of the Pilotage District which lies above an imaginary line drawn from the clock tower Cobh (51050.99N 08017.42W) to Buoy No. 20 thence to the Spit Lighthouse thence to the east extreme point of Fort Mitchell and from the south side of Fort Mitchell to the Martello Tower at Ringaskiddy including the whole of the River Lee”


(ii) for all vessels with an LOA greater than 130 metres within that portion of the Pilotage District which lies within an imaginary arc of radius 2.5 NM drawn seawards from Roches Point.

(iii) Every vessel (other than an exempted vessel) while navigating in the pilotage district in which pilotage is compulsory for the purpose of entering, leaving, or making use of the port, shall be either

(a) under the pilotage of a Licensed Pilot of the Company.

(b) under the pilotage of a master or chief mate possessing a P.E.C. for the district, who is bona fide acting as master or chief mate of the vessel.

(iv) A ship in the compulsory portion of the Pilotage District may be warped for the purpose of changing moorings to another part of the same quay, or from any quay to any other quay without employing a Licensed Pilot, provided that the vessel does not cross from one side of the River Lee to the other and a line is kept ashore at all times.


















5. PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING THE SERVICES OF A LICENSED PILOT:

By day or by night, inward or outward bound:-

(a) by contacting the Port Operations Station by V.H.F. radio-telephone or by link call or by telephone.
Telephone No. 353 - 21 - 4811380.

Orders for the services of a Pilot should be given as much in advance of the required time as possible and due allowance must be made for alerting a Pilot and for this transportation to the required location.


6. In the case of vessels with an overall length less than 130 metres pilots will board outside Roches Point when required, and weather permitting, or at any point between the Harbour Entrance and the compulsory limits (Spit Bank Lighthouse). Masters should indicate their requirements when sending the E.T.A. message.



Pilot boats only cruise when a vessel is expected and good E.T.A.s are essential so that the pilot boat may be on station at the correct time. An E.T.A. should, when possible, be given twenty-four hours before arrival and any amendment made up to two hours before the original or amended E.T.A., whichever is earlier. E.T.A.s should be passed to the ship's local agent or to the Port Operations Station at Cobh (Tel. No. 353 - 21 - 4811380).


When within V.H.F. range (approx. 30 miles), E.T.A.s may be confirmed or amended by contacting Port Operations on Channel 12 or Channel 14 (call sign "Cork Harbour Radio").

Pilot boats, when on station, keep a listening watch on Channel 12.


7. Vessels about to leave a berth within the Port area should contact the Port Operations Station prior to leaving the berth and obtain the latest river and channel information. In co-ordinating the movements of vessels, it may, on occasions be necessary for the Harbour Master to require certain vessels to remain alongside the berth or to regulate the time of their entry into the Port.


8. Messages on Port Operations Channels must be related to the movement and safety of ships within the Port area, and in emergency to the safety of persons. Messages of any other nature, or messages addressed to a third party cannot be handled.






9. The Port Operations Service is offered, and will be rendered only on the conditions that neither the Port of Cork nor any of its servants, agents or pilots shall be liable to any person whatsoever for loss or damage of any kind, howsoever caused or arising, whether as a result of non-availability of the service.



BY ORDER,


Capt. P.J. FARNAN,
HARBOUR MASTER.

PORT OF CORK

NOTICE TO MARINERS

NO. 2 OF 2011


REGULATIONS FOR LPG, CHEMICAL TANKERS AND TANKERS CARRYING PETROLEUM CLASS 1 AND CLASS 2
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Mariners are advised that the following regulations must be observed at all times when applicable. Vessels carrying chemicals in bulk, vessels carrying LPG and Petroleum Class 1 and Class 2 in bulk and vessels having discharged a cargo of LPG or Class 1 or Class 2 Petroleum which have not been gas freed are subject to the following regulations:-

(1) The vessel must have an IMO Certificate of fitness or a certificate issued by a recognised classification society for the carriage of gas cargoes, chemical or petroleum cargoes.

(2) The vessel must be capable of communicating on V.H.F. radio including Channel 12 at all times whilst under way.

(3) The vessel must contact Cork Harbour Radio as follows:-

(a) before entering the Port limits, the vessel must request and obtain permission to enter,

(b) before leaving a berth, the vessel must request and obtain permission to leave,

(c) on clearing Port limits.

(4) During day-time the vessel will only navigate in good visibility and night-time navigation will be subject to good visibility, no opposing traffic movements between Buoy R2 and the Upper Port Limits.

(5) The vessel will display the International Code Flag B by day and an all round red light by night whilst within the Port limits.

(6) The master of the vessel must inform the Harbour Master whenever there is any deterioration in the status of her machinery (main engines, mooring and anchoring equipment, cargo handling equipment, steering gear etc.,) or navigational equipment.


(7) The masters of large crude tankers are advised to approach the Harbour entrance from the Cork light-buoy (51o 42.9’ N 8o 15.6’ W) on the leading lights (354o). Such vessels should embark the pilot at least 2.5 miles south from Roches Point Lighthouse and must not approach closer than this distance unless a pilot is on board.



In connection with Item (4) above, priority of movement will be given to passenger vessels, vessels depending on the state of the tide and vessels using tugs. Normally, the ships carrying hazardous cargoes will be the ones to suffer delays providing these are of reasonable duration.

Normally, vessels carrying hazardous cargoes will be required to remain outside the harbour until such time as they are proceeding to berth. An exception to this requirement will be that smaller vessels (i.e. up to 110 metres in length) may anchor in a specially designated anchorage to the westward of Nos. 12 and 14 buoys with No.14 buoy bearing 074o T. distant 228.6 metres. Any vessel other than one carrying a hazardous cargo is prohibited from anchoring in this designated anchorage.







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P.J. FARNAN,
HARBOUR MASTER.