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CONDITIONS FOR PILOT EXEMPTION 6 Vessels of 20,000 GT or more using these two anchorages may be granted pilot exemption. To qualify for pilotage exemption the following conditions shall be complied with: (a) The maximum arrival draft of the vessel should not exceed 11.5m; and (b) The vessel must not be a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vessel or a Chemical tanker. 7 The information to assist shipmaster in planning the passage of vessel to the bunkering anchorages in the western sector of the port is shown in Appendix 2. The tidal predictions for the area are also available under the Singapore Maritime Portal web-site (http://www.singaporemaritimeportal.com) - "Digital Tidal Atlas". Masters of vessels are advised to familiarise themselves with the approach and to take note of the tidal pattern of the area. Masters who are not familiar with the waters in the area are advised to engage the services of a pilot. REPORTING PROCEDURE 8 Owners, agents or masters of arriving vessels proceeding to the "ASUBA" or "ASUBB" under this scheme are required to confirm with the Vessel Traffic Information Service (VTIS) at least three to four hours before the vessel arrives on the availability of anchorage space. The confirmation may be done by any of the following means: VTIS: Ch 10 (If arriving from the East) Ch 73 (If arriving from the West) Tel : 6325-2493 (Duty Officer Port Operations Control Centre ) Fax : 6224-5776. 9 In the event that the anchorages are occupied, VTIS will then inform the vessel to use the appropriate alternative anchorages in the western or eastern sector of the port. NAVIGATION CHARTS 10 Chart corrections depicting the limits of the bunkering anchorages have been promulgated in Singaporean Notices to Mariners Monthly Edition No 3 of 2004. Masters are advised to insert the limits of the anchorages on the affected charts. 11 Please contact Capt Donald D’Cruz Tel: 6325-2460 on pilotage matters or Mr Tan Lay Thok at Tel: 6325-2470 on port dues matters, if you need further clarification. EDMUND WEE for PORTMASTER MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE 2
Appendix 2 INFORMATION TO ASSIST SHIPMASTERS IN PLANNING THE PASSAGE OF VESSELS TO THE BUNKERING ANCHORAGES IN THE WESTERN SECTOR OF THE PORT Pilotage 1 Pilotage exemption may be granted for vessels with arrival drafts not exceeding 11.5 metres. Masters who are not familiar with the waters in the area are advised to engage the services of a pilot. 2 Vessels with drafts of more than 11.5 metres are required to engage the services of authorised pilots to navigate in and out of these anchorages. Vessels with drafts of more than 16.5 metres would be diverted to other suitable anchorages for bunkering activities. Tidal information 3 Current information at half-hour intervals is available at the Singapore Maritime Portal (SMP) website under the title of “Digital Tidal Atlas”. The address for SMP is: http://www.singaporemaritimeportal.com Owners and agents may download the relevant pages and sent them through e-mail or fax, if their shipmasters are unable to access the Internet. 4 As the simulated current predictions may vary from the actual current, a realtime current meter will be installed by 1 Apr 2004 in the vicinity of the anchorages. On arrival, shipmasters may contact “Port Operations West” (on VHF Channel 68) for a real-time reading of the current meter. This would provide an indication of the direction and rate of the current flow that may, at times, exceed 2.5 knots. Approach to the anchorages 5 Whilst arriving and departing from the anchorage, shipmasters are advised to plan their approach in advance taking into consideration, amongst other factors, the flow of the current, the depth of water and their effect on the vessels. Attention is drawn to the presence of two gas pipelines west of the Sudong Bunkering Anchorage ‘A’. Shipmasters are advised to ascertain the vessel’s position prior to letting go the anchor in the anchorage. (a) West-Going Tidal Stream Strong currents may be expected from the Sinki Fairway, Selat Sudong and Selat Pawai during the westgoing tidal stream. These streams may set the vessel towards Raffles Shoal and into the westbound lane of the traffic separation scheme (TSS). Masters of vessels are advised to carefully monitor the vessel’s position when proceeding to the bunkering anchorages. 3
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