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PORT OF HAMBURG
8 Portnavigation
8.1 Speed
There are no speed limits within the port area.
Every person in the area this act applies to must behave such that (s)he does not cause a
danger for or damage to or impedes or inconveniences others more than the situation
warrants.
8.2 UKC
A safe under-keel clearance is required. At the berth the vessel should always be afloat
however not less than 0.5 metres above the ground.
8.3 Restrictions
Ships exempted from the obligation to engage the services of a harbour pilot must accept
radar monitoring and advice if visibility is below 2,000 metres and, on the Unterelbe west of
Seemannshöft if visibility is below 3,000 metres. If visibility decreases to below 500 metres,
all masters of seagoing vessels exempted from the obligation to engage the services of a
harbour pilot are obligated to take on a pilot.
Ships approaching and leaving the port may be assigned a “tidal window” depending on
water depths at the berth, of the river or the tide forecast.
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PORT INFORMATION GUIDE Source: Harbour Master Port of Hamburg April 2012