The following Guidelines have been established and agreed between the Harbour Master Southampton, CHA Pilots and members of Southampton Port Users Navigation Group. These Guidelines supersede the Guidelines dated 1 January 1993.
The information contained in this booklet is intended to bring to your attention the requirements necessary for the Harbour Master to safely regulate traffic movements in the Solent, Southampton Water and Rivers Itchen and Test, by commercial vessels, and to comply with local rules and national legislation.
Section 52 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 is incorporated within the British Transport Docks Act 1969 which sets out the powers of a Harbour Master who may give direction for the following purposes.
a) For regulating the time at which and the manner in which any vessel shall enter into, go out of, or lie in or at the Harbour Dock or Pier, and within the prescribed limits, if any, and its position, mooring or unmooring, placing and removing whilst therein.
b) For removing unserviceable vessels or other obstructions from the Harbour, Dock, Pier and keeping the same clear.
The 2003 Port of Southampton Harbour Byelaws are published separately and should be used in conjunction with these guidelines.
The Southampton Port Users Information and Guidelines can be downloaded in three sections: (approx 500kb each)
UPDATED - October 2007
Section One - incudes 1 - 6
Amendments
1. Introduction
2. Communications VTS Centre
3. Actions Required by Shipowners, Shipping Agents and Berth Operators
4. Liaison Between Owner / Agent and Master of Vessels
5. Shipping Movements in The Port of Southampton
6. Navigation Guidelines In The Port of Southampton
6.1 Guideline No 1- 'Clear channel' Vessels
6.2 Guideline No 2 - The Movement of Inward Bound Large Vessels
6.3 Guideline No 3 - Vessel Movement Coordination
6.4 Guideline No 4 - Vessel Passing Points
6.5 Guideline No 5 - Berthing/Manoeuvring Limitations in Adverse Weather
6.6 Guideline No 6 - Fog Guidelines
Section Two - includes 7 - 8
7. Towage / Berth Guidelines
7.1 Applicable to Berths 20 to 207
7.2 Fawley Berth Manoeuvring Criteria
7.3 Towage Guidelines for BP Hamble (BPJ)
8. Guidelines for Towage and Limitations of Nominated Berths and Mooring on the Rivers Test, Itchen and Southampton Water
8.1 River Test
8.2 River Itchen
8.3 No 7 George V Dry Dock Dimensions
8.4 Overhead Bridge Clearances
8.5 ABP Principle Berths: Suggested UKC
8.6 Controlled Anchorages Southampton Water
8.7 After Barn Mooring
8.8 Netley Moorings
Section Three - includes 9 - 14
9. Emergency Plans / Procedures
9.1 SOLFIRE
9.2 Port of Southampton Oil Spill Contingency Plan
9.3 Port of Southampton Emergency Plan
10. Pilotage Arrangements
10.1 Pilotage Directions for the ABP Port of Southampton
10.2 Port of Southampton (CHA) Compulsory Pilotage Area
10.3 Pilotage Charges
10.4 Ships Requiring Pilots
10.5 Boarding Points
11. Southampton Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)
12. Vessel Movement Reporting Procedure
13. Advanced Notice of Entry of Dangerous Substances Into The Port of Southampton
13.1 Notice of Entry of Dangerous Substances arriving by sea
13.2 Notice of Entry of Dangerous Substances from an Inland source
14. International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPS)
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