Baku (AZBAK)

The port is situated in a natural harbour and serves primarily as a transhipment point for petroleum products and oil/gas related industries, general cargo and timber to Western Europe and passenger services to the E and W shores of the Caspian Sea. Over a year or so, the number of containers handled at the port has significantly increased following the launch of two container vessels which visit the port and are used on the Trans-Caspian International Route (Middle Corridor) and the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan trade route. As part of Baku port, a new international port is being constructed at Alyat, 65km South of the main port. The new port area is regarded as a vital transportation hub for trade, linking the West (Turkey and the EU), South (Iran and India) and North Russia. Three international rail routes into Azerbaijan converge at Alyat. To the North West, passing through Baku to Russia; to the West, passing through Georgia to the shores of the Black Sea and Turkey and to the South, to the border area with Iran.

Baku is situated on the western side of the Caspian Sea on the Apsheronskiy Peninsula. Baku city is situated 40km from the port.

Azpetrol Oil Terminal: Draught 7.2m, 13,400DWT.

Approx 8,000,000t of cargo, 80,000TEU, 46,200 passengers and 1,250 vessels handled annually.

There are 4 anchorages in the area of the port, numbered 63, 68, 143 and 144. No 63 lies in the E part of the port area and is available for vessels carrying dangerous cargoes. Anchoring of vessels in the roadstead is regulated by the Traffic Control Service.

The main channel is 100m wide, with a depth up to 8m. The maximum draught for dry cargo vessels is 4.5m, for ferries 5.6m and tankers up to 7.2m. New Port (Baku International Sea Port at Alat Village): Located 65km South of Baku, there is a 7.5km long approach channel dredted to 7m in depth.

35067, 38067. Admiralty Pilot NP286(2).

Frontier coastguards patrol the port area.

1010-1011.

Mooring operations must be assisted by port tugs and with S'ly winds of not more than 33kts. Vessels are prohibited from mooring at the Ferry Terminal if S'ly winds exceed 33kts/hr and N'ly winds exceed 38kts. During cargo operations heeling angle shall not exceed 5°.

Pilotage is available throughout 24 hours. Compulsory for foreign vessels. Pilotage is arranged through local agency.

Baku International Seaport water area is limited from the S by the line extending from Shihov Point to the NW extremity of Beyuk Zirva Island and along the N side and NE end of the island to Sultan Point. From the N by the coastline extending from Sultan Point to Shihov Point.

There is a traffic separation system supported by a system of buoys.

For vessels within the Traffic Control Service Zone maximum speed is 6kts and in the area from midchannel Buoy No 1 to Buoy No 6, including Berths No 18-20, the maximum speed is 10kts. Towing operations are permitted only when the windspeed is 27kts or less. Permission must be sought from the port authority or port operator to approach the berth or mooring. This is given by the harbour master's office.

Nil.

The Vessel Traffic Service is compulsory for all vessels. ..... On entering the VTS area the following information must be priovided: 1. Vessel's name 2. Type of vessel 3. Vessel's flag state 4. Callsign 5. IMO number 6. Position 7. Master's name 8. Max draught 9. ETA to port or TSS 10. Vessel's course and speed 11. Destination port 12. Port of departure 13. ETA to port of destination 14. Main dimensions of vessel 15. Number of passengers and crew 16. Type and quantity of cargo 17. Availability of dangerous goods onboard 18. Any equipment defects or deficiencies 19. Sanitary and epidemic condition 20. Any other relevant information On approaching the port the vessel's master or owner must provide the following information: 1. Vessel's name, flag and owner's name 2. Last port of call 3. LOA, width and board height 4. Draught (forward and aft) 5. Number of crew and passengers and their nationality 6. Destination of cargo 7. Name of consignee 8. Bunker and supply requirements 9. Maintenance and repair requirements 10. Ordering of a barge for ballast, bilge water, grey and black waters and garbage container 11. Towing service requirements 12. Pilot ordering 13. Engine or equipment defects 14. Security level 15. Any other servies 16. Sanitary condition information ..... The preliminary information on approaching must be provided 24 hours in advance and clarified 4 hours prior to approaching. If passage time is less than 24 hours, the information must be clarified within 2 hours departure from port. The vessel's captain must provide the following information to the VTSO, harbour master and local coastguard 4 hours prior to arrival/departure: 1. ETA/ETD 2. Number of passengers and crew 3. Route 4. Destination

There are 3 x 441.6hp, bollard pull 77t, 1 x 883hp, bollard pull 43t, 1 x 1,177hp, bollard pull 57t.

Prevailing winds: NW'ly, N'ly and S'ly.

VHF: LRIT - National Centre of Maritime Safety: Ch 67, Tel: +994 12 492 0606, Fax: +994 12 492 0646, Email: security@ardda.gov.az. Tugs: Ch 06.

As per "Regulations of navigation in the territorial waters of the Republic of Azerbaijan:" 1) Master shall provide the following information to harbour master, operator and Coast Guard 4 hours before the vessel begins moving or calling at the port: ..... 1. Date and time of arrival, or date of departure; 2. Number and citizenship of crew and passengers; 3. Brief particulars of voyage; 4. Port of arrival; 5. Name and Flag of vessel and shipowner's name; 6. Last port of call; 7. Vessel's DWT, LOA, beam and height of board; 8. Forward and aft draught of the vessel; 9. Name and characteristics of goods; 10. Name of the consignee; 11. Request for bunker and supply, if any; 12. Request for technical and maintenance work; 13. Ordering a barge for handing over the ballast, sewage waters and garbage container; 14. Request for towing services; 15. Request for a pilot; 16. Deficiencies existing on the vessel's engine and equipment; 17. Information in accordance with ISPS Code; 18. Request for other port services; 19. Information on sanitary-epidemiological situation on board. 2) In order to registry of port call following documents shall be submitted: ..... 1. General Declaration; 2. Crew List; 3. Passenger List (for passenger vessels); 4. Cargo Declaration; 5. Goods manifest; 6. Bills of lading; 7. Maritime Declaration of Health; 8. Ship's Stores Declaration; 9. Crew's Effects Declaration; 10. Reports on ballast waters on the vessel; 11. Declaration of security in accordance with the ISPS Code; 12. Sanitation book; 13. Certificate of entitlement to fly the flag of the State; 14. Certificate of ownership; 15. Certificate on minimum safe manning; 16. Certificate of registry; 17. Certificate of measurement; 18. International certificate on load line; 19. Passenger Ship Safety Certificate; 20. Ship safety construction certificate; 21. Ship Safety Equipment Certificate; 22. special permit on the ship radio-station and radio log (if there is no radio station in the vessel); 23. Certificate on financial security in respect of civil liability for oil pollution damage; 24. Certificates required by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL); 25. Oil Record Book (for Oil Tankers); 26. Certificate of exemptions (if any); 27. Certificates, diplomas and other relevant documents of crew members in accordance with Merchant Shipping Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan; 28. Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate or Ship Sanitation Control Certificate 29. Safety Management Certificate issued pursuant to ISM Code; 30. Certificate on financial security in respect of civil liability for Bunker Oil Pollution; 31. Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR).

Notice should be given 24 hours prior to arrival of vessel, then at 10 hours and 4 hours. ETA for pilotage: Vessel's master must inform the specified time of arrival by indicating vessel's expected draught forward and aft 4 hours before arrival at the pilot boarding position.

Only Caspian Littoral States' ships are allowed to navigate on the Caspian Sea.

Vessels master must present Sanitary Declaration to port authority on arrival.

To be given on arrival.