Aratu (BRARB)

Berthing facilities at the port consist of four piers belonging to three specialised terminals in moving dry bulk, liquid and gaseous cargoes. There are also private terminals operated by Ford, Grande Moinho Terminals and Dow Quimica SA, used for the loading and unloading of chemical products such as caustic soda and liquid propane oxide, glycols, perchlorethylene and crude TET via flexible hoses.

Tropical.

The port of Aratu is located on the E side of All Saints Bay on the Caboto estuary, approx 40km from Salvador. Dow Quimica Terminal, Ford Terminal and Grande Moinho Terminals are situated in the Cotegipe Channel between Matanga Point and Lage Point.

LOA 229.11m, beam 40m, draught 14.8m, 84,861DWT.

Approximately 7,000,000t of cargo and 660 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage is permitted in the area of Monte Serrat. Prohibited Anchorage: Anchorage is prohibited in the manoeuvring area and in the access channel. Dow Quimica Terminal, Ford Terminal and Grande Moinho Terminals: There are no designated anchorages in the proximity of the terminals. Vessels may anchor in Todos and Santos Bay.

Access channel, min width 180m, length 3.7km, min depth 18m. The channel leading from S to the entrance of Baia do Aratu and to Porto de Aratu and the fairway of Rio Cotegipe, is marked by 8 lightbuoys; 4 to starboard with red lights and 4 to port with white lights. Dow Quimica Terminal, Ford Terminal and Grande Moinho Terminals: Access is gained through the Aratu port channel and Cotegipe Channel. The Cotegipe Channel is marked, with the narrowest part lying between Lage Point and Forte Point. The channel has a min depth of 16.0m.

BA 545, 540, 3975. Brazilian 1101, 1102. Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

1022.

At the Liquid Bulk Terminal vessels over LOA 80m are required to use 3 tugs for berthing. Operations must be performed under favourable sea and weather conditions. Conditions exist for berthing on high tide and at night.

Pilotage is compulsory for all foreign vessels, request for pilot is required by VHF 2 hours prior to arrival. Pilot boards at the pilot boarding station (approx. 12°58.3'S 038°32.2'W) off Porto de Salvador.

Includes the Bay of All Saints, limited to the S by parallel 12°50'S.

Areia Point Lighthouse (white truncated masonry tower) position 12°47'S 038° 30'W.

A dangerous wreck lies close off the Dow Chemical Terminal. Dow Quimica Terminal: Berthing and unberthing during the night: Max LOA 150m, beam 25m, draught 8.5m. Vessels berthed starboard side alongside may be unberthed at night with max LOA 180m, beam 30m, draught 11.0m. During daylight, manoeuvres with vessels up to LOA 185m may be made with the following conditions: Prior authorisation from the port captain; time of entry at pilot's criteria; compliance with special safety measures.

Range 2.8m. Only tides with the characteristic of daily equality. During the springs the ebb flow can reach 2-3kts in a SSW'ly direction. During the ebb the flow of the tide will prejudice berthing port side to. Dow Quimica Terminal: During springs the ebb flow can reach 2-3kts in a SSW direction. Flood is in a NNE'ly direction. During ebb tides vessels are berthed port side alongside.

There is no VTS in operation. However, the pilot usually defines vessel traffic sequence.

During the arrival or departure of any vessel at the terminal, from Point Da Areia Lighthouse up to the terminal, or from the terminal to the lighthouse, a vessel must be accompanied by 2 tugs ready to receive towing ropes. The selection of the tugs should be made in accordance with the criteria established by the port captain. Dow Quimica Terminal: During arrival or departure, of any vessel at the terminal, from the light at Ponta da Areia to the terminal or the terminal to the light, a vessel must be accompanied by 2 tugs ready to receive towing ropes. The selection of the tugs should be made in accordance with criteria established by the port captain. Vessels of over 150m in length should employ at least one "E" class tug for berthing. Vessels over 30,000GT which do not have a bow thruster should employ 2 "E" class tugs.

Prevailing winds: NE. Rainfall: Major in April / May - 284mm Minor in January - 66mm Annual average - 1,900mm

ARATU 12°46.82'S 38°30.04'W UNCTAD LOCODE: BR ARB For details see: SALVADOR PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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Radio: National Coastal Radio Stations Network (RENEC): The National Coastal Stations Network offers free communication facilities for messages concerning the safety of human life at sea such as: Distress calls, urgent medical advice, notices to mariners, meteorological messages, etc. The network comprises of 39 stations along the coast of Brazil and in the Amazon River, distributed as follows: ..... 1. One main station at Rio de Janeiro (PPR), with facilities available for communication via radio telegraphy (WT) and radio telephony (RT), with vessels sailing in almost every sea and ocean. 2. Three regional stations located at Belem (PPL), Olinda (PPO) and Rio Grande (PPJ), able to communicate via WT and RT with vessels up to approx 600nm distant. 3. Three local stations at Manaus (PPM), Santarem (PPT) and Itajai (PPC) responsible for communications via RT with vessels approx 200nm distant. 4. Seven restricted local stations at Santos (PPS), Paranagua (PPG), Porto Alegre (PPP), Vitoria (PPV), Natal (PPN), Fortaleza (PPF) and Salvador (PPA) able to communicate via RT with vessels sailing in the immediate vicinity. 5. The remaining 25 stations handle local RT communications. VHF: Harbour Master: Ch 16, throughout 24 hours. The pilot station in Salvador port and the terminal offices are equipped with VHF radio and monitor Ch 16, throughout 24 hours.

Contraband: Brazilian laws are very strict with respect to smuggling and masters are requested to instruct their crews not to take more than 2 packets of cigarettes and other articles ashore. Cigarettes in cartons, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, narcotics, souvenirs, explosives, firearms, etc should be collected prior to arrival in port and listed with the items in the Crew's Personal Effects List and placed in the custody of the master. Immigration: All a vessel's passengers and/or crew members may only enter the national territory after their documents have been inspected by the federal police department, the revenue authorities and the port health authorities. Vessels owners are responsible for the disembarkation and the embarkation of transit passengers as well as crew members who fail to join a vessel before it sails. Such responsibility includes the maintenance and other expenses until repatriation. In the event of non existence of a compulsory deposit as guarantee to cover such expenses, owners will sign, at the federal police department, a form of responsibility inherent to such obligations as therein expressed.

Port without paper programme: The Brazilian Federal Ports Bureau's Porto Sem Papel - PSP (Port Without Paper) programme was implemented at Santos Port in 2011. Initially, this will work alongside the old paper system. Several ports are now using PSP, including Aratu. It is planned to introduce this system to 34 public ports of Brazil. See Country Section for additional information. ..... Paper Documents: Document Copies 1. Crew List 9 2. Passenger List (disembarking) 9 3. Passenger List (In transit or negative) 9 4 Stowaways List 9 5. Personal Effects List 3 6. Crew List 3 7. Spare Parts List 3 8. Arms and ammunition List 2 9. Provisions List 3 10. Stores List 3 11. Drugs and narcotics List 3 12. Vaccination List 2 13. Ports of call List 6 14. Maritime Declaration of Health 2 15. Ship Sanitation Control Certificate Cargo documentation: ..... 1. Bills of Lading 3 2. Cargo Manifest 3 The Cargo Manifest must state the following: ..... 1. Vessel's name and nationality 2. Detailed description of goods, (including freight in US Dollars) 3. Owners and charterers names 4. Date of entry and sailing entered on first page Note: All documents must be original not copies.

Vessel's ETA should be sent 72, 48 and 24 hours before arrival and confirmed 12 hours prior to arrival at Salvador. All Dow's chartered vessels should send their first ETA message to Dow as well as to the agent 72 hours prior to arrival.

The Brazilian, customs and health flags are required during vessels stay in the port.

Low draught vessels may transit the channel N of the Santo Antonio Bank. Maximum caution must be observed however since there are strong currents, the transit of vessels with low powered engines, is not recommended. Vessels with a deeper draught should pass to the S of the bank. Vessels should not arrive or depart from the terminal trimmed by the head as this makes manoeuvring more difficult in the narrowest part of the channel.

Free pratique: Vessels which are not proceeding from infected ports may be granted free pratique, by radio, which does not exempt the vessel owner or his agent from the delivery, to the port health authority, of the Advice of Arrival. A vessel with free pratique is permitted to proceed directly to berth, otherwise the vessel must anchor at Salvador to be cleared. A vessel coming from an infected port which has obtained free pratique at a Brazilian port, is exempted from further inspection for mosquitoes at other Brazilian ports of call, unless it has called en route to another infected port. The free pratique does not exempt the vessel from being visited by the port health authority when the latter considers this to be necessary, but such visits will always be carried out subsequent to berthing without jeopardising vessel operations. When there is a sick passenger or crew member to be landed, the vessel must fly Interco flag "Q". For granting free pratique the following documentation is required: ..... 1. Last 5 ports of call with sailing dates 2. If any death verified onboard 3. Occurrence of any death of rodents onboard 4. Occurrence of sickness onboard 5. Consumption of medicine during the voyage and quantity of medicine supplied per crew member. 6. Quantity of potable water remaining onboard and last place supplied 7. Quantity of ballast onboard and last place the vessel ballasted 8. If there is any possibility of human excrement without treatment in port waters 9. Description of drainage system and sanitary treatment 10. Capacity of the bilge tank and the number of days you are able to keep the tank full 11. Stock of disinfectant material onboard. A Letter of Guarantee to comply with the following: ..... 1. Confirmation of exact time of arrival of the vessel, one hour ahead of arrival. 2. Definition of vessel berthing position. 3. Deballasting of dejection/used water tank 12nm from the coast and its immediate sealing. 4. Not to jettison waste assembled onboard during the vessel's stay in port. 5. Absence of infestation by vermin (mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats) in vessel compartments. 6. Absence of cargo accidents with risk to public health and the environment. To present, on berthing, the following documents: ..... 1. Maritime Health Declaration 2. Crew List 3. Passenger List 4. List of psychotropics and drugs 5. List of cargo to be discharged and loaded 6. List of yellow fever International Vaccination Certificates of crew members and passengers. 7. Ship Sanitation Control Certificate 8. Free pratique document issued by sanitary authority in another Brazilian port.

The NOR is tendered to the charterer as per Charter Party.