Portocel (BRPCL)

Aracruz is an alternative name for Portocel.

Tropical.

Portocel, also known as Barra do Riacho or Aracruz, is situated in Praia das Conchas, 30nm from the port of Vitoria.

LOA 235m, beam 36m, draught 11.6m, 60,000DWT.

Approx 6,000,000t of cargo and 400 vessels handled annually.

Vessels are required to anchor in a circular area of 0.5nm diameter, situated approx 2nm E of the port entrance. Its centre point is located at 19°50.3'S 040°03'W, with a basically sandy bottom and a depth of 20m. Anchorage is prohibited in an area near the S side breakwater and near Aracruz's submarine pipeline.

The harbour protection is provided by 2 breakwaters, one on the N side and the other on the S. The Northern breakwater was constructed along 3 stretches, with a total length of 850m. The Southern breakwater is also composed of 3 stretches 1,420m in length. The breakwaters layout does not cause additional difficulties to the entrance to, or departure from the terminal. The approach channel to the terminal has a course of 065° and is approx 159m in width and 650m in length. The distance is measured from the buoys to the opening between the breakwaters. The depth varies from a max of 13.5m to a min of 12.0m. The channel is marked by Lightbuoys No 1 and No 2 and breakwater lights. The turning circle is 360m in diameter. Port markers and lights is comprise: Six buoys located at the entrance to the access channel; two small beacons located at the head of each berthing pier; seven buoys on the edge of the turning basin; a buoy at the end of the berthing area; two alignment lights; two small beacons on the extremities of the berthing piers.

BA 551, 3972; DHN No 1420. Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

1025-1028.

Pilotage is compulsory, pilots must be requested 72 hours prior to arrival from Vitoria, where 12 pilots are stationed. The pilotage area extends from the pilot receiving place at 19°50.5'S 040°02'W to the berthing area.

There are 2 buoys in the approach channel entrance, 2 lights on the breakwater heads and lightbuoys installed along the turning basin and the berthing area contour, 2 lights in Praia das Conchas and 2 other lights on the quayside. The Barra do Riacho Lighthouse is installed on the top of the elevated reservoir. The Aracruz Mill, which stands approx 1nm inland is very prominent and can be seen from a distance of 20nm giving an excellent radar response.

The turning basin is situated inside the protected area provided by the breakwaters. Its diameter is 360m with a depth of 11.8m. Max draught for manoeuvres where turn is required is determined by the sum of 9.1m plus the height of the tide at the time of the manoeuvre, 1.6m being the max limit, starting the manoeuvre one hour before the occurrence of the high tide. To manoeuvre without turning, the limits of the draughts vary between 10.1m and 11.9m, where it is necessary to make use of the max value of 1.6m of the tidal variation at HW. All planned manoeuvres that use tide over 1.0m, must have previous permission from the administration of Portocel. ..... Sailing LOA 200m LOA 200m Beam 35m Beam 35m Draught 9.1m + tide Draught 10.1m + tide

Range 1.7m.

Should be requested from Vitoria, they will take 3-5 hours to arrive at the terminal. Two tugs are required. For vessels with a draught greater than 9.0m, the use of a third tug with azimuth propulsion is necessary. There are 13 tugs available, with capacities of 1,500-2,800hp.

Prevailing winds: NE'ly (summer), SW'ly and NW'ly (winter).

PORTOCEL 19°50.68'S 40°03.24'W (BARRA DO RIACHO) UNCTAD LOCODE: BR PCL For details see: VITУRIA-TUBARГO PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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Port Authority: Tel: +55 27 2124 6500 Fax: +55 27 2124 6504 Email: nucleooperacional@portocel.com.br 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: Contact is made with Vitoria, via Ch 11 and standby Ch 16 for calls throughout 24 hours. Radio communication with Portocel can also be made via Ch 10 and 12.

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 the sub port of Barra do Riacho. It is planned to introduce this system to 34 public ports of Brazil. See Country Section for additional information The following documents must be ready for visiting authorities on arrival at Brazilian ports, such documents varying in the number of copies required and the nature, depending on the type of vessel and the peculiarities of the port, should be ascertained by the master, through the agent, prior to the vessel's arrival: ..... Document FRB HA MP PC 1. General Declaration Y Y Y - 2. Crew List Y Y Y Y 3. Crew Personal Effects List Y - - - 4. Disembarking Passenger List Y Y - - 5. Transit Passengers List Y - Y - 6. Negative Passenger List Y - - - 7. Passenger List - - - Y 8. Stores List (by department) Y - - - 9. Cargo Manifest Y - - - 10. Maritime Health Declaration - Y - - 11. Health Certificate (from last port) - Y - - 12. Maritime Police Pass - - Y - FRB = Federal Revenue Bureau; HA = Health Authorities; MP = Maritime Police; PC = Port Captaincy. The documents required by the port captaincy are on special forms: Crew List (form Fal 5) and Passenger List (form Fal 6). Documents required on sailing: The following are required: ..... 1. Request for Clearance or Visa (original) 2. Passenger List (form Fal 6) 3. Embarkation Pass, issued by the Federal Internal Revenue Office (required from all vessels proceeding abroad) 4. Departure (sailing) Pass issued by the Federal Police (required from all vessels proceeding abroad) 5. General Declaration (form Fal 1) 6. Copy of the payment form of the Federal Internal Revenue Tax Levy Document (DARF) of the Tariff for Utilising Lighthouses (TUF) 7. Outgoing Pass.

Vessel's ETA should be sent 10 days prior to arrival.

All vessels, while in Brazilian ports, must fly the Brazilian national flag from 0800hrs to sunset.

Free pratique: Vessels which are not proceeding from infected ports may be granted free pratique, by radio, which does not exempt the ship 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. 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. Vessel details: a. Name, class and flag. b. Name of port and country (or Brazilian state) where voyage started and date of departure. c. Port(s) of call, country(ies) (or Brazilian state(s)) with respective dates. Mention the last 5 ports. 2. Sanitary conditions onboard: a. The occurrence of a death onboard. b. The occurrence of any sickness. c. The occurrence of any sickness with one of the following symptoms: Fever (temperature over 37.5°C) during a period in excess of 48 hours accompanied by skin eruption, jaundice or ganglia inflammation; acute moderate to serious diarrhoea. d. The occurrence of great morality of rodents. e. The occurrence of medicine consumption during the voyage, indicate the name and quantity supplied per person. f. Amount of fresh water available onboard. Indicate where the last supply of fresh water took place. g. In case of a vessel in ballast, advise where the ballast water intake took place and the quantity. 3. Operational conditions of the systems of dejection and used water a. Is there a possibility that faecal objects which had not been treated could be expelled in to the waters of the port. b. Description of drainage system and sanitary treatment. c. The cubic capacity of the dejecting/used water tank and its capacity in number of days of retention. d. The stock of disinfectant material, if this is the case. 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.