Porto Alegre (BRPOA)

Lagoa dos Patos is a large lagoon separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow spit of land. The port is approx 160nm NNE of the entrance to the lagoon which is close to Rio Grande; handles general cargo, dry bulk, liquid cargo and LPG.

Summer.

Porto Alegre is situated at the northern end of Lagoa dos Patos. The port is on the E bank of the Guaiba River which flows into Lagoa dos Patos.

LOA 199.99m, beam 32.26m, draught 5.18m, 64,247DWT.

Approx 1,100,000t of cargo handled annually.

An anchorage is established off the wharf at Porto Alegre. Use of this anchorage is compulsory for vessels carrying dangerous cargo and requiring inspection by the port authority, or for vessels awaiting opening of the Getulio Vargas Lifting Bridge. Such vessels are permitted to anchor for a max of 6 hours; other vessels may also use the anchorage for a max of 12 hours. In all cases permission must be obtained from the Porto Alegre Port Authority. Compulsory anchorage lying beneath overhead power cables close SE of the entrance to Canal Santa Clara. For use by vessels over 150m in length carrying dangerous cargoes, with permission from the Porto Alegre Port Authority.

Approach and entry: The port is approached from Lagoa dos Patos, and entered through a marked channel leading along the course of Rio Guaiba. The entrance to Lagoa dos Patos is via the Feitoria Channel which is approx 40nm in length. From Feitoria Channel the lagoon section is approx 90nm leading to the Itapua Channel which extends approx 30nm to Porto Alegre. Navigation through Feitoria and Itapua Channels is not undertaken at night due to inadequacies of the buoyage system. Vessels proceeding to Porto Alegre must enter Feitoria Channel, reach Rio Grande and receive clearance before 1600hrs (1400hrs in winter) to arrive in the lagoon before nightfall. Speed is then adjusted to arrive at Itapua Channel at daybreak. Vessels sailing must adjust their departure times accordingly and may have to anchor in the lagoon to await daybreak before transiting the Freitoria Channel. Max speed in the channels is approx 10kts.

BA 581, 582, 3983. Brazilian charts 2109, 2111, 2140, Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

1000.

Compulsory and available during daylight hours only. Request for pilots should be sent, through the agents, 24 hours in advance. The Lagoa dos Patos pilot will board in position 32°03'S 052°03'W, off Rio Grande. Pilots Tel: +55 51 3224 1982, Fax: +55 51 3286 8250. Email: praticagempoa@lagoadospatos.com.br.

The official draught for vessels proceeding to Porto Alegre is 5.18m fresh water in summer. In certain conditions, winds may drop the level in Lagoa dos Patos, especially during summer, when draught may be reduced to 5.03m. Maximum LOA and beam for entering the port is 235m and 35m respectively. For vessels over these dimensions it is necessary to obtain Pilot's association and port authority agreement, prior to fixing a vessel.

Compulsory for all vessels berthing or unberthing at any berth. There are four small tugs, privately owned, of 200hp, 250hp, 280hp and 320hp and one larger tug owned by the port administration of 1,680hp and 6x1400hp.

Prevailing winds: NNE'ly, NE'ly and SW'ly.

PORTO ALEGRE 30°01.26'S 51°13.32'W UNCTAD LOCODE: BR POA ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 50/21 Lagoa Pilots website, (RSDRA2021000319335), 50/21

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: Radio Porto Alegre frequencies are: Ch 23, 24, 25 and 16. Pilots & Port: Ch 16, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 71, 74.

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.

Vessel Clearance: Vessels are cleared by authorities while passing Rio Grande, on route to Porto Alegre and again when they berth in Porto Alegre. During clearance the master has to present following documents to the Port Authorities: ..... Documents Copies 1. Crew List 7 2. Passenger List (if any) 3 3. Negative Passenger List 3 4. Personal Effects List 3 5. Stores List 3 6. Narcotic List 3 7. Arms and Ammunition List 2 Plus all documents advised by Rio Grande port authorities, which are always handed over to master on vessel's passage past Rio Grande.

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.