Recife (BRREC)

The port is protected by an extensive reef formed of sandstone on which a protecting rampart has been built. Port handles wheat, steel coils, sugar, barley malt, corn, liquid cargo and metallurgical material.

Tropical.

Located on the estuary of the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers in NE Brazil.

LOA 294.13m, beam 35.5m, 64,760DWT.

Approx 1,300,000t of cargo and 300 vessels visit the port annually.

Fundeadouro do Lamarao, the outer anchorage off the port is situated 1.5nm SSE of the harbour entrance in depths of approx 12m, sand and shells with patches of coral. This anchorage is not recommended during Jun, Jul and Aug when there are strong S winds. There is anchorage 1nm SSE of the harbour entrance in depths of 11.0m. Recife Light should be kept on a bearing of less than 320° as the bottom is rocky SW of that bearing and care must also be taken to avoid the 5.6m shoal 1.25nm S of the harbour entrance. Prohibited anchorage: Anchorage is prohibited in the cable areas leading into Istmo de Olinda and the coast behind Banco dos Afogados.

Approach and entry: The port is approached from seaward either through Canal de Olinda which passes N of the detached breakwater or through Canal do Sul which passes S of it. A vessel approaching Porto de Recife from the N should give Ponta de Olinda a berth of at least 3nm in order to clear Baixos de Olinda, which are steep-to in places. A vessel rounding the point at night should keep in depths of more than 20.0m. A vessel approaching from the S should make for Cabo de Santo Agostinho and then steer to keep approx 3nm offshore. The harbour entrance has a navigable width of 0.1nm with a depth of 9.7m in the Northern Channel with a max draught of 9.4m HW. On its W side Mohle de Olinda, 0.22nm in length, extends NW to the shore, concrete blocks, with depths of more than 1.0m over them, extend nearly 0.1nm ESE from its head. On its E side the barrier reef and the breakwater which extends it, stretch 2nm SSW enclosing the harbour, a masonary wall has been built on top of the barrier reef in order to provide greater shelter and better berthing accommodation.

BA 969, 3978. Brazilian 900 and 902. Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

1027.

Compulsory for vessels over 200t and is available 24 hours. Pilots board from a red launch with a black "P" on each bow. Vessels await pilots S of Banco Ingles breakwater. Vessels can await pilots either 1 mile SSE or 0.5 mile NE of the detached breakwater. Vessels drawing less than 7.6m may enter and leave port any time of the day. Vessels with a greater draft should arrive at the pilot boarding position in daylight about 1 hour before HW so they can enter the harbor and moor during slack water. Permission may be granted for ships up to 0.4m draft to sail at night during HW. Pilot board in position 823'12"S, 34°56'46.2"W (Olinda Channel), and 8°04'09"S, 3450'55".8"W (south channel of Recife) VHF channel: 9, 10, 13, and 16. Telephone: 558134245010 Email: secretaria@pernambucopilots.com.br

Olinda Light (Morro do Serapiao) exhibited from white truncated conical concrete tower, black bands and 42m in height (08°01'S 034°51'W). Recife Light exhibited from white eight-sided masonry tower and 18m in height (08°03'S 034°52'W).

Permission may be granted for vessels up to 9.4m draught to sail at HW at night, except tankers where all movements are restricted to daylight hours only.

Range 2.6m.

There are three tugs available, largest with 1,680hp capacity. Vessels up to 5,000DWT require one tug and over 5,000DWT require two tugs. VHF channel 9, 10, 13, and 16 can be used for tugs.

Prevailing winds: SE'ly.

RECIFE 8°02.79'S 34°51.79'W UNCTAD LOCODE: BR REC ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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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: Olinda Radio. Callsign "PPO" operates on Ch 16 and 23 to 27. Port (PVJ2): Ch 16, 09, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 69, 71. Pilot & Pilot Vessel (PYJ6): Ch 16, 09, 10, 13 Tel: +55 81 3424 5010, +55 81 3424 4963 Recife Port contact: Tel: +55 81 3419 1900 Fax:+55 81 3224 2848 E-mail: portodorecife@fisepe.pe.gov.br

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 Recife. It is planned to introduce this system to 34 public ports of Brazil. See Country Section for additional information. The following paper 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.

Notice of ETA should be sent, through the agents, 48 and 4 hours 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.