Salvador (BRSSA)

The main port area of Salvador has numerous berths, three of which handle containers and one for Ro-Ro operations. An LNG Berth, located approx. 24km NW of the main port area, known as The Bahia Regasification Terminal (TRBA), is an offshore sea island that has one berth where FSRU Excelerate Sequoia is moored for the regasification and storage of LNG. This LNG is converted to CNG and unloaded to LNG carriers that berth alongside the FSRU where it is discharged.

Tropical.

Located in northern Brazil, on the eastern part of the entrance to the Todos os Santos Bay.

Harbour - Draught 14.7m, LOA 333.30m, Beam 48.4m, 134,007DWT. Offshore - LOA 299.16m, draught 12.5m, 95,253DWT.

Approx. 5,200,000t of cargo, 630 vessels and 330,000TEUs handled annually.

Non-Designated Anchorages: ..... Point Latitude Longitude Use Anchorage I: 1. 12° 55.700'S 38° 32.880'W Refuelling, inspections, small repairs and disembarkation of crews of ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m 2. 12° 55.700'S 38° 31.460'W Refuelling, inspections, small repairs and disembarkation of crews of ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m 3. 12° 56.950'S 38° 30.450'W Refuelling, inspections, small repairs and disembarkation of crews of ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m 4. 12° 56.350'S 38° 32.880'W Refuelling, inspections, small repairs and disembarkation of crews of ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m Anchorage II: 1. 12° 56.700'S 38° 32.880'W Free anchorage for ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m 2. 12° 58.470'S 38° 32.880'W Free anchorage for ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m 3. 12° 57.200'S 38° 30.890'W Free anchorage for ships with draught equal or less than 10.0m Anchorage III: 1. 12° 58.470'S 38° 33.160'W 0.25miles radius, 15.0m deep, intended for ships using TRBA, manoeuvres must be performed with pilot on board and with assistance of an escort tug 2. 12° 58.470'S 38° 34.920'W 0.25miles radius, 15.0m deep, intended for ships using TRBA, manoeuvres must be performed with pilot on board and with assistance of an escort tug 3. 12° 55.980'S 38° 35.580'W 0.25miles radius, 15.0m deep, intended for ships using TRBA, manoeuvres must be performed with pilot on board and with assistance of an escort tug 4. 12° 56.620'S 38° 33.160'W 0.25miles radius, 15.0m deep, intended for ships using TRBA, manoeuvres must be performed with pilot on board and with assistance of an escort tug Anchorage IV: Centred on position 12° 55.800'S 38° 33.600'W Quarantine Anchorage Designated or Recommended Anchorages: ..... Point Latitude Longitude Use Anchorage V: 1. 13° 0.300'S 38° 36.600'W Free anchorage for ships waiting for vacancy of internal anchorages of BTS (Todos os Santos Bay) 2. 13° 1.500'S 38° 35.000'W Free anchorage for ships waiting for vacancy of internal anchorages of BTS (Todos os Santos Bay) 3. 13° 3.900'S 38° 36.800'W Free anchorage for ships waiting for vacancy of internal anchorages of BTS (Todos os Santos Bay) 4. 13° 2.700'S 38° 38.400'W Free anchorage for ships waiting for vacancy of internal anchorages of BTS (Todos os Santos Bay) Anchorages may be obtained to the N of Banco da Panels in depths of 10-22m, mud, good holding ground. Care should be taken not to obstruct the passage of vessels using the N entrance to the harbour. Strong S winds, which are liable to occur from Apr to Aug, send a considerable sea into these anchorages. Anchorages for lash vessels and their lighters are established at the N end of the harbour. A quarantine anchorage is situated 2.5nm W of Ponte de Monte Serrat. An explosives anchorage is situated 2.75nm SW of Ponta de Monte Serrat. Anchoring is prohibited in an area centred approx 0.5nm NE of the N head of the detached breakwater.

There are two access channels; the inner channel (city side) has a min depth of 8.0m, and the outer channel (Itaperica Island) has a depth of 13.0m to 55.0m. Approaching from the E, sound depth continuously and round Banco de Santo Antonio in depths of over 22.0m. Approaching from the S note that the current sets into the bay to the N of Morro de Sao Paulo situated 31nm SW of Ponta de Santo Antonio, (13°01'S 038° 32'W), during fresh onshore winds. Do not therefore bring Morro de Sao Paulo to bear less than 225°, nor approach Ilha de Itaparica within depths of less than 20.0m. Approach the entrance with Santo de Antonio Light tower bearing 013° and 030° and enter the bay with Ponta de Monte Serrat Light tower, bearing 022°, to pass 1.2nm W of Ponta de Santo Antonio and avoid the shoals of the W side of the entrance, which do not show in calm weather, by keeping E of the E cardinal lightbuoy marking the E extremity of Baxio Grande. This course leads up to the pilot boarding ground off the SW side of Banco da Panela.

BA 545, 540, 3975. Brazilian Charts 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107 and 1110. Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

1025.

Pilotage is compulsory for all foreign vessels and is available day and night. Pilots board the vessel from a launch SW of Banco da Panela. Advance notice should be given 48hrs and 24hrs prior to arrival. Salvador Pilots can be contact on VHF Chs10, 11 and 16. The Bahia Regasification Terminal (TRBA) - The use of pilots is compulsory for vessels bound for TRBA from the anchorage area. Three pilotage services - Salvador Pilots, Bahia Pilots and Todos os Santos Bay - are in standby 24hrs per day. Request for pilot will be done via ship's agent at least 3hrs in advance of leaving the anchorage area and 4hrs before undocking at TRBA. Contact may be made on VHF Ch 16. Pilots will board in the following location - 12° 58.100'S 38° 32.220'W.

The port is delimited by a line running E/W that passes by the Santo Antonio Lighthouse, extending to the coast of Itaparica Island, following it in the direction of the bay up to the same E/W line that attains the continent and from there along the coast to the N up to parallel 12°50'S, following it eastward until it reaches the continent.

Spring range 2.2m, neap range 0.9m. TRBA - tides range from 0.53 - 3.55m.

The Port of Salvador doesn't have special service for traffic and navigation control.

Tugs up to 2,100bhp are available. Compulsory for all vessels performing mooring/unmooring manoeuvres. Tugs must be used upon entry and departure from Todos os Santos Bay, one tug and pilot are to be assigned to escort from pilot boarding station to anchorage and/or terminal. A minimum of four tugs with no less than 40t bollard pull for berthing and unberthing manoeuvres. Tugs are equipped with VHF for continuous communication ship/tugs during the mooring and undocking manoeuvres. Watch is maintained during 24hrs a day on Ch16.

Prevailing winds: NE'ly in the summer and SE'ly in the winter.

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: Pilots and port: Ch 16, 13, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14. Tugs: Ch 16; 14. Agent: Ch 71. Salvador Pilot email: diretoria@salvadorpilots.com.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 operating PSP, including Salvador. 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: ..... 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.

Masters should give 48 and 24 hours notice of ETA. TRBA - On departure from loading port and 96, 48, 24, 12 and 6hrs prior to arrival at Salvador Port anchor area, LNG carriers shall send notifications updating its position. Vessels shall establish first contact with port control on VHF Ch16 at least 2hrs before ETA. If ETA changes by more than 4hrs, notification shall be updated.

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 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. 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 rejection/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. Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificates issued.