Suape (BRSUA)

The port is protected by a curving breakwater extending 0.5nm ESE from the coast then turning ENE and NNE for 0.5nm and 0.4nm respectively. A GLP (Cooking Gas) storage LPG carrier operates ship to ship transhipments to vessels up to an equal size. The vessels operates from various berths in the outer harbour. Also in this part of the Port are the Multi purpose Commercial Berths and LPG berths. Access to the inner harbour is via a gap 300m wide, in the training wall. The Container Terminal lies on the S side of the inner harbour extending at right angles to the training wall. The Atlantico Sul shipyard is located to the N of the Inner Harbour.

Tropical.

The port of Suape is situated 40km S of Recife.

Draught 17.3m, LOA 320m, 300,000DWT. Beam unrestricted at certain berths.

Approx. 23,800,000t of cargo and 476,000TEU handled annually.

Available in depths of 15.0 - 17.0m, sand, can be found 1nm NE of the breakwater but this area is very exposed. There is no official appointed site for anchorage. Vessels may anchor with Cape of Santo Agostinho Light bearing 330°, at a distance greater than 1nm, from the Suape breakwater head. Vessels are not allowed to drop anchor inside port limits. Anchorage areas have sand and mud bottom, providing good holding power. Caution should be taken under strong ESE stormy winds, when the current can be strong enough to make the anchor drag. Butane, Propane and LPG can be handled via STS operations.

The port is approached directly from the coastal route. The approach channel is 5,000m in length, 300m in width and has a depth of 16.5m, with a turning basin 580m in diameter and 15.5m depth in the outer harbour where there are three piers and an LPG storage vessel. Internal Port: Has a depth of 15.5m with an access channel 1,500m in length and 450m wide. External Port: Formed by an 'L' shaped sea wall 2,950m in length. The access channel has a depth of 16.5m, with a turning basin 580m in diameter and 15.5m depth. There are three piers with a total of six berths.

BA 961, 969, 3978. Brazilian Charts 900, 930, 906. Admiralty Pilot NP5, NP286(7).

Tugs are compulsory. One tug is required for vessels up to 5,000DWT and 2 tugs are required for vessels over 5,001DWT. Mooring of large LPG carriers (import vessels) is carried out during daylight hours only. Three tugs are necessary for this manoeuvre. The port has modern monitoring and laser ship docking systems The berthing piers are not fitted with a platform ladder, ship's accommodation ladder or gangway is to be used. Terminal mooring gang is available for berthing and unberthing vessels. Mooring of LPG Carriers alongside the storage tanker is usually carried out by ship's crew. Mooring priority: Usually the vessels which depend on tide to manoeuvre will proceed first, followed by the passenger vessels, oil tankers, chemical products and general cargo ships. Amarena Apoio Portuario Turismo e Reparo Naval LTDA and Compor provide vessels to assist with mooring.

Pilotage is compulsory for all vessels arriving, departing or moving within Suape Port Limits. Vessels should request pilots 24 hours before arrival through the agent. Pilot board in position 08°23.20'S 034°56.77'W, approx 0.7 to 1.0nm NE of the breakwater head. Pilotage is provided by RECIFE Pilots.

Port limits comprises the maritime area between the parallels of 08°22'S and 08° 25'S, the line of reefs (natural breakwater) and the meridian of 034°55'W.

Berthing Priority: Vessels constrained by draught/tide followed by passenger ships, oil tankers, chemical products and general cargo ships.

Mean Spring range about 1.9m. Mean Neap range about 0.8m.

Tugs are available throughout 24 hours, additional tugs can be available on request. Vessels should have good quality ropes as tugs are not provided with their own towing gear.

SUAPE 8°23.61'S 34°57.28'W UNCTAD LOCODE: BR SUA For details see: RECIFE PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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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: Ch 16; 13. E-mail: perpilot@terasystem.com.br. Port: Ch 16; 09, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 69, 71. Callsign Mansangana Radio (PVJ4),

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 Suape. 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 (8 copies) Y Y Y Y 3. Crew Personal Effects List (3 copies) Y - - - 4. Disembarking Passenger List Y Y - - 5. Transit Passengers List Y - Y - 6. Negative Passenger List Y - - - 7. Passenger List (8 copies) - - - Y 8. Stores List (by department) (4 copies) Y - - - 9. Cargo Manifest (2 copies) Y - - - 10. Maritime Health Declaration (2 copies) - Y - - 11. Health Certificate (from last port) - Y - - 12. Maritime Police Pass - - Y - 13 Bill of Lading (2 copies) - - - - 14. Narcotic List/Medicine Chest (8 copies) - - - - 15. Documents from the last port - - - - 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.

Vessels should send their ETA, via Agent, 72, 48 and 24hrs prior to arrival. The following information should be sent prior to arrival: ..... 1. Callsign 2. GT and NT 3. Ship's Service Speed 4. Brake Horsepower (BHP) 5. Draught 6. Crew Number 7. Master and Officers Names 8. Time of Arrival 9. Port of Loading and Departure Date 10. Cargo amount in transit 11. If any infectious diseases suspected ship's agent to be advised before vessel's arrival

All vessels, while in Brazilian ports, must fly the Brazilian national flag from 0800hrs to sunset. Vessels must hoist the quarantine flag until free pratique is granted by Port Health Authority.

Inert Gas System: Cargo tanks must be fully inerted and pressurised with inert gas at a percentage of 02 below 8% before start of operations, and must keep such conditions throughout all operations. The terminal must be informed of all problems with the inert gas system. Pilot ladder: Vessels are required to have a pilot ladder which is clean and in good condition, fitted with spreader and manropes, safely and securely rigged, ready for the pilot to immediately embark and disembark over the side of the vessel and of sufficient length to reach the pilot boat. A lifebuoy with safety line and self-ignition light shall also be available at the pilot ladder head and a ships' officer standing by, in VHF contact with the bridge. Vessels shall have a "Good Weather Lee" and shall reduce speed as directed by the pilot in order for a safe embarkation or disembarkation. Pilots ladder should be 1.0m above water.

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(is) (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 ganglial 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.

NOR is usually tendered at the time the vessel anchors in the anchorage area, or at the time the vessel is berthed, as soon as the last mooring line is made fast, which ever occurs first. NOR is accepted at the time the vessel is in all respects ready to operate cargo.