Cabanas (CUCAB)

Cabanas is a small port where the port handles offshore support vessels. Vessels entering Cabanas must call at Mariel first for a pilot and quarantine clearance. Vessels can proceed directly to sea after loading. A military base is situated on Cayo Juan Tomas.Port is currently closed but will reopen should normal activity resume.

Summer.

Cabanas is situated 12nm W of Puerto del Mariel.

Punta Mangle: Anchorage is practicable SE of Punta Mangle in depths of 14m, mud, good holding ground. Accommodates a vessel of 152m in length, draught 5.8m. Note: This is in the prohibited area. Cayo Puchi: Anchorage may also be obtained in the E of the bay 0.6nm NW of Cabanas Town Pier, in depths of 6.0m, mud, and good holding ground. Prohibited anchorage: Anchoring is prohibited in the area between the parallels of 22° 59.4'N and 22°57.8'N, and the meridians of 082°57.0'W and 083°00.0'W.

Bahia de Cabanas is entered through a narrow channel, which has a width of 100m between the shore banks and a depth of 6.3m. The directions are as follows: From a position between Punta de Moruru (Bajos), 23°00.1'N 082°58.2'W and Punta Arbolitos, (0.8nm WNW), the alignment (170°) of light beacons leads through the entrance channel passing, (with reference to Punta de Moruro): Front Light (red and white) (22°59.2'N 082°58.5'W). Rear Light (red and white) (0.15nm S of Front light). Between the shore banks, the limits of which are marked by buoys and lightbuoys, (port and starboard hand); ENE of Punta Fernando, (0.6nm SW), with a wreck lying close E of it, where the entrance channel divides into Canal Cabanas and Canal Orozco passing NE and NW respectively, of a shoal with a least depth of 4.4m over it, the N side of which is marked by No 1A Lightbuoy. Canal Cabanas leads SE between Punta Mangle, (0.75nm S) and Punta Africana to the anchorages in the E part of the bay and to the town of Cabanas. Canal Orozco leads SW and W passing: S of No 2A Light Beacon, (red triangle on pile), 1.2nm SW, which marks the S edge of a bank extending from Punta Arenas, then; N and S of buoys and lightbuoys which mark a channel leading to Ensenada de Orozco at the W end of the bay.

BA 417, 2863. Admiralty Pilot NP70, NP286(7).

1025.

Compulsory. Pilots embark at Puerto del Mariel (23°00'N 082°45'W).

Cabanans Light, (white metal framework tower, 8m in height), (23°00'N 082° 59'W). No 6 Light Beacons, (red triangle on concrete tower on piles), (22°59.5'N 082° 58.4'W), standing on Punta Africana. No 8 Light Beacon, (red triangle on pile), (22°59.9'N 082°56.7'W), standing on the NE side of a shoal surrounding Bajo Piedra Gloria. Mariners are advised that orange and white (unlit) beacons have been established in Bahia de Cabanas.

Entry during the daylight hours only.

Mean spring range about 0.4m; mean neap range about 0.2m.

Available if ordered in advance.

Prevailing winds: E'ly.

Radio: Customs Coast Radio Station "CLA CU" can be used for passing messages. The station operates throughout 24 hours. Inmarsat is the preferred method of communication and should be used, to contact agents, whenever possible.

The following documents are required by the port authorities to perform inward clearance: ..... Document Copies 1. Crew List 5 2. Passenger List 5 3. Stores List 3 4. Personal Effects List 3 5. General Declaration 2 6. Narcotics List 2 7. Weapons and Ammunition Declaration 2 The following certificates are to be presented: 1. Fumigation Certificate - 2. Certificate of Registry - 3. Safety Certificate - 4. Tonnage Certificate - 5. Radio Certificate - The following cargo documents are to be prepared: 1. Cargo Manifest 3 2. Stowage Plan 3 3. Set of Bills of Lading 2 4. Hatch List 3

Initial ETA should be sent on departure from last port. If time permits, further ETA's should be sent 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 day prior to arrival. The messages must include date and time of arrival and expected draughts on arrival.

Special authorisation is required to enter the port.

Free pratique should be requested by radio. Health Certificates can be renewed by phytosanitary organisations.

Normally tendered when a vessel is alongside and ready to work cargo or on arrival at the outer roads of the port if no berth is available.