Tenerife (ESSCT)

The port consists of four basins, from NE to SW; they are Darsena Este, Darsena de Anaga, Darsena de Los Llanos and Darsena Pesquera (the Fish Dock). A primary source of income is the tourist industry with much of the port area being used by inter-island ferries and visiting cruise liners. The principal exports are asphalt, refined oils and agricultural products. The principal imports are building materials, sugar, grain, cement, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products and crude oil.

Tropical.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is situated on the E coast of Tenerife Island in the Canary Islands group.

Harbour: LOA 347.06m, beam 83.333m, draught 13.5m, 241,064DWT.

Approximate 14,000,000t of cargo, 500,000TEU, 11,000 vessels and 6,700,000 passengers are handled annually.

An anchorage is located S and SE of the head of Dique Muelle del Sur, in depths of approx 70m. Waiting tankers and other merchant ships are normally anchored between 0.5nm and 1nm E and ENE of Dique Muelle del Este, 0.3-0.6nm offshore, in depths between 55-75m. The holding ground is reported to be good. There is a CBM for use by tankers with a maximum of 240,000DWT and 45m draught, is available for loading and discharging using floating pipelines from Puerto Cabeallo. An ODAS buoy is moored aprox 0.1nm SSW of No 6 Mooring Buoy. Anchoring and trawling are prohibited in an area S of Puerto de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, due to submarine cables, which come ashore in vicinity of Castillo de San Juan, 0.95nm SSW of the root of Dique Muelle de Sur.

The port may be approached from ENE through E to S and each basin is entered between the heads of its breakwaters. The entrances to the harbours have the following widths and depths: Darsena Los Llanos - 150m wide and 12.0m depth. Darsena de Anaga - 300m wide and 12.0m depth. Darsena Este - 400m wide and 25.0m depth.

BA 1847, 1858, 1861. Admiralty Pilot NP1, NP286(1).

Available on VHF Ch 79.

1025.

Mooring service is available. CEPSA-CBM: 13 synthetic ropes required for buoy moorings.

Pilotage is compulsory for merchant vessels of 500GT and over, whether they anchor in the roads or proceed into the harbour. Pilot boards in position 28° 27.68'N 016°12.85'W, 1-2nm from the head of Dique Muelle del Sur, in bad weather, in lee of Muelle Sur head. The pilot boat is black with orange upperworks and displays a blue flag with the letter "P" in white on each bow. At night the normal lights for pilot vessels are exhibited and by day the international code flag "H" is displayed. The pilot office situated near the root of Muelle Norte is equipped with VHF radio.

The port limits extend from Punta Caballo to Punta de Los Organos.

There are leading lights off the oil jetty, seen from the waiting anchorage: N set (alignment 327°). From light (red and white cross topmark Dolphin No 5, white post, red diagonal strips, 6.0m, in height) (28°27.00'N 16°15.70'W). Rear light (red and white cross topmark, on white post, red diagonal strips, 7.0m in height) (109m from front). W set (alignment 270.5°). Front light (yellow post, black diagonal stripes, 2m in height). (28°27.90'N 16°15.90'W). Rear light (diamond on white post, red diagonal stripes, 10m in height) 335m from front.

Max 240,000DWT at CBM floating pipeline terminal, Honduras Buoy zone. CEPSA: vessel movements are permitted throughout 24 hours at the larger berths, mainly daylight berthing and unberthing anytime. Anchoring is prohibited in certain areas due to the presence of submarine cables. In particular, in the vicinity of Castillo de San Juan (28°27.33'N 16° 15.15').

Range 2.4m.

Available.

Prevailing winds: NE'ly.

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE 28°27.34'N 16°14.89'W UNCTAD LOCODE: ES SCT For details see: GENERAL NOTES ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 08/22 Spanish Sailing Directions 10/22 & Spanish Bulletin 52/22, (RSDRA2022000323664 & RSDRA2022000323716), 08/23

..... Pilots: VHF Ch 16, 12, 14. Callsign "Practicos Tenerife" Tel: +34 922 2772101, Fax: +34 922 290760. Email: practicos_tfe@telefonica.net Traffic Control: VHF Ch 11. Callsign "Tenerife Traffic" Port Authority: Tel: +34 922 6905472, Fax: +34 922 605443. Email: atraques@puertosdetenerife.org.

..... 1. Port Entry Form (DUE) 2. Crew List 3. Passenger List 4. ISPS vessel code

Vessel's ETA should be sent 48 and 24 hours prior to arrival through the agent who can be contacted throughout 24 hours through Tenerife Radio, by link call, using VHF Ch 16. Vessels should contact port control on arrival when 3nm from the port.

Spanish and national flag are required.

Pratique must be obtained before communicating with the shore. Vessels with foul Bills of Health or infectious diseases onboard are placed in quarantine, they can obtain bunkers under certain restrictions.