Seaham (GBSEA)

Seaham is a commercial port handling bulk, semi bulk and unitised cargoes. The inner harbour is retained at a constant level by means of dock gates while the outer harbour is protected by two stone piers. The commercial dock consists of 5ha of enclosed water with a 19.8m entrance and 900m of quay frontage.

North Atlantic Winter Seasonal Zone II, Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31.

Seaham is located 5nm S of Sunderland.

LOA 120m, beam 18m, draught 6.7m, 8,000DWT.

Approx 522,000t of cargo and 200 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage may be obtained, in depths of 8.0 - 16.0m, between 0.2nm and 0.8nm NE of the N Breakwater. The bottom is sand and fairly clear of rocks, but there is no protection.

From a position 1nm ESE of the harbour entrance the route leads WNW to the entrance, passing (with positions from the harbour entrance 54°50.0'N 001° 19.0'W). SSW of Louis Rocky Patch (0.6nm E), then NNE of North Scar, a rock (0.2nm SE) the E point of Liddle Scars, then close SSW of a rock (0.1nm E) the S point of North East Bush, a rocky patch then: To the harbour entrance, between the breakwaters, which faces ESE with a width of 85m. The breakwater heads both exhibit lights, North Breakwater Head Light (white metal column, black bands, 10m in height) (54°50.3'N 001°19.2'W) and S Breakwater Head Light (red metal column, 7m in height), then: To the dock entrance passing through the wave screen which exhibits 3 red lights in a triangle (red metal column, 4m in height) on its S side. The dock gates are 19.8m wide and operated from 2.5hrs before HW to 1.5 hrs after HW. They cannot be operated during SE gales due to scend. There is a depth over the sill of 6.7m at MHWS.

BA 1627. Admiralty Pilot NP54.

There is a local station sited N of the port entrance.

1025.

In accordance with instructions from the Pier Master.

Pilotage is not compulsory, but is recommended for vessels without local knowledge. Tees Bay Pilots are available and may be contacted by VHF on Ch 16, 09 and pilot vessel on Ch 12, 14 and 06. The wet dock gates are open only from 2hrs30mins before to about 1hr30mins after HW.

Seaward end South Pier, 2FR, red column. Seaward extremity wavescreen 3FR in form of triangle red column. Seaward end North Pier Fl G 10s, tower black plus white horizontal bands.

Max LOA 120m, Max DWT 8,000, max beam 18.0m, max draught 7.0m subject to tidal rise.

Spring 5.2m, Neap 4.1m.

A vessel must await appropriate signal before entering or leaving. Advice given via VHF or port working lights. Lights displayed on mast at N of dock entrance. Red light for entry, green light for sailing.

There is 1 x 8t bollard pull tug available.

Prevailing winds: W/SW'ly. Port entrance affected by heavy E'ly weather.

SEAHAM 54°50.22'N 1°19.23'W UNCTAD LOCODE: GB SEA ________________________________________________________________________________ ______

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 20/25 Seaham Harbour correspondence, (RSDRA2025000235846), 20/25

VHF: Ch 16 calling and safety, Ch 12, 06 working.

Contact Customs, Tel: +44 191 257 9441. Immigration, Tel: +44 191 259 5117.

Documents required are a copy of Bills of Lading and Cargo Manifest. For vessels arriving from outside the UK, Customs and Immigration require the following documents: ..... 1. Crew List 2. Crew and Ship Bonded Stores List.

Notify ETA a min of 24 hours prior to arrival to include previous port, callsign, (nationality) port of registry and draught.

Byelaws are in force. The speed limit in the harbour is 5kts.

Contact Port Health, Tel: +44 191 527 0501.

As per Charter Party.