Conakry (GNCKY)

Conakry is the country's principal port with facilities for both wet and dry cargoes as well as a harbour for fishing vessels. The principal exports are bauxite and alumina. The principal imports are manufactured goods, cement, sugar, flour and rice.

Tropical.

Conakry is located on the S coast of Guinea.

MAX LOA 262.05m, beam 40m, draught 10.5m, 66,545DWT.

Approx 10,600,000t of cargo, 240,000TEU and 1,180 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage can be obtained 0.6nm NE of Ile du Goulu and 0.5nm W of the entrance to the buoyed channel. Anchorage can be obtained 0.75nm ENE of Pointe du Mat in a depth of 7.0m. Anchorage can also be obtained 0.5nm W of Boulbine Lighthouse, clear of the channel, in a depth of approx 9.0m. There is space for two vessels in this anchorage but at spring tides the current is strong and in winter there is a heavy sea and communication with the shore is difficult. Anchorage is prohibited, owing to submarine cables, within an area S of Ile Tombo and between Boulbine Lighthouse and Ile Kassa.

The entrance channel is dredged to 10.2m and surrounding anchorages have depths to 11.0m. Depths in and outside the port are susceptible to change but are subject to an on going dredging programme. A vessel should approach Grande Passe steering for Boulbine Lighthouse bearing 011°, passing approx 0.7nm E of Recife du Tonnelier and close W of Conakry Lightbuoy, (09°27.5'N 013°43.7'W), which leads to the entrance channel and Lightbuoys No 1 and 2, which are moored approx 1.0nm ENE of Ile du Goulu. From these lightbuoys, course should be altered to pass between the lightbuoys marking the channel and into the harbour. Masters are advised the lights and buoys may be unreliable as they may be extinguished, out of position or missing. At night, a vessel should approach within the white sector of Boulbine Light bearing less than 015° and within the white sector of the light on Digue de la Prudente bearing between 350.5° and 008.5°.

BA 412, 601, 612. Admiralty Pilot NP1, NP286(8).

1016

Compulsory for all vessels over 20m length and available between 0600 and 1800hrs. The pilot boards in position 09°27.96'N 013°43.61'W. Pilotage is carried out only by day.

A light is exhibited from a square tower with a yellow and black stripe standing at the S end of Digue de la Prudente.

Range 3.0-1.5m. Off Port Conakry, the tidal streams vary with the seasons. In general the flood tides sets N and the ebb tide sets S.

There are 2 tugs, one of which is compulsory for berthing/unberthing. A second tug is normally used for vessels over LOA 150m. Tugs are ordered via agent or on VHF Ch 16.

Prevailing winds: SW'ly.

CONAKRY 9°30.62'N 13°43.48'W UNCTAD LOCODE: GN CKY ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 25/24 French Radiosignaux publication 93 Oct 2023, (RSDRA2023000272643), 25/24

VHF: Pilots and Port Control: Ch 16, 10, 13, 14. Terminal: Ch 13. Port Control available daytime only.

..... Documents Copies 1. Crew List 6 2. Crew Effects List 6 3. Stores List 2 4. Arms and Ammunition List 2 5. Passenger List 5 6. Narcotics List 4 7. Vaccination List 2 8. Stowaway List 4 9. Dangerous Cargo 3

Notify ETA 72, 48, 24 and 12 hours prior to arrival.

Ship Sanitation Control and Exemption Certificate can be issued.