Karaikal (INKRK)

The port has various covered warehousing, open storage and mobile harbour cranes. The private port has been built to handle Panamax size vessels and Capesize vessels. The port will primarily handle cement and coal to serve the hinterland of Ariyalur, Perambalur and Tiruchi. The port has also started a feeder container service to Colombo. The port handles bulk cargo (coal, fertilizer, sugar, gypsum, and agricultural products), break bulk (bagged cement, bagged sugar, iron scrap, timber, granite, steel plates & pipes and project cargo), liquid bulk (edible oil, petroleum, oils and lubricant), and containers.

Seasonal tropical.

Karaikal Port is located on the Eastern Coast of India in Karaikal District of Pondicherry, about 300km S of Chennai Port.

Max LOA 238.15m, beam 38m, draught 14.0m, 95,444DWT.

Anchorage area B 100 51.50' N 0790 53.50' E Notes: Vessel Draft below 8.0 m, Radius 0.5 nm Anchorage area C 100 51.00'N 0790 54.07'E 100 51.90'N 0790 54.07'E 100 51.90'N 0790 56.60'E 100 51.00'N 0790 56.60'E Notes: Vessel Draft below 12.0 m Anchorage area D 100 51.00’N 0790 56.60'E 100 51.90’N 0790 56.60'E 100 51.90’N 0790 57.38'E 100 51.00’N 0790 57.38'E Notes: Vessel Draft above 12.0 m

The port is accessed through a 5nm entrace channel 160m in width and dredged to an initial depth of 14.5m. The channel is marked by a fairway buoy at the entrance and channel buoys in accordance with the IALA system. The extremities of breakwater are marked by light beacons. A turning circle of 380m radius is located in the centre of the port area.

IN3033. Admiralty Pilot NP21, NP286(4).

MRCC (Chennai): Tel: +91 442 539 5015.

1020.

24 hour service is available and pilots may be contacted through Marine Control Tower or Port Operations Centre. Pilot booking is accepted at port operation centre. Pilot boarding ground is 10°50.2'N 079°57.0'E.

The port limits are bounded by the following co-ordinates: ..... 1. 10°52.0'N 079°51.0'E 2. 10°50.0'N 079°51.0'E 3. 10°52.0'N 079°57.3'E 4. 10°50.0'N 079°57.3'E

Port channel is marked with solar operated lateral and cardinal buoy making system: ..... 1. Fairway buoy approx 9,800m from breakwater 2. First pair of buoys, 1.5nm from fairway buoy 3. Second pair of buoys, 1.25nm from first pair 4. Third pair of buoys, 1.25nm from second pair (1.0nm from breakwater) 5. Fourth pair of buoys, at the end of inner channel (600m from breakwater mouth) 6. S and E Cardinal Buoy, at turning circle 7. Three isolated danger marker buoys, to mark the eastern shallow water areas of S basin 8. Front and rear leading light towers, to define the centre of TC and approach channel.

MHWS +0.65m, MHWN +0.47m, MLWN +0.20m, MLWS +0.03m.

There are 3 bollard pull tugs: Prabhat Shobha, 55t bollard pull Dolphin 1, 40t bollard pull Mermaid 1, 40t bollard pull

KRIKL 10°50.84'N 79°51.71'E (KARAIKAL) UNCTAD LOCODE: IN KRK ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 36/25 Krikl Port Berthing Policy & Tariff Structure 2024, (RSDRA2025000347864), 36/25

VHF: Port, pilots and tugs: Ch 16, 71.

Immigration formalities as per Indian port regulations.

..... 1. Crew List 2. Passenger List 3. Stores List (deck, engine, galley) 4. Provisions List 5. Crew Personal Effects List 6. Customs Declaration 7. Cargo List 8. Maritime Declaration of Health 9. Stowage Plan 10. Port of Call List 11. Bonded Stores List 12. Narcotics List 13. Arms & Ammunition List 14. Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate 15. Vessel's Property List 16. Crew Currency List To be presented: 1. Load Line Certificate 2. Safety Equipment Certificate 3. Certificate of Registry 4. Safety Radio Certificate 5. Safety Construction Certificate 6. International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate 7. Ship Sanitation Control Certificate or Exemption Certificate 8. International Tonnage Certificate 9. Oil Record Book 10. Seaman's Books, passports and Vaccination Certificates.

ETA should be given 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 day and 12 hours prior to arrival at the port. Vessels' revised ETA and voyage number should be included in the message.

Pratique should be applied for when the vessel is coming from a foreign port.

Vessels may tender NOR on arrival at pilot boarding ground or at anchorage area.