Port Harcourt (NGPHC)

The river has been dredged to allow ease of transit, the tide at times reaching rates of 3kts. The port is an important transhipment port for the Niger, Chad and inland Nigeria and is a railway terminus that has been evolved from a single berth harbour handling coal export to a 'mother-port' facilities with its own terminals and surrounding private jetties. The port now caters various types of dry bulk, containers, refrigerated cargo, general cargo, liquid bulk, LPG and crude oil trades.

Tropical.

Port Harcourt is situated 66km up the River Bonny estuary, part of the River Niger delta in E Nigeria.

Max LOA 199.99m, beam 36m, draught 8.9m, 64,794DWT.

Approx 3,500,000t of cargo, 2,200TEU and 300 vessels handled annually.

Anchorages are available W of the Fairway Buoy in depths of 14.6-16.5m. Anchoring is prohibited between the S section of Berth No 6 and an area 0.2nm SW of the Tanker Berth.

After consent from Bonny Signal Station, the vessel should proceed up the channel to Buoy No 29 near Bonny Town where the pilot will board. Masters should be aware that some of the buoys are not in the position stated on the charts. However, the channel is fairly wide and straight and once inside is quite easy to follow. The storage tanker "TUMA" is permanently moored off Bonny and vessels should proceed to starboard of the tanker at slow speed. It is not recommended that vessels enter the channel prior to first light. The approach over the bar is by a channel, 12.8km long, dredged to a depth of 11.58m CD. The river from Bonny to Okrika has been dredged as necessary to a depth of 8.84m CD. The bar, channel and river are well buoyed with light buoys port and starboard.

BA 1386, 3118, 3288, 3293. Admiralty Pilot NP1, NP286(8).

1000.

Compulsory, if specially requested, the pilot will board the vessel at the Fairway Buoy (04°12.56'N 007°00.28'E), during day light hours only. On passing Buoy No 29, the vessel should call the pilot on VHF Ch 14 or the signal station and advise his position. The Master will be asked to proceed to the area of Buoy No 33, whereupon he will board the vessel, the Master should keep the pilot informed at all times, of the vessels position. The pilot will proceed to the vessel by pilot boat occasionally but more often by speed boat and will board from starboard requesting dead slow speed. The journey up the river takes approx 4-4.5 hours.

Port limits are bounded by the parallels of 04°40'N and 04°50'N and by the meridians of 006°59'E and 007°09'E.

Tidal range 1.86m at spring and 0.91m at neap.

Compulsory. Tugs up to 1,490hp are available.

Prevailing winds: SW'ly, NE'ly.

PORT HARCOURT 4°45.95'N 7°00.51'E UNCTAD LOCODE: NG PHC For details see: BONNY RIVER PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Port: Ch 16, 14.

..... Documents Copies 1. Crew List 10 2. Port of Call List 7 3. Arms and Ammunition List 7 4. Stores List 7 5. Vaccination List 7 6 Narcotics List 7 7. Kroo boy List 7 8. Stowaway List 7 9. Animal List 7 10. Passenger List 7 11. Mail/parcel List 7 12. Personal Effects List 7

The ship's agent in Lagos must be advised via Lagos Radio, 7, 4, 3, 2 and 1 days prior to arrival and the same information passed to the Harbour Master at Port Harcourt by the same means. On arrival the vessel should contact the signal station on VHF Ch 14 and they will request the following information from the vessel. ..... 1. Vessel's name 13. Master's name 2. Port of Registry 14. Official number 3. Nationality of crew 15. SEN number 4. Owners 16. Agents 5. Next port of call 17. Tonnage for the port 6. Number of containers 18. Callsign 7. Flag 19. GT/NT 8. Number of crew 20. Length/beam of vessel 9. Rotation number 21. Operators/Charterers 10. Last port of call 22. Cargo onboard 11. Draught 23. Cargo in transit (tonnes) for discharge. 12. Hazardous cargo