Flam (NOFLA)

Flam is one of four ports within the Aurland Harbour Authority District (Aurland Hamnevesen KF) and is a beautiful summer cruise location under mountains lining deep fjords. There is an alongside facility for a large cruise ships and two tender berths for vessels at anchor. The port has year-round scheduled boat services, with a ferry quay where the train line from Myrdel terminates. Flam is located within the Aurlandsfjorden and Naeroyfjorden sections of the West Norwegian Fjords area listed under UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

Flam is situated at the head of Aurlandsfjorden, off Sogne Fjord, 140km NE of Bergen.

Cruise Vessel: Queen Mary 2, LOA344m, max of 2,695 passengers.

Approx 142 vessels visit the port annually between the warmer months of April to October.

The bay off Flam is the only suitable anchorage for large vessels in Aurlandsfjorden; the best anchorage is 0.35nm NE of Fretheim Light (60°51.8'N 007°07.8'E) in depths of 40 to 50m, with good holding ground over a bottom of mostly clay. Anchorage positions to be advised by Pilot. Min depth of anchorages is 50m on sand.

The approach to Flam is through 204km long Sognefjord, which is narrow in parts but also the world's longest and deepest fjord. Turning Basin: Depth 40m to 50m.

Admiralty Pilot NP 57A. US Sailing Directions No 182 (North and West Coasts of Norway). Norwegian Nautical Chart (Kartverket) No 124 (Aurlands - Naeroyfjorden).

Flam Cruise Pier Bollard spacing and bollard pull/strength: Pier bollards (spring lines) 50t. Land bollards (brest head lines) 100t. Ex-mooring buoy (North of the Pier) 200t. Tender Dock: Has two berths. Min depth of channel fairway to tender dock 30m. Min depth of water at tender dock 6m. The dock has wooden fenders with steel bollards, 0.9m above water surface. There is a gangway from the tender pier to shore.

Pilotage is provided by FEDJE and the pilot boards in position 60°44.7N 004° 41.0E, 1nm WSW of Helisoy Light. Please note that the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) will soon introduce new booking regulations for requesting marine pilots, merging all pilot booking procedures into one common regulation to improve access to current regulations in all coastal areas. Norwegian State Pilot can be ordered electronically, using the SafeSeaNet (http://www.kystverket.no/en).

Tidal difference: 1.0m to 1.5m.

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FLЕM 60°51.80'N 7°06.98'E UNCTAD LOCODE: NO FLA For details see: GENERAL NOTES KVITSШY PILOTS AND PILOT BOOKING CENTRE ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Port: Ch 16, 06, 12. Tel: +47 57 633312 or +47 97 627382. Port and cruise berth information: www.aurlandhavn.no

All passengers and crew going ashore must present Cruise Ship ID cards to Port Security before re-entering the port area.

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