Tarakohe (NZTKH)

The port is formed by 2 breakwaters and handles general cargo.

Summer.

Tarakohe is situated in Golden Bay on the N coast of South Island, 12km from Takaka.

Max LOA 150m and draught 6.0m

Approx 170,000t of cargo handled annually.

Good anchorage can be obtained in the NW part of Golden Bay, in depths from 13.0m-15.0m, approx 4nm S of Puponga Point (40°32'S 172°44'E), well sheltered from E winds by the extensive shoal area S of Farewell spit. During S and E winds there is good anchorage in a depth of approx 7.0m approx 1.5nm off Motupipi River. There is a confined anchorage W of the S Tata Island (40°48.3'S 172°54.6'E), in depths of approx 8.0m.

The harbour is approached and entered between breakwaters from NW, on the line of the leading lights. The alignment 139° of main leading lights, exhibited from the head of the harbour, leads through the harbour entrance between the breakwaters. The leading lights are as follows: Front Light: Triangle on wooden mast. Rear Light: Wooden mast, 32m SE of front light. Blue lights. The alignment 123.5° of Wharf approach leading lights, exhibited from the NE corner of the harbour, leads between the moles, from the heads of which lights (round metal towers, 2m in height) are exhibited, to the wharf. The leading lights are as follows: Front Light: Red triangle on metal mast, on the inner end of the wharf. Rear Light: Green triangle on metal mast, 66m ESE of the front light.

NZ 61. Admiralty Pilot NP51.

Available and recommended. Pilot should be requested 7 days in advance. The pilot boards from a 15m launch, equipped with RT. The pilot boarding position is within 2nm of the harbour on, or near, the entrance leading line.

Port limits are the arc of a circle with a radius of 3nm centred on Abel Tasman Memorial (40°49.4'S 172°54.1'E), situated on a point approx 0.25nm NE of the harbour.

Tarakohe Harbour Light (round metal tower, 2m in height) which is exhibited from the NE breakwater.

Permission must be granted before entering the harbour.

Range 4.8m.

A tug is brought from Nelson, 5 hours steaming away.

Prevailing winds: NW'ly.

TARAKOHE 40°49.34'S 172°53.69'E UNCTAD LOCODE: NZ TKH ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Pilot & Port: Ch 16 and 60.

Normal Customs/Immigration formalities apply. Visa, if required, can be applied for on arrival. Allowances for officers and crew: 200 cigarettes, 1 litre spirits, 750ml wine, there are cash fines and confiscation, for non compliance with these allowances.

..... 1. Passenger List 2. Crew List 3. List of prohibited or restricted immigrants 4. Search List 5. Stores List 6. List of any stock of birds onboard 7. List of Poisons 8. List of Firearms 9. Passenger Declarations 10. Baggage Declaration.

ETA should be sent 48 hours prior to arrival. Masters of overseas vessels are required to give as much notice as possible of arrival to enable port officials to be made available from Nelson. Permission to berth should be requested at least 12 hours in advance of arrival.

Regional Council By Laws apply. Vessels must comply with ballast water discharge restrictions and be free from Asian Gypsy Moth.

The Master of every vessel which is liable to quarantine and is bound into a New Zealand port shall, not less than 12 hours and no earlier than 24 hours prior to arrival, inform the Port Health Officer by radio of the last port of call, date of departure and the state of health of the vessel. Certain vessels may be granted pratique by radio and hence need not be visited by a Port Health Officer. For a vessel to be approved for this system the following requirements must be complied with: ..... 1. A medical officer must be carried as part of the complement of the vessel. 2. The owners of the vessel shall from time to time notify the Director General of Health of the names of the Master and medical officer, and any changes. On receipt by the Port Officer of the radio message from the vessel, he may grant pratique and inform the Master by radio before the arrival of the vessel. Vessels trading normally between New Zealand and the following places are exempted from inspection by the Port Health Officer provided there is no case or suspected case of disease onboard: ..... 1. Antarctica 9. Niue 2. Australia 10. Norfolk Island 3. Campbell Island 11. Banaba 4. Cook islands 12. Raoul Island 5. Fiji 13. Rarotonga 6. Lord Howe Island 14. Samoa 7. Macquarie Island 15. Tonga 8. Nauru Island A similar exemption is granted to vessels making their first port of call in New Zealand directly after leaving any port on the W coast of Canada or United States of America or from any port on the E coast of those countries, if using the Panama Canal. In these cases, an intervening call may be made en route to New Zealand at any port of the above listed places. The exemptions only apply if no person onboard suffers from an eruptive disease attended by fever or glandular swelling. It is unlawful for any person, except in an emergency or with the authority of Port Health Officer, to board the vessel until pratique has been granted.

As per Charter Party or on arrival at the pilot station.

Agent/port company will advise pilot boarding time and berth details, port situation.