Kimbe (PGKIM)

The port has one main wharf for multipurpose cargo operations, and two wharves inside the main wharf for small coastal craft. Services include fresh water and bunkering, but there are no repair facilities

Tropical.

Kimbe is situated on the N coast of New Britain Island.

Max draught 11.4m.

Approx 300,000t of cargo, 13,000TEU, 500 vessels handled annually.

No recommended areas for large vessels. Quarantine anchorage lies 2nm ENE of Kimbe Wharf, off Light Beacon No 2. General anchorage can also be obtained between 1 and 2nm ENE of the wharf.

From a position approx 3nm NW of Kimbe Island (05°12'S 150°23'E), on which stands a light (white hut, elevation 110m), the track leads 210°, passing (positions relative to Kimbe Island): Close NW of Laurabada Shoal (1.75nm NW), then WNW of Oto Reef (8.5nm SSW) marked by a beacon (black; cone, point up, topmark). Then the track leads 196° towards the pilot boarding place for Kulungi Roadstead and Kimbe Wharf, situated 2nm SSE of Grabo Reef Light Beacon No 1 (triangle topmark) (05°29'S 150°13'E). From a position approx 1nm E of Grabo Reef Light Beacon No 1 (05°29'S 150° 13'E), the track leads 223°, passing (positions relative to Grabo Reef Light: SE of Mowen Reef (0.8nm SW), then SE of Varley Shoal (3.25nm SSW), then SE of Light Beacon No 2 (4nm SSW) marking the SE extremity of Mangana Reefs which extend approx 5nm NW to the coast. Then the track leads W into the SE entrance to Kulungi Roadstead, passing (positions relative to Kimbe Wharf (05°33'S 150°09'E)): N of Light Beacon No 6 (1.5nm ENE), then S of Light Beacon No 3 (1.25nm NE), and N of No 5 Light Beacon (0.6nm ENE). Then the track leads SW to Kimbe Wharf, passing SE of Light Beacons No 4 and 7.

Aus 395/840/674. Admiralty Pilot NP60, NP286(4).

1025.

Compulsory for all vessels over LOA 31m. Pilot available locally, between 0600hrs and 2200hrs LT. Four hours notice of ETA is required and 6 hours notice of ETD with amendments at least 2 hours before each. Pilot boards 1.9nm SSE of Grabo Reef in position 05°30.5'S 150°13.5'E.

Range 1.0m.

Two tugs available.

Prevailing winds: NW and SE monsoons.

KIMBE, NEW BRITAIN 5°32.91'S 150°08.89'E UNCTAD LOCODE: PG KIM ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Pilots & Port: Ch 12 and 16. Call Kimbe Port Control, listening watch is maintained during working hours of 0600- 2200hrs, and when vessels are expected. Port Authority: Tel: +675 983 5134, Fax: +675 983 5134.

ETA to be advised 48 hours in advance through Rabaul with confirmation 4 to 5 hours prior to arrival.

Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificates available.