Gdynia (PLGDY)

The port is one of the largest and most modern ports in the Baltic Sea. The port is open to shipping throughout the year without tides and free of ice. It is an artificial port protected by breakwaters, 2.5km in length. The quays have good rail and road connections. The port handles all kinds of cargo, but in particular, general cargo, dry and liquid cargoes, grain, coal, vehicles and handles the largest number of containers per year in Poland.

Summer Zone for vessels over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal Area for vessels of 100m or less in length. Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31.

Gdynia Harbour is situated in the northern district of Gdynia, on the NW coast of the Bay of Gdansk.

LOA 366.46m, beam 51.2m, draught 13.0m, 204,144DWT.

Approx. 30,000,000t of cargo (of which approx. 6,800,000t is grain and 2,800,000t is coal), 900,000TEU, 686,000 passengers handled annually.

Outer anchorages: The roadstead E of the harbour, which is protected by the Hel Peninsula, provides good anchorage, sheltered from all but E'ly winds and in varying depths according to draught, the nature of the bottom is fine good holding sand. Three anchorages are available to the E of the breakwater S of the leading line to the main entrance in depths of 10.0 - 20.0m. ..... No 1 1.5nm SE - Small vessels. No 2 2.75nm ESE - Medium sized vessels. No 3 4.75nm ESE - Tankers. A spoil ground is centred 5nm ENE of the port entrance. A speed limit of 7kts applies in the roads.

Port Gdynia can be entered from one of three main routes: from the sea to the E, from Gdansk to the S and from Puck Bay to the N. All entrances are hazard free. The main harbour entrance is 150m wide and has a water depth of 14.0m. The outer breakwater extends for 2.5km. Directions: From "GD" Lightbuoy, the course is 271.5° on the alignment of Gdynia Leading Lights. This approach leads between "G1" and "G2" Lightbuoys marking each side of the 150m wide channel leading to the main entrance. Turning areas: Turning areas are located within the port as follows: Awanport - 500m in diameter. Kanal Portowy - (Opposite Basin IV) - 300m in diameter. Kanal Portowy - (Opposite Basin VIII) - 270m in diameter.

BA 259, 2040, 2288, 2636, 2688. Admiralty Pilot NP19, NP286(2)

Harbour guard available.

1006.

Vessels over LOA 40m shall be assisted by port mooring workers.

Compulsory for vessels LOA 60m and over, all oil and gas tankers, vessels carrying explosives, vessels which are damaged, not gas free, listing dangerously or exceeding trim. Vessels exceeding 30,000GT shall use 2 pilots when entering and leaving shipyards to carry out sea trials. Vessels carrying dangerous cargo of IMO Classes 1, 2, 3 or vessels with a draught greater than 9.0m should embark the pilot at the "GD" Buoy, (54°32.1'N 018°40.0'E) (3.5nm E of the harbour entrance), or at an appropriate anchorage. Vessels with a smaller draught should embark the pilot at the approach fairway before gates G1-G2. Embarking the pilot at places other than specified shall require permission from the Harbour Master's Office. Contact with Gdynia Pilot Station and Pilot boat, on VHF Ch 12. Pilotage is available throughout 24 hours. Request for pilots should be made no later than 12 hours prior to arrival at the pilot station or on departure from the last port of call stating the following: ..... 1. Vessel's name & IMO No 2. Breadth 3. LOA 4. Summer draught 5. Maximum draught 6. ETA Final pilot confirmation request should be made at least 2 hours and 1 hour before arrival at the pilot station. Vessels which are to enter the port should make contact with the pilot station or pilot boat early enough to obtain information on how to obtain a pilot or instructions for safe navigation of the region they are approaching. Information concerning pilotage may also be obtained on VTS channels.

Positioned from the main harbour entrance (54°32.2'N 018°34.0'E): ..... Landmarks: Position Notes Three radio masts 1.25nm NW Red lights Water Tower at Oksywski 0.82nm NNW Harbour Master's building 0.5nm W Square buff-coloured observation and signal tower, 28m Kamienna Gora 1.5nm SSW 48m, surmounted by a metal cross, which is clearly visible from the bay. Lights are exhibited, one each side of the main entrance as follows: ..... N side (concrete tower, 13m) at the S end of the N detached breakwater. S side (similar structure) at the N end of the S detached breakwater. Gdynia Harbour Breakwater Lights: S end of S detached breakwater (concrete tower, glass cupola, height 11m). N breakwater head light (black framework tower, height 6m). N detached breakwater, N end (red framework tower, white band, height 8m). Gora Donas Beacon (54°28.0'N 018°26.0'E)

Vessel speed must not exceed 10kts in the roads and 6kts within the port area. The Navigation of vessels greater than LOA 200m should be agreed with the Harbour Master's Office. Commercial vessels must enter and leave the port through the main entrance, the S entrance can only be used with the Harbour Master's permission. Commercial vessels are prohibited from using the N entrance, which is for the exclusive use of the Polish Navy.

The port is non tidal with no currents or high waves. However, during sustained strong W'ly winds the water level can rise by up to 0.6m; during strong E'ly winds the water level can fall by as much as 0.5m.

Area: The area of operations of the Zatoka Gdanska VTS is bounded by the following positions: ..... 1. 54°45.0'N 018°32.6'E 2. 54°45.0'N 019°06.4'E 3. 54°44.0'N 019°08.1'E 4. 54°43.1'N 019°09.9'E 5. 54°40.7'N 019°15.0'E 6. 54°36.2'N 019°24.2'E 7. 54°32.0'N 019°31.0'E 8. 54°27.5'N 019°38.3'E Procedure: ..... 1. Entry into the Zatoka Gdanska VTS area or passage through this area without diversion to a port requires the vessel to report to the VTS Centre as soon as it crosses the outer boundary of the VTS area. 2. The following vessels are required to report their ETA to the VTS Centre as well as report on crossing the outer boundary of the VTS area: a) All passenger vessels. b) All cargo vessels of 150GT and above. c) All vessels, regardless of tonnage, which are carrying dangerous loads or which, as a result of exceptional circumstances, present a risk of collision or of environmental pollution. d) All vessels engaged in towing. 3. Vessels navigating within the Zatoka Gdanska VTS area, shall maintain a continuous listening watch on VHF Ch 71. 4. Vessels which have taken positions within a road or an anchorage of a port, shall maintain a continuous listening watch on a VHF working channel appropriate to the Harbour Master of the port. Reporting Positions: ..... Position Inbound/outbound VHF 54°45.0'N (Northern limit of VTS) In & outbound 71 54°35.4'N 018°52.6'E Inbound 71 54°35.9'N 018°54.3'E Outbound 71 54°36.7'N 019°04.6'E Inbound 71 54°39.6'N 019°07.5'E Outbound 71 54°32.3'N 018°40.8'E Inbound 12 54°31.7'N 018°40.7'E Outbound 71 54°28.6'N 018°42.3'E Inbound 14 54°28.1'N 018°42.9'E Outbound 71 54°26.9'N 018°56.9'E Inbound 14 54°25.3'N 018°54.8'E Outbound 71 54°26.8'N 019°43.3'E In & outbound 71 Reporting system: The report should comprise: ..... 1. The code word "REPHEL" 2. Vessel's name and callsign 3. Date and time (GMT) of report 4. Vessel's position 5. Destination and ETA at the roadstead 6. Other information (type and amount of cargo, draught, any deficiencies). Note: ANNEX to NTM 20/2003 has VTS ZATOKA GDANSKA vessel traffic service for gulf of Gdansk.

Compulsory for vessels over LOA 60m and over LOA 70m carrying dangerous goods. Requirements: ..... Length (m) Tugs 90 to 130 70-110m with dangerous cargo 1 130 to 170 110-150m with dangerous cargo 2 170 and over (150m if carrying dangerous goods) 3 over 9.0m draught 3 Towage is provided by WUZ which operates a fleet of vessels including 8 tugs 1,000 to 4000hp.

Prevailing winds: NW'ly. The port is generally ice free. Ice formation can occur from February to March. Winds from the N, E and S can cause shifting ice fields in the roadstead which may create problems for small and medium sized vessels. Icebreakers keep the channels and roadstead clear.

GDYNIA 54°31.86'N 18°33.87'E UNCTAD LOCODE: PL GDY For details see: GDYNIA-GDASK PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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(4) Pilot boards as follows: (a) Vessels carrying hazardous cargo or with a draught exceeding 9m: 54°32·20N 18°39·62E (near Lt buoy GD) or at the appropriate anchorage (b) Vessels with a draught less than 9m: Before Lt buoys G1-G2 (54°32·12N 18° 36·32E) at the latest NOTE: Pilotage is provided by UNIPIL. ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________ VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE NOTE: For details see GDYNIA-GDANSK. ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________ PORT CONTACT DETAILS: Port Radio Station Call: Gdynia Port Control VHF Channel: Ch 16; 12 Hr Mr's Office VHF Channel: Ch 16; 12 Telephone: +48(0)58 6202853 (KP) +48(0)58 6210705 (Duty Officer) +48(0)58 6274930 (Secretariat) Fax: +48(0)58 6616051 (Hr Mr's Office) +48(0)58 6200591 (Duty Officer) E-mail: kpgdynia@umgdy.gov.pl Berthing Master VHF Channel: Ch 16; 12 Telephone: +48(0)58 6274040 Fax: +48(0)58 6215370 E-mail: dyspozytor@port.gdynia.pl Border Guard VHF Channel: Ch 12 Telephone: +48(0)58 6273500 Marina VHF Channel: Ch 16; 12 Telephone: +48(0)58 6619366 Fax: +48(0)58 6619429 E-mail: marina@gosir.gdynia.pl Marina Yacht Park VHF Channel: Ch 16; 12 Telephone: +48(0)785 557777 (Mobile) Port Authority Telephone: +48(0)58 6274046 Fax: +48(0)58 6274185 Website: www.port.gdynia.pl HOURS: H24 PROCEDURE: Inward-bound vessels should report to Gdynia Port Control on VHF Ch 12 on passing Lt buoy GD. 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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 10/24 Gdynia Pilots Website, (RSDRA2024000047202), 10/24 ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

VHF: Harbour Master's Office (VTS) and Pilots: Ch 16, 12. Tel: +48 58 620 2853, Fax: +48 58 661 6051. Deep Sea Pilots: UMS Marbalco Shipping Co Ltd: Tel+ 48 58 551 7037. Fax: +48 58 551 6838. Email: pilot@marbalco.com Aramis Shipping Agency Ltd: Tel: +48 58 661 2626. Fax: +48 58 661 2658. Email: agency@asapl.com.pl

Customs allowances: Vessels entering a port have the following allowances for each crew member each 3 days free of seal: 0.5 litre of spirits, 2 litres of wine, 5 litres of beer, 200 cigarettes or 30 cigars or 150g of tobacco. For the Master there is a double allowance. Vessels of less than 100NT leaving a port are not allowed to buy any alcohol. Vessels of 100-500NT may buy for each crew member: Four litres of spirits. Additionally, the Master is allowed 10 litres of spirits. The ship may be supplied with alcohol by an authorised ship chandler only.

..... Are ship's forms acceptable? Form Yes 1. Crew List x 2. Passenger List x 3. Arms and Ammunition List x Certificates: 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

To be advised to Harbour Master's Office. Notification of the arrival and departure of vessels: After having arrived in the roads, the Master should notify the Harbour Master's Office via radiotelephone (VHF Ch 12) with the following data: ..... 1. Vessel name, callsign and IMO number 2. LOA, beam and draught 3. Tonnage of the vessel according to the International Tonnage Certificate 4. Type of cargo 5. Name of certified agent 6. Last port of call. The Master or his authorised representative shall immediately, upon arrival in the harbour, submit a written Statement of Arrival at the Harbour Master's Office. The Statement of Arrival of a world wide trading vessel should be accompanied by the following documents: Vessel's Certificate, Safety Certificates, Load Line Certificate, MARPOL Certificate, Financial Guarantee Certificate, Crew List, Cargo Manifest and Passenger List. International ferries are not required to present the Passenger List. The departure shall be permitted no sooner than after the completion of the frontier, customs, and sanitary clearances and after having received permission from the Harbour Master's Office issued on the Statement of Departure. Before the intended departure from the port the Master shall be obliged to submit to the Harbour Master's Office the Statement of Departure. Any vessel in international trade shall, in addition, submit the following documents: Crew List, a copy of the Manifest of the cargo taken from the port, Passenger List, embarked in the port, Customs Office Permission for Leaving, Payment Certificate for the harbour fees unless the settlement is to be done at a later date. International ferries are not required to submit a Passenger List.

Effective from 01st September 2016, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) will require sea carriers calling at EU ports to file Container Status Messages (CSMs). Vessels experiencing technical communication problems should report the issue via e-mail to the Commission's help-service email: olaf-afis-it-help-desk@ec.europa.eu. Vessel traffic rules: ..... 1. Speed: Vessels should move at a safe speed, but not exceeding: a) In the roads - 10kts. b) In the port - 6kts. The Harbour Master can permit vessels to exceed the speed limits specified if it is necessary for carrying out proper manoeuvres, or if it is necessary due to specific technical properties of the vessels. Speed limits specified are not applicable to civil service vessels performing their statutory duties. 2. A vessel cannot enter or leave the harbour without the permission of the Harbour Master's Office. In order to obtain permission to enter or leave the harbour, a vessel should establish communication with the Harbour Master's Office and specify the following details: Vessel name, flag, length, width, draught, type of cargo, and other data indicated by the Harbour Master's Office. The Harbour Master's Office grants permission to enter or leave the harbour by means of radio communication - VHF Channel 12. 3. Vessels with a gross tonnage over 200t moving in the roads of the harbour should keep a minimum distance of 500m from the breakwaters, and vessels with a gross tonnage lower than 200t, should keep a minimum distance of 200m. Vessels with a gross tonnage over 30,000t entering or leaving the shipyard for sea trails should use the services of two pilots. 4. Elevators, floating cranes, barges and other port service vessels can be exempted from the obligation to use services of a pilot during manoeuvres in the area of Gdynia port. a) At Francuskie Quay, within the distance of 200m from Portowe Quay, it is forbidden to: i) Moor vessels side to side. ii) Cross the line of crane buffers. b) It is not allowed to moor vessels and floating port facilities side to side at: i) Finskie Quay. ii) Polskie Quay - on the stretch of 250m from the Finskie Quay to mooring bitt No 14. iii) In basin No 5 at the opposite quays. iv) Poludniowe Quay and Goscinne Quay in Naval Shipyard Gydnia. v) Islandzkie Quay and Wendy Quay. 5. Traffic of vessels with length over 150m in Kanal Poludniowy is allowed under the following conditions: a) Wind force - From W, 17-21kts; From E 7-10kts. b) Vessels over 10m beam cannot be moored at Wendy and Islandzkie Quays. 6. During servicing inbound and outbound vessels at Slqskie Quay the corner area of Wendy Quay should not be occupied for a distance of 100m. 7. The size of vessels mooring at the Slqskie Quay and Angielskie Quay in Basin II shall be limited to LOA 250m and beam 35m. 8. Traffic of vessels with a length over 200m should be agreed with the Harbour Master. 9. In Basins II and III traffic of the above mentioned vessels can take place only in the daytime. 10. Berthing of vessels at the main breakwater is not allowed, except for berth B.P.P.P. 11. Determining of deviation using the dolphin is available to vessels of up to 30m in length and a maximum horsepower of 500hp. 12. Vessels entering or leaving Gdynia Port are obliged to use the services of at least: a) One tug boat: i) Vessels of LOA 90m to 130m. ii) Vessels carrying dangerous cargoes of over LOA 70m to 110m. iii) Vessels 50m in length without mechanical drive. b) Two tug boats: i) Vessels of over LOA 130 to 170m. ii) Vessels carrying dangerous cargoes of over LOA 110m to 150m. iii) Vessels and floating facilities without own mechanical drive and difficult to manoeuvre, of over LOA 50m to 130m. c) Three tug boats: i) Vessels of over LOA 170m. ii) Vessels and floating facilities without own mechanical drive, of over LOA 130m. iii) Vessels carrying dangerous cargoes of over LOA 150m. Number of tug boats and conditions of safe towing during servicing inbound and outbound, untypical floating objects (wrecks, large pontoons, docks etc) and vessels with damaged hulls are determined for each individual case by the Harbour Master. Vessels obliged to use the services of tug boats should moor/unmoor parallel to the quay. With restricted use of their own drive. 13. Vessels up to LOA 180m can be shifted on their own along a clear quay at the distance no longer than the length of the vessel. 14. Vessels of LOA 60m or more are obliged to use the services of a pilot. 15. Vessels carrying dangerous cargo and vessels with a draught exceeding 9.0m should take a pilot at GD Buoy or at a proper anchorage. 16. Vessels with a smaller draught should take a pilot at the approach fairway before gate G-1 and G-2 at the latest. 17. Taking a pilot onboard in places other than mentioned above requires the permission of the Harbour Master. Pilots can disembark a vessel leaving the harbour after passing gate G-1 and G-2. Earlier disembarkation of the pilot, justified by current weather conditions, can take place after obtaining permission of the Harbour Master and master of the piloted vessel. Signalling system - daymarks: Special national duty vessels other than pilot boats, ice breakers and training vessels must show the following signs, apart from those imposed by Colregs 1972, proving that they are on duty and underway: In daytime: Their duty flag, made according to standard, in a place from which it will be best visible for identification. A vessel carrying dangerous goods of IMO classes 1, 2 and 3 should show the following signs apart from those imposed by COLREGS 1972: In daytime: "B" flag according to International Code of Signals. A vessel carrying flammable liquids of Class 3 in bulk, should show number flag 1 under flag "B" according to International Code of Signals.

Ship Sanitation Control Certificate can be renewed.