Charlevoix (USCSX)

The port of Charlevoix is comprised of one quay dedicated to loading cement and the unloading of coal and ores.

Charlevoix is situated at the mouth of Pine River, approx midway of the rounding shore between Little Traverse Bay and Grand Traverse Bay.

Draught 6.2m, LOA 233.79m, beam 23.78m, 37,690DWT.

A special anchorage, marked by buoys in the N part of Round Lake, has good holding ground, sand and gravel bottom.

A dredged entrance channel leads SE from Lake Michigan between parallel piers through the lower portion of Pine River to Round Lake, the harbour proper of Charlevoix. The outer ends of the piers are marked by lights. From the E end of Round Lake, a dredged channel leads SE through the upper portion of Pine River to Lake Charlevoix, entered approx 1nm distant from Lake Michigan. Round Lake: Approx 0.4nm in diameter, depths to 18.2m, with deep water generally close to shore.

NOAA 14913, 14942.

Charlevoix Coast Guard station is on the N side of the Pine River entrance to Lake Charlevoix.

A floodlit water tank on the S side of the harbour entrance is prominent.

Bridge Street (US Route 31) Bridge crosses Pine River just below Round Lake. The bridge has a bascule span with a clearance of 4.8m.

CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN UNCTAD LOCODE: US CSX For details see: PORTS IN THE GREAT LAKES ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

VHF: Ch 12 Vessel Traffic Advisory, Tampa Port Authority, Ch 12 Pilots, Ch 16.

Clearance upon entry.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

Notify ETA 72 hours prior to arrival. Vessels arriving in first US port: Please see country information.

Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information. Federal regulations specify a speed limit of 7kts in the harbour. A slow no-wake speed is enforced.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information.