Gulfport (USGPT)

The port handles mainly containers and bulk cargo. Commodities include fresh produce, frozen poultry, apparel, automobiles and ore.

Summer.

Gulfport is located on the northern shore of the Mississippi Sound, in the State of Mississippi, approx 130km from New Orleans.

LOA 227.8m, beam 36m, draught 10.97m, 66,721DWT.

Approx 1,900,000t of cargo, 197,000TEU and 200 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage available (30°13.5'N 088°58.0'W) close N of Ship Island, depth 6.0m, soft bottom, good holding, limited swinging room. Anchorage, in depths of 8.0 to 12.0m, is available S of Ship Island Bar Channel within 2nm radius of Ship Island Lightbuoy (30°07.1'N 088°55.8'W).

The port is approached along a 16nm shipping channel. ..... Channel Depth Width Ship Island Bar 11.6m 91m Gulfport 10.9m 76m North Harbour 9.7m - South Harbour/Turning Basin 10.9m 402m Harbour basin 9.6-11.0m 338-372m Ship Island Bar Channel (Gulf and Bar Channel): From a position close to Ship Island Lightbuoy (safe water) (30°07.0'N 088°52.7'W) the track leads NW for 5.8nm within a channel marked by pairs of light buoys. Ship Island Pass (Sound Channel): Then the track leads generally N for a distance of 2.6nm to round West Point on Ship Island, with the W edge of shoal water marked by No 12 Lightbuoy (starboard hand), passing about 1.3nm W of Ship Island Light, then in a NNE direction to re-enter the dredged channel. Gulfport Channel Directional Light leads through the continuation of the channel N of West Point on a bearing of 006°. Gulfport Channel: The alignment 144° astern of Ship Island Leading Lights lead through the centre of the channel directly into Gulfport harbour between Gulfport channel front leading light and a submerged breakwater on the W side of the channel. Front Ship Island Light (red vertical mark, white stripe, on pile) (30°13.8'N 088°58.9'W). Rear light (red vertical mark, on white stripe, framework tower on concrete base) (1.4nm SE of the front light). Front Gulfport Light (red vertical mark, white stripe on framework tower on piles) (30°21.2'N 089°05.1'W). Rear Light (red vertical mark, white stripe, on framework tower on concrete base) (0.8nm NW of the front light).

BA 3151, 3858; NOAA 11373. Admiralty Pilot NP69A, NP286(5).

USCG stationed at Gulfport.

1020.

Compulsory for vessels over 250NT and available throughout 24 hours. Notify pilots of ETA 48 hours in advance and 1.5 hours prior to arrival at Gulfport Fairway Buoy. The pilot boards from a 14m vessel, with a red hull and white superstructure, at the entrance to the Ship Island Bar Channel (30°07.12'N 088°53.12'W).

Gulfport Aero Light (tower, 19m in height) (30°24.0'N 089°04.0'W). Biloxi Aero Light (water tower) (30°24.0'N 088°55.0'W). Biloxi Light (white conical tower, black lantern, 16m in height) (30°23.0'N 088°54.0'W). Ship Island Light (framework tower, concrete base) (30°12.7'N 088°58.0'W). Gulfport Channel Directional Light (red and white chequered diamond shaped mark on pile) (30°14.1'N 088°59.0'W).

Vessels near max draught of 10.6m are handled during daylight hours only or at the pilot's discretion. Berthing is on approval of berth application by operations department. Max speed limit for ocean going vessels should not exceed 10kts through the channel between Ship Island Bar and the entrance of the Gulfport Harbour.

Range 0.7m.

Three tugs are available from Gulfport Towing Company. Tugs used only for berthing.

Prevailing winds: Seasonal.

GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 30°21.17'N 89°05.27'W UNCTAD LOCODE: US GPT ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Pilots & Tugs: Ch 16, 10. Tel: +1 228 865 7656. Fax: +1 601 863 6952.

Available for entry and clearance.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

Vessels arriving in first US port: Please see country information.

US flag, "Hotel" (pilot) and "Quebec" (quarantine) flag required. "Bravo" flag required if bunkering.

Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information. Public Health Service regulations apply. Officials usually inspect vessels at their berths. Quarantine: Public Health Service regulations apply. Officials usually inspect vessels at their berths.