Longview (USLOG)

Longview is at the centre of a comprehensive network of import/export shipping, warehouse/distribution facilities and overland connections. It is linked by an extensive barging system to the Inland Empire. Main cargoes handled include: Dry bulk, bulk, timber products, minerals, general cargo and containers.

Summer.

The Port of Longview is located on the Columbia River, 66nm inland from the Pacific Ocean in SW Washington state.

LOA 304m, beam 36m, draught 13.1m, 83,611DWT.

Approx 10,000,000t of cargo and 300 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage available to the NW of Longview Bridge; and also to the SE in depths of between 9.1m and 11.6m; the navigable channel must be kept clear. A secondary anchorage, SE of the bridge and just S of the main ship channel, may also be used.

The Columbia River, when approaching Longview, has a min depth of 12.2m MLW and min width of 91.5m. Slaughters Channel, traversing SE past Longview, has depths of 10.6-12.1m and a min width of 182m. A turning basin at Longview has a length 4,572m, width 762m and a min depth of 10.6m. Between Crims Island and Longview at Mile 58, the main channel starts a turn to SE, passing S of Fisher Island and N of Walker Island and Lord Island. See also separate entry for Columbia/Snake River System.

BA 2839, 2849. Admiralty Pilot NP8, NP286(5).

1000.

A pilot must be onboard to cross the Columbia Bar and to bring the ship up the Columbia River. Pilots change at Astoria, Oregon. Pilotage is compulsory and is available throughout 24 hours. Pilotage for the river entrance is provided by Columbia River Bar Pilots, and for the river above Astoria by Columbia River Pilots. Pilots may board by boat or helicopter. ETA at the pilot boarding position, situated 1nm E of CR Lightbuoy, should be notified at least 12 hours before arrival, and amended if it changes by 1 hour; final notification is required 1 hour before arrival. Pilot boarding by helicopter does so 5-10nm W of CR Lightbuoy. One of the two pilot boats is maintained on call at all times. "Columbia" 25m long, with orange hull and white and orange superstructure with the word "PILOT" on its superstructure. "Chinook" 22m long, yellow hull and superstructure with the word "PILOT" on the superstructure. When working with "Columbia", vessel speed should be 10kts with the pilot ladder rigged 3.0m above the waterline; "Chinook" vessel speed should be 12-14kts with the ladder 2m above the waterline. Bar pilotage extends from the open sea, 10nm seaward of the outermost buoy, to Tongue Point (46°13'N 123°45'W), on the E side of Astoria. River pilotage extends from Tongue Point to the head of navigation on Columbia or Willametta Rivers, and their tributaries. The transfer of a bar pilot to a river pilot is made off Astoria. The sound signal for pilots are as follows: Bar Pilot - One long, two short, one long blasts on the whistle (Morse X). River Pilot - One long and three short blasts on the whistle (Morse B). A fixed amber light is maintained by the Columbia Bar Pilots, in conjunction with the coastguard, on top of their office at Astoria. When the light is displayed it will indicate to outbound vessels that the bar is not passable and that they should anchor.

A power cable, with a clearance of 65m crosses the channel from Lord Island (46° 08'N 123°01'W) to the Washington shore, at a point 0.6nm ESE of Barlow Point. The Route US 30 Bridge, crossing the river at Longview, has a clearance of 61.9m (LW).

Range 0.9-1.5m. The mean tidal range is about 1.0m.

Tug service available.

Prevailing winds: N'ly (May-Sep); SSE'ly (Oct-Apr).

LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON 46°08.11'N 123°00.15'W UNCTAD LOCODE: US LOG For details see: COLUMBIA RIVER PILOT REQUIREMENTS PORTS USING COLUMBIA RIVER PILOTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Columbia River Pilots Ch 13, 16.

For crew not to be detained onboard, each crew member must have a visa in their passport or Seaman's Book.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

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

River pilot flag required by law.

Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information. Quarantine: Unless otherwise directed, vessels subject to inspection by quarantine, customs, immigration and agricultural quarantine officers, are normally boarded by the relevant officials on arrival at their berths.