Brunswick (USSSI)

Entry to the port is via the main ship channel which runs between the islands of St Simons and Jekyll. The port comprises three deepwater terminal areas, Colonel's Island Terminal, Mayor's Point Terminal and Marine Port Terminal, and has facilities for handling Ro-Ro, general cargo, vehicles, bulk, break bulk and liquid cargoes. Each terminal area has several berths for large ocean going vessels. The principal commodities handled in the port are seafood, woodpulp, salt, gypsum rock, petroleum products, fertiliser, and chemicals.

Summer.

Brunswick is situated on the Eastern seaboard, 131km N of Jacksonville and 150km S of Savannah in the state of Georgia.

LOA 265.0m, beam 38.0m, and 63,424 DWT.

Approx 2,700,000t of cargo and 370 vessels handled annually.

There is good anchorage anywhere along the sides of the channel off the range lines in St. Simons Sound or Brunswick River. Depths of 7.6 to 24.0m may be found in the sound between Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island, and depths of 5.1 to 11.0m in the Brunswick River directly westward of Jekyll Island.

Brunswick is approached through Bar Channel and entered through Saint Simons Sound, between Saint Simon Island and Jekyll Island. Brunswick River enters the sound from SW just inside the entrance and provides access for ocean going vessels to Brunswick Port. For a distance of 3.2nm above its mouth, the river has an average width of 1.5nm. The deepwater channel averages 641m in width. Above Brunswick Point the river has an average width of 1,282m to Andrews Island, which divides it into two branches. The southern branch is known as Turtle River and the northern branch, on which the city of Brunswick is situated, is known as East River to the mouth of Academy Creek. Lighted whistle buoys are about 14.5nm and 7.5nm off the entrance to St Simons Sound. The channel through the bar is marked by 303° direction lights, a 285° lighted range, and lighted and unlighted buoys, and the channels inside the sound are marked with lighted ranges, lights and lighted and unlighted buoys. Recent dredging provides maintained depth at the Outer Bar to 11.6m below MLW and the Inner Harbour to 11.0m below MLW. East River turning basin 317m x 370m. South Brunswick River turning basin 365m diameter. Caution: An unmarked wreck, reported covered depth of 7.3m, is in position 31° 03'10"N 081°13'45"W, about 1.6nm E of the entrance to the bar channel.

BA 2810, 3691, 8262. Admiralty Pilot NP69, NP286(5).

US Coast Guard (USCG) Annual Examinations: The following is a general list of areas the USCG will inspect. ..... 1. All certification and documentation 2. Officers licences 3. Required log book entries 4. Navigational equipment 5. ILO-147 6. Structural Integrity 7. Cargo operations 8. Lifesaving equipment 9. Fire protection 10. Pollution prevention 11. Machinery spaces 12. Boat and fire drill. 13. Security The USCG does not board every ship that enters the Port of Brunswick. Every vessel will be inspected every year. Certain vessels will be boarded under the Port State Control Initiative more frequently depending on the flag owner and operator, class society and prior history of non compliance. Under keel clearance: Contact USCG for requirements for under keel clearance. Tankers: All tankers must have a "Tank Vessel Exam Letter" (foreign tankers) or a "Letter of Compliance" (US tankers). Contact: US Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Juliette G Low Federal Building, 100 West Oglethrope Ave, Suite 31401, Savannah, Georgia, 31401. Tel: +1 912 652 4353, Fax: +1 912 652 4052. VHF Ch 16, 18A, daily between 0730-1630hrs.

1025.

Pilotage is available 24 hours and compulsory for foreign vessels and US vessels over 200GT. Pilotage is optional for US vessels in coastwise trade which have onboard a pilot licensed by the Federal Government. The pilot boats are stationed in Frederica River just below the causeway bridge. The pilot boats monitor VHF Ch 11, 12, 13, 16, and working Ch 11, 12 and 13. The pilot boats are "Grayfen", grey hull, white superstructure, with "PILOT" on the hull and "Salty Dog", with a yellow hull. Both boats display the standard day and night pilot signals. The pilot boarding and cruising area is near St Simons Lighted Whistle Buoy STS (31°03.12'N 081°15.06'W); the buoy is equipped with a Racon. Pilotage should be arranged in advance, normally, through ships' agents; minimum of 2 hours ETA/ETD is required. Ocean going vessels that are tide restricted should arrange to arrive off their berths at slack water. The Brunswick Bar Pilots have established voluntary navigational safety guidelines for the port of Brunswick. Master should take note of these guidelines.

The harbour of Brunswick comprises the channel across the bar at the entrance to Saint Simons Sound, Saint Simons Sound, Brunswick River and Turtle River.

STS Lightbuoy; 31°02.9'N 081°14.4'W.

Bridges: The only bridge crossing the main channel is the Sidney Lanier (US route 17) highway bridge at Brunswick, 6.2nm above the river mouth, which has fixed span with an authorized vertical clearance of 56.4m and a horizontal clearance of 316.4m.

The mean range of tide is about 3.0m on the bar and 2.2m at Brunswick. Tidal currents normally follow the general direction of the dredged channel across the bar with a velocity of 2kts. Outer approaches: Tidal streams at "2B" Lightbuoy (31°00'N 081°10'W) are rotary, turning clockwise. The maximum rate of the ingoing stream occurs about 2.5 hours before HW at Charleston, when it sets about 295° at a rate of about 0.5kt. The maximum rate of the outgoing stream occurs about 3.5 hours after HW at Charleston, when it sets about 115°at a rate of about 0.5kt. Approaches: Tidal streams follow general direction of the dredged channel across the bar at an estimated rate of about 1-2kts, but it should be remembered, that with the N or S winds, a current sets with the wind across the channel. The streams set diagonally across the leading line through the entrance to Saint Simons Sound at an average rate of about 2kts, and turn 5.5 hours before HW at Charleston.

Tugs up to 4,000bhp are available on a 24 hours basis and are required for docking and undocking ocean going vessels. Arrangements should be made in advance through the ship's agent.

Prevailing winds: W'ly. Fog: Common from Nov-Mar. Visibility can drop to below 0.5nm on 4 -5 days each month due to fog, which usually occurs in the morning.

BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31°07.53'N 81°29.49'W UNCTAD LOCODE: US SSI ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 31/24 ENC US4GA11M Ed.53/24, (RSDRA2024000193039), 31/24

VHF: Bar Pilots: Ch 16, 11, 12, callsign "Brunswick Pilots" or Tel: + 1 912 638 2380. Pilot vessel: Ch 16, 11, 12, 13. Port: Tel: +1 912 2647295, Fax: +1 912 2623367.

Brunswick is a Customs port of entry; vessels are boarded at their berths.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

Vessels arriving in first US port: Please see country information. Further ETA should be sent to agent 72, 48 and 24 hours prior to arrival. Message should include vessel's draught.

The following flags are considered restricted. There are certain requirements for these vessels in controlled ports. Brunswick is not a controlled port, there are not additional requirements for these flags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. The following flags are considered non-entrant and are not permitted to enter the territorial sea, ports or internal waters of the United States except under conditions of force majeure or distress, situations involving approved humanitarian, medical emergencies or innocent passage: Cuba, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya, Syria.

Harbour regulations are under the control of the GPA and Brunswick Port Authority and are enforced by the Harbour Master. Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information. Quarantine: Enforced through US Public Health service.