Notice to Mariners Week 38

[tillergirl]

Permanent

1. ENGLAND - Thames Estuary - Kentish Flats - Buoyage. - removal of the three cardinal buoys that had marked the extension works of the Kentish Falts Wind Farm - which of course has been long complete.
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - River Thames - Gravesend Reach NE - Depths. - Two reductions on the edge of the north side of the Thames south of Coalhouse Point.
3. ENGLAND - South East Coast - Ramsgate Channel - Less water. - 'Less water reported' no further details just south of the B2 Starboard hand buoy in Pegwell Bay.
4. SOUTH EAST COAST OF ENGLAND - Gull Stream - N.W. Goodwin Lighted Buoy - small move of the Buoy - so small I could only add a dot, not an arrow! (Notified by Trinity House).

Temporary

1. Notice of Gravesend Reach, Gravesham Annual Fireworks Display on 4th November.
2. Sunk Inner Precautionary Area *- Seabed Monitoring Equipment - now removed.
3. GILLINGHAM PIER - SUNKEN CAR
4. Port of Wells - still dredging.
5. Kings Lynn approach - revised approaches chartlet.
6. London Array Wind Farm, advise of a survey towards the end of the week adjavcent to the Long Sand Middle Wave Recorder buoy (not the Safe Water Mark). It talks of a NtM but not seen it yet - I will enquire further in the morning.

http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page9.html for images and further detail

That's it.

 

[Mariner69]

Thank you for the update.

 

[tillergirl]

No problems.

Update from the London Array Wind Farm.

1. The survey about the Long Sand Middle Wave Recorder will be well aware from Foulger's and will not impact on us, however
2. The Jack-up vessel will be coming to service Turbine E19. This will impact us as the Jack-up vessel will at least have to position itself via the Gat. The date is not scheduled exactly yet, nor is the impact on 'passer-bys' yet. As soon as they have resolved details we will be informed. At the least I would suggest if the Jack-up vessel is there, a call up of any LAL vessel would be important.

 

[JasperII]

Just as a quick note.

The jack up was due at London array on Tuesday 13th, so it's either still there now, or has been and gone.

 

[tillergirl]

Grateful.

I suspect it may still there based upon last week's info.

1. The jack up vessel Wind Server is expected on site from 17/09/2016 to complete essential maintenance works. Notice to Mariners to follow in due course.
2. "The Jack-up vessel will be working at E19 which is just at the north entrance to Foulgers Gat, and will have some impact on vessels entering from the Black deep. At this moment we have not been informed which order of works the Wind Server will be working to, so I’m currently unable to give specific days that she will be in that location, as soon as this is confirmed I will send out the N t M."
3. No NtM yet.

This week's maintenance schedule is due today; I will update this evening if anything adds.

 

[Cantata]

Having read the previous post I wandered round the corner with my bins to take a look, but unfortunately the vis is not quite good enough this morning.
If anyone is planning a transit through the London Array and is concerned at what they will find, you can always call the L.A. Ops Centre at Ramsgate first. 01843 854692 and ask for the offshore operations manager.

 

[tillergirl]

A NtM has been issued - am currently chasing it up.....