tillergirl
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Week 11
1. New Editions of ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts to be published on 31st March, 2022 - SCC 5606.4 Gull Stream to Princes Channel., SCC 5606.5 Princes Channel to Medway Approach Channel. , SCC 5606.6 Whitaker Channel to West Swin.
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Legend. - Works in progress off the Dagenham Docks, River Thames.
3.. ENGLAND - East Coast - Obstructions. - Three locations of unexploded ordnance; one just southeast of the Newcome Sand port hand buoy, one about 12nm east of the Newcombe Sand and the third north of the Nord Hinder. Only the first location illustrated ( Notices to Mariners)
Week 10
1. ENGLAND - East Coast - NM Block. Drying heights. Depths. - Two new drying areas at the entrance channel to Boston. There is a new UKHO Block showing the new areas (which is repeating NTM546 of week 6).
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Automatic Identification System. Radar beacon. - This notice is adding Racon(M) and AIS to the NE Cross Sand east cardinal buoy (off Winterton Ness)
3. BELGIUM - Buoy. - New special yellow lit buoy (MOG21) marking scientific instrumentation has been placed north of the Westhinder.
Week 9
1. ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts published 3rd March 2022 - 5614.3 Approaches to Lowestoft., 5614.4 A Approaches to Great Yarmouth., B Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour., 5614.5 A Northern Approaches to Great Yarmouth., B Great Yarmouth Haven. , 5614.20 Harbours on the East Coast., A Lowestoft Harbour., B Whitton Ness to Goole and Mere Dyke., C River Trent continuation to Keadby.
2. New Editions of ADMIRALTY Charts to be published 17th March 2022 - Chart 1351 - International Chart Series, France - North Coast, Approaches to Calais. , Calais., Chart 1406 - North Sea, Dover and Calais to Orford Ness and Scheveningen., Chart 1610 - International Chart Series, England - East Coast, Approaches to the Thames Estuary. , Chart 2449 - North Sea, Dover Strait to Westerschelde.,
3. NETHERLANDS - Buoyage. Virtual aids to navigation. - Six buoys (including two of the virtual buoyage) have been moved in the Geul Van de Walvischstaart channel leading to the Westerschelde.
Local - very briefly because there are so many, see full details in the Local list in the above quoted page - including images and illustrations provided
1. WOOLWICH REACH - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY - THAMES BARRIER CLOSURES - provides the closure dates in May to September.
2. Harwich Haven - Dredging Operations – Aase Madsen - From around the 07 March 2022, for a period of about 8 days, the grab dredger Aase Madsen will carry out trial boulder grab dredging operations in the main channel. The vessel (details
below) will dredge previously identified surface boulders for disposal at sea and will be operating 12 hours (daytime) per day.
3. Harwich - Seasonal Recreational Marks - On or before the 01 April 2022 the seasonal recreational marks will be reinstated - as usual
4. Harwich - Seasonal Marks - Harwich Shelf reinstated from 1st March
5. Harwich Haven - Dredging Operations – Kathy Anne - on or about the 25 February 2022 the plough dredger Kathy Anne will commence maintenance dredging in the harbour, for a period of approximately 5 weeks. Plough dredging will be undertaken in the following locations: • Ha ‘Penny Pier and lifeboat pontoon, • Harbour Master Pound pontoon, • Between Trinity Pier and Train Ferry Pier, • Shotley Marina channel; and • Mistley berths.
6. River Medway - Saltpan Reach - London Thamesport Diving Operations and Quay Works - a programme of work including diving operations is due to commence at London Thamesport Terminal. The work for the cathodic protection (CP) includes the design, fabrication, installation, testing & commissioning of a new galvanic (sacrificial) anode system to the existing tubular piles supporting the London Thamesport quay deck & approach bridges. The work also includes the repair of those piles reduced in thickness or holed. Work will commence on or around 07/03/2022 with an estimated completion date of 31/05/2022, diving operations are not expected to start until late March. All works will be carried out by a small workboat and/or a floating work platform which will lifted in/out daily by quayside crane.
7. PORT OF GREAT YARMOUTH - Third River Crossing Construction Update - works will be undertaken on both bridge cofferdams, commencing 28th February. A ‘raft’ will be attached at various points on each cofferdam in order to fit anodes protecting the structures. Personnel will be working on the raft and close to water at times around periods of Low Water. Vessels should be aware and pass at a safe speed to avoid risk to persons and property.
8. PORT OF GREAT YARMOUTH - Haven Bridge works - works, essential to reinstating the functionality of Haven Bridge, are ongoing. Commencing 14th February, a pontoon will be deployed to support activity. Over a period expected to total 42 days, there may be restrictions to vessels seeking to transit under the bridge. The central arch will be obstructed for a period of 2 weeks. Vessels seeking to transit under the bridge during this period will require to provide advance notice. Advance notice should be not less than 24 hours (or provided by 1600 on Friday for a weekend transit) Contact: 0800 022 3292. Arrangements to transit can be made only at agreed times until completion of these works. The Port Authority will monitor the works and assist mariners to ensure transits of small craft are supported and provide advice to minimise disruption to the major mechanical and electrical upgrades that are underway
9. River Orwell – Pond Ooze Buoy Out of Position - Pond Ooze buoy is temporarily out of position. It is presently located in the following position: - 52o 01.374’N 001o 10.096’E - Chartlet on the usual webpage
10. Approaches to King’s Lynn : Bulldog Channel - Amendments to buoyage / Change of Approach Channel. - due to changes in the profile of the approach channels to King’s Lynn on or about Monday 7th Match 2022 the main approach channel will be moved to the Bulldog Channel. On completion of the buoy moves, the Daseley Channel will be un-buoyed and not suitable for navigation to Kings Lynn. All existing channel buoys from No.13 light buoy to the south will not be affected. New chart extract and lists of nav aids will be published from Tuesday 8th March on the website or available from the Harbour Office during working hours. The works will be carried out by the buoying vessel “St Edmund” over the am High water and following low water period and all mariners are requested to pass at slow speed and give as wide a berth as is possible whilst works are being carried out. Contact the St Edmund on VHF Ch. 14 for further information. Full positions in the Local List
11. London Array Wind Farm maintenance works (as alerted last week)- you can now download the full notice with images and chartlets on the Local List
12. Port of Wells - dredging
13. Burnham/Crouch. - Buoy maintenance - Burnham Fairways Nos 9 and 13 temp. removed. Ditto Paglesham Fairway No 1
14. Crouch survey - survey work is scheduled to be carried out on the River Crouch in the locations as listed below. The survey work will be carried out by the vessel MAPLIN and is scheduled to commence on 2nd March 2022. The MAPLIN will display the appropriate signals as designated by the COLREGS and maintain a continuous listening watch on VHF Channels 11 and 16. Mariners are requested not to impede the vessel whilst survey operations are taking place and pass at a safe distance. Areas to be surveyed:
1. From Buxey Edge Starboard Hand Light Buoy/Swallowtail No 3 Special Mark Buoy to Swallowtail West Westerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
2. In the vicinity of Buxey No 1 Southerly Cardinal Light Buoy and Buxey No 2 Northerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
3. In the vicinity of Crouch Northerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
4. Ray Sand Channel between Raysand (yellow spherical buoy) and Raysand North. (so I don't need to do it this year!)
15. Blakeney Harbour - SOUTH SANDS BEACON - Due to damage sustained during Storm Eunice the south sands beacon has been removed until further notice. Any mariners using the harbour should take care when in the vicinity of the south sands beacon location due to the anchor post remaining in the sand. Stay towards the port channel marker 21A on the north side of the channel to avoid the anchor post. The location of the beacon anchor post is: N 52° 58.113'
E 000° 58.457' The beacon will be reinstated as soon as possible. The BHA weather station has also been affected by the damage to the beacon and will also be offline until further notice.
That's it.
Week 11
1. New Editions of ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts to be published on 31st March, 2022 - SCC 5606.4 Gull Stream to Princes Channel., SCC 5606.5 Princes Channel to Medway Approach Channel. , SCC 5606.6 Whitaker Channel to West Swin.
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Legend. - Works in progress off the Dagenham Docks, River Thames.
3.. ENGLAND - East Coast - Obstructions. - Three locations of unexploded ordnance; one just southeast of the Newcome Sand port hand buoy, one about 12nm east of the Newcombe Sand and the third north of the Nord Hinder. Only the first location illustrated ( Notices to Mariners)
Week 10
1. ENGLAND - East Coast - NM Block. Drying heights. Depths. - Two new drying areas at the entrance channel to Boston. There is a new UKHO Block showing the new areas (which is repeating NTM546 of week 6).
2. ENGLAND - East Coast - Automatic Identification System. Radar beacon. - This notice is adding Racon(M) and AIS to the NE Cross Sand east cardinal buoy (off Winterton Ness)
3. BELGIUM - Buoy. - New special yellow lit buoy (MOG21) marking scientific instrumentation has been placed north of the Westhinder.
Week 9
1. ADMIRALTY Small Craft Charts published 3rd March 2022 - 5614.3 Approaches to Lowestoft., 5614.4 A Approaches to Great Yarmouth., B Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour., 5614.5 A Northern Approaches to Great Yarmouth., B Great Yarmouth Haven. , 5614.20 Harbours on the East Coast., A Lowestoft Harbour., B Whitton Ness to Goole and Mere Dyke., C River Trent continuation to Keadby.
2. New Editions of ADMIRALTY Charts to be published 17th March 2022 - Chart 1351 - International Chart Series, France - North Coast, Approaches to Calais. , Calais., Chart 1406 - North Sea, Dover and Calais to Orford Ness and Scheveningen., Chart 1610 - International Chart Series, England - East Coast, Approaches to the Thames Estuary. , Chart 2449 - North Sea, Dover Strait to Westerschelde.,
3. NETHERLANDS - Buoyage. Virtual aids to navigation. - Six buoys (including two of the virtual buoyage) have been moved in the Geul Van de Walvischstaart channel leading to the Westerschelde.
Local - very briefly because there are so many, see full details in the Local list in the above quoted page - including images and illustrations provided
1. WOOLWICH REACH - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY - THAMES BARRIER CLOSURES - provides the closure dates in May to September.
2. Harwich Haven - Dredging Operations – Aase Madsen - From around the 07 March 2022, for a period of about 8 days, the grab dredger Aase Madsen will carry out trial boulder grab dredging operations in the main channel. The vessel (details
below) will dredge previously identified surface boulders for disposal at sea and will be operating 12 hours (daytime) per day.
3. Harwich - Seasonal Recreational Marks - On or before the 01 April 2022 the seasonal recreational marks will be reinstated - as usual
4. Harwich - Seasonal Marks - Harwich Shelf reinstated from 1st March
5. Harwich Haven - Dredging Operations – Kathy Anne - on or about the 25 February 2022 the plough dredger Kathy Anne will commence maintenance dredging in the harbour, for a period of approximately 5 weeks. Plough dredging will be undertaken in the following locations: • Ha ‘Penny Pier and lifeboat pontoon, • Harbour Master Pound pontoon, • Between Trinity Pier and Train Ferry Pier, • Shotley Marina channel; and • Mistley berths.
6. River Medway - Saltpan Reach - London Thamesport Diving Operations and Quay Works - a programme of work including diving operations is due to commence at London Thamesport Terminal. The work for the cathodic protection (CP) includes the design, fabrication, installation, testing & commissioning of a new galvanic (sacrificial) anode system to the existing tubular piles supporting the London Thamesport quay deck & approach bridges. The work also includes the repair of those piles reduced in thickness or holed. Work will commence on or around 07/03/2022 with an estimated completion date of 31/05/2022, diving operations are not expected to start until late March. All works will be carried out by a small workboat and/or a floating work platform which will lifted in/out daily by quayside crane.
7. PORT OF GREAT YARMOUTH - Third River Crossing Construction Update - works will be undertaken on both bridge cofferdams, commencing 28th February. A ‘raft’ will be attached at various points on each cofferdam in order to fit anodes protecting the structures. Personnel will be working on the raft and close to water at times around periods of Low Water. Vessels should be aware and pass at a safe speed to avoid risk to persons and property.
8. PORT OF GREAT YARMOUTH - Haven Bridge works - works, essential to reinstating the functionality of Haven Bridge, are ongoing. Commencing 14th February, a pontoon will be deployed to support activity. Over a period expected to total 42 days, there may be restrictions to vessels seeking to transit under the bridge. The central arch will be obstructed for a period of 2 weeks. Vessels seeking to transit under the bridge during this period will require to provide advance notice. Advance notice should be not less than 24 hours (or provided by 1600 on Friday for a weekend transit) Contact: 0800 022 3292. Arrangements to transit can be made only at agreed times until completion of these works. The Port Authority will monitor the works and assist mariners to ensure transits of small craft are supported and provide advice to minimise disruption to the major mechanical and electrical upgrades that are underway
9. River Orwell – Pond Ooze Buoy Out of Position - Pond Ooze buoy is temporarily out of position. It is presently located in the following position: - 52o 01.374’N 001o 10.096’E - Chartlet on the usual webpage
10. Approaches to King’s Lynn : Bulldog Channel - Amendments to buoyage / Change of Approach Channel. - due to changes in the profile of the approach channels to King’s Lynn on or about Monday 7th Match 2022 the main approach channel will be moved to the Bulldog Channel. On completion of the buoy moves, the Daseley Channel will be un-buoyed and not suitable for navigation to Kings Lynn. All existing channel buoys from No.13 light buoy to the south will not be affected. New chart extract and lists of nav aids will be published from Tuesday 8th March on the website or available from the Harbour Office during working hours. The works will be carried out by the buoying vessel “St Edmund” over the am High water and following low water period and all mariners are requested to pass at slow speed and give as wide a berth as is possible whilst works are being carried out. Contact the St Edmund on VHF Ch. 14 for further information. Full positions in the Local List
11. London Array Wind Farm maintenance works (as alerted last week)- you can now download the full notice with images and chartlets on the Local List
12. Port of Wells - dredging
13. Burnham/Crouch. - Buoy maintenance - Burnham Fairways Nos 9 and 13 temp. removed. Ditto Paglesham Fairway No 1
14. Crouch survey - survey work is scheduled to be carried out on the River Crouch in the locations as listed below. The survey work will be carried out by the vessel MAPLIN and is scheduled to commence on 2nd March 2022. The MAPLIN will display the appropriate signals as designated by the COLREGS and maintain a continuous listening watch on VHF Channels 11 and 16. Mariners are requested not to impede the vessel whilst survey operations are taking place and pass at a safe distance. Areas to be surveyed:
1. From Buxey Edge Starboard Hand Light Buoy/Swallowtail No 3 Special Mark Buoy to Swallowtail West Westerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
2. In the vicinity of Buxey No 1 Southerly Cardinal Light Buoy and Buxey No 2 Northerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
3. In the vicinity of Crouch Northerly Cardinal Light Buoy.
4. Ray Sand Channel between Raysand (yellow spherical buoy) and Raysand North. (so I don't need to do it this year!)
15. Blakeney Harbour - SOUTH SANDS BEACON - Due to damage sustained during Storm Eunice the south sands beacon has been removed until further notice. Any mariners using the harbour should take care when in the vicinity of the south sands beacon location due to the anchor post remaining in the sand. Stay towards the port channel marker 21A on the north side of the channel to avoid the anchor post. The location of the beacon anchor post is: N 52° 58.113'
E 000° 58.457' The beacon will be reinstated as soon as possible. The BHA weather station has also been affected by the damage to the beacon and will also be offline until further notice.
That's it.