No tice 110-112 December 2009 Supplied Gratis SOUTH AFRICAN NOTICE TO MARINERS Decem ber 2009 EDI TION PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE CAPE TOWN I II III IV V VI CONTENTS Ex plan a tory Notes and In dex SAN No tices to Mar i ners. Up dates to Stan dard Nav i ga tional Charts SAN Charts and SAN HO Pub li ca tions - New Charts / Edi tions Cor rec tions to SAN HO Pub li ca tions Cor rec tions to SA List of Lights and Ra dio Ser vices Re prints of Ra dio Nav i ga tional Warn ings IM POR TANT Mar i ners are re quested to in form the Hy drog ra pher, Pri vate Bag X1, Tokai 7966, im me di ately of the dis cov ery of new dan gers, or changes or de fects in aids to nav i ga tion and of short com ings in South Af ri can charts or pub li ca tions. Cop ies of form HO-16, which is a con ve nient form on which to send in a re port, may be ob tained gra tis from any Of fi cial Chart Agent or the re pro duc tion at the end of Sec - tion VI of the monthly edi tion of No tices to Mar i ners. In ad di tion to postal meth ods, the fol low ing ad di tional com mu ni ca tion fa cil i ties are avail able : No tices to Mar i ners Web site : Web : http://www.sanho.co.za Ur gent nav i ga tional in for ma tion : Telex : 95 527946 (ANS BACK: NAVY SA) (24 Hour Ser vice) Fax : +27 21 787 2228 Other nav i ga tional in for ma tion : Fax : +27 21 787 2233 (0730-1600 Mon - Fri) Phone : +27 21 787 2445/2444 E-mail : hydrosan@iafrica.com General information : Phone : +27 21 787 2408 (0730-1600 Mon - Fri) Cap tain A. Kampfer Hy drog ra pher, SA Navy NAVAREA VII Co-ordinator
Monthly Edi tion Decem ber 2009 I IN DEX OF CHARTS AND PUB LI CA TIONS AF FECTED SAN Charts Notices Pages 135 111 3 1030 (INT 7561) 111 3 1031 (INT 7562) 111 2 SC4 110 2 SC12 111 3 International Charts Notices Pages 7561 111 3 7562 111 2 SAN Publications Notices Pages SA List of Lights and Radio Signals (SAN HO-1) - 2008 Edition 112 7, 8 Nil SAN Charts - New Charts / Editions Notices Pages Nil SAN Publications - New Publications / Editions Notices Pages Nil SANHO Charts and Publications - Permanently Withdrawn Notices Pages i
I cont/... Monthly Edi tion Spher oid / GPS Po si tions All po si tions quoted in these No tices are re ferred to the Datum in di cated next to the chart number. On chart scales of 1: 100 000 and smaller, po si tions from GPS re ceiv ers set to WGS 84 may be plot ted di rectly on these charts. Mar i ners are warned that in ser tion of Clarke 1880 (or other) po si tions on Au to matic Plot ters which are set to WGS 84 Spher oid can re sult in in ac cu rate nav i ga tion prac tices. Temporary and Preliminary Notices These are in di cated by (T) or (P) af ter the no tice num ber. These are printed on one side of the pa per in or der that they may be cut and filed and are placed at the end of Sec tion II. To as sist in fil ing, the year is in di cated af ter the no tice num ber. In for ma tion from these no tices is not in cluded on charts be fore is sue; charts should be up dated in pen cil on re ceipt. Permanent Notices Per ma nent cor rec tions in Sec tion II are marked by a star ad ja cent to the no tice num ber to in di cate that the no tice is based on orig i nal in - for ma tion. Pe ri odic lists of per ma nent cor rec tions per taining to affected navigational charts and publications are published annually and cop ies may be ob tained from the Hy dro graphic Of fice or through a Chart Agent. Chart Corrections Fur ther de tails are con tained in NP100 The Mar i ner s Hand book which should be con sulted for the cor rect pro ce dures of fil ing, in sert - ing and not ing all types of cor rec tions on nau ti cal charts and other hy dro graphic pub li ca tions. The Hand book may be ob tained from Ad mi ralty Chart Agents in Cape Town and Durban. Con sult SAN HO-6 for Sym bols and Ab bre vi a tions used on SAN Charts and NP735 for an il lus trated ex pla na tion of the IALA Mar i time Buoyage Sys tem. Pro vi sion of No tices to Mar i ners These No tices are gra tis and may be ob tained on re quest from the Hy dro graphic Of fice or through the ap proved Chart Agents. Ad di - tional cop ies re quired of block chart cor rec tions can also be ob tained through the above pro ce dure. Ra dio Nav i ga tional Warn ings See Note at the start of Sec tion VI. GUID ANCE NOTES FOR VIEW ING AND PRINT ING NO TICES US ING ADOBE AC RO BAT For op ti mum re sults when view ing and print ing ma te rial from the PDF dig i tal files please note the fol low ing: The min i mum spec i fi ca tion is a 486 PC with Win dows 3.1 and 4MB of RAM. When print ing data from the files, en sure the Fit to Page icon in the Adobe Ac ro bat print menu is switched off be fore print ing. Oth er - wise large text pages will be com pressed, or large size Blocks may not fit the chart. If print ing text or mono chrome NM Blocks, the min i mum spec i fi ca tion is an Inkjet or good qual ity La ser Post script printer with at least 6 MB of mem ory. (NB. If us ing a Post script printer, en sure the Post script printer driver is in stalled). For print ing Col our NM Blocks the min i mum spec i fi ca tion of printer is a good qual ity Ink Jet/La ser printer with 300 dpi res o lu tion or greater. If us ing cer tain types of Ink Jet printer en sure the set ting is set to Dith ered screen ing not Pat tern screen ing. Printed col our cop ies should be com pared with the col our im age on screen to en sure that all the colours have re pro duced cor rectly. Printer prop erty res o lu tion and ink den sity may need to be in creased or ad justed to ob tain the best re sults. En sure the Col our Ink Car tridge is in ac cor dance with the printer manufacturers specifications. Minimum paper specification for print ing Col our NM Blocks is In ter na tional pa per size A4, thick ness/weight 80 gsm pa per. (The same pa per as used for NM Blocks in the NM Monthly). NB. (En sure the pa per qual ity is in ac cor dance with the Printer man u fac tur ers spec i fi ca tions). The Hy drog ra pher does not ac cept any li a bil ity for the dis play and print ing of these dig i tal No tices to Mar i ners on the us ers equip ment. ii
Monthly Edi tion I cont/... CANCELLED NO TICES TEMPORARY NOTICES AND PRELIMINARY NOTICES In force 24 48(P)/09 Charts SAN 1030 (INT 7561), 1031 (INT 7562), SAN 135, SC12 65(T)/06 Charts SAN 1033 (INT 7571) 68(T)/06 Charts SAN 115, 1003 82(T)/06 Charts SAN 1032 (INT 7572), 1033 (INT 7571) TEM PO RARY NO TICES 2003 Se ries 64(T) RSA Durban Oil Ter mi nal SBM Buoy laid. 2005 Se ries 42(T) RSA Elandsbaai Scientific buoy deployed. 2006 Series 40(T) RSA Port of Mossel Bay Temporary buoys deployed. 69(T) RSA Gordon's Bay Silt ing in har bour. 2007 Se ries 27(T) Namibia Boat Bay Float ing rope sighted. 31(T) RSA St Hel ena Bay R/V Africana de ployed sub-sea buoy. 43(T) RSA Gordon's Bay Or ange and blue moor ing buoys de ployed. 106(T) RSA Port of Rich ards Bay Lead ing mark un lit. 2008 Se ries 87(T)/08 RSA Port of Cape Town Buoys relocated. 102(T)/08 Namibia Swakopmund Un lit buoys de ployed. 105(T)/08 RSA Si mon's Bay Tri als. 113(T)/08 RSA Elands Bay Buoy de ployed. 2009 Se ries 27(T)/09 RSA Ben Schoeman Dock Light tem po rarily re placed. 28(T)/09 RSA Si mon's Bay Buoys laid. 62(T)/09 RSA False Bay Buoy off sta tion. 63(T)/09 RSA False Bay Ex tended foul area. 64(T)/09 RSA Port of Mossel Bay Submerged wreck. 65(T)/09 RSA SE of Mossel Bay Current meter deployed. 97(T)/09 RSA East Coast Light out of com mis sion. 98(T)/09 RSA East Coast Buoy de ployed un til March 2010. 100(T)/09 RSA Port of Durban Racon out of com mis sion. 103(T)/09 Namibia Walvis Bay Moorings deployed. iii
I cont/... Monthly Edi tion PRE LIM I NARY NO TICES 2007 Se ries 88(P)/07 RSA Port of Durban Dredg ing ac tiv i ties. 2008 Se ries Nil. 2009 Se ries Nil. II ER RA TUM Nil. SA NAVY SAN CHARTS OF SOUTH AF RICA AND NAMIBIA THAT ARE RE FERRED TO THE WGS 84 SPHER OID 76 (INT 2640) 79 (INT 2670) 84 (INT 7540) 87 (INT 7570) 90 (INT 2051) 1001 (INT 2611) 1002 (INT 2631) 1012 (INT 2672) 1013 (INT 2681) 1020 (INT 7521) 1024 (INT 7531) 1025 (INT 7532) 1027 (INT 7541) 1030 (INT 7561) 1031 (INT 7562) 1032 (INT 7572) 1033 (INT 7571) 2004 (INT 9056) 113 114 115 122 125 126 127 132 133 134 1003 1015 1016 1017 1026 2051 SC3 SC5 MISCELLANEOUS 1. Mar i ners are ad vised that the pri mary and most re li able means of com mu ni ca tion with HYDROSAN for all mes sages is via Telex : 95 527946 (ANS BACK : NAVY SA) or al ter na tively via Fac sim ile num ber : +27 21 787 2228. 2. Cur rent and ar chived South Af ri can No tices to Mar i ners are avail able in PDF for mat on the internet at Website: http://www.sanho.co.za GEN ERAL: SA NAVY HY DRO GRAPHIC OF FICE CON TACT DE TAILS 1. Mar i ners and in ter ested par ties are ad vised to take note of the SA Navy Hy dro graphic Of fice con tact de tails as amended. This will as sist in fu ture to pre vent late ac tion be ing taken on im por tant nav i ga tional in for ma tion due to this of fice be ing con tacted over week ends, pub lic hol i days and af ter hours. 2. The rel e vant con tact de tails can be found on the front page of the monthly No tices to Mar i ners, as well as on our website www.sanho.co.za. MER CHANT VES SEL VOLUNTARY RE PORT ING SCHEME 1. Mar i ners and in ter ested par ties are ad vised to take note of the NAVAREA IX Message re gard ing the Mer chant Ves sel Vol un - tary Re port ing Scheme. More de tail is pro vided on page 11 of this No tice to Mar i ners. 1
Monthly Edi tion II cont/... 110* SOUTH AF RICA South West Coast - Depths Source: Hy drog ra pher SAN SC4 [Pre vi ous Up date - 97/08] CLARKE 1880 DA TUM 1. In sert: depth 29,5 en closed by 30m con tour in po si tion a. 33 38'.9 S 018 20'.5 E 18,6 in po si tion b. 33 30'.9 S 018 16'.2 E 16,5 in po si tion c. 33 31'.6 S 018 15'.7 E ex tend 30m con tour west ward to en close b. & c. above 2. De lete: depth 42 close north of c. above 3. Sub sti tute: depth 19,7 for depth 25,5 metres in po si tion 33 24'.15 S 018 03'.20 E 4. In sert: depth 20,8 in po si tion 33 26'.86 S 018 03'.43 E ex tend 30m con tour north to en close depth 5. De lete: depth 33 metres close north of (4) above (SAN SC4) 111* SOUTH AF RICA East Coast, Port of Durban - Buoys, Lights Source: TNPA Light house Ser vices SAN 1031 (INT 7562) [Pre vi ous Up date - 87/09] WGS 84 DA TUM Q.G G 1. De lete: in approximate position 29 52'.0 S 031 03'.5 E 2. De lete: Q in approximate position 29 51'.9 S 031 03'.9 E BY 3. In sert: Iso.R.2s22m12M in po si tion 29 53' 05".7 S 031 02' 44".3 E Y 4. In sert: Oc.4s44m14M in po si tion 29 53' 33".1 S 031 02' 22".0 E Y 5. In sert: Fl(2)5s14m18M in po si tion 29 51' 55".4 S 031 03' 50".1 E 6. Amend: elev of light to, 14m in po si tion 29 51' 59".5 S 031 03' 27".1 E 2
111* cont/... II cont/... Monthly Edi tion SAN 1030 (INT 7561) [Pre vi ous Up date - 108/09] WGS 84 DA TUM Q.G G 7. De lete: in approximate position 29 52'.0 S 031 03'.5 E 8. De lete: Q in approximate position 29 51'.9 S 031 03'.9 E BY 9. In sert: Iso.R.2s22m12M in po si tion 29 53'.10 S 031 02'.74 E Y 10. In sert: Oc.4s44m14M in po si tion 29 53'.55 S 031 02'.37 E Y 11. In sert: Fl(2)5s14m18M in po si tion 29 51'.92 S 031 03'.84 E 12. Amend: elev of light to, 14m in po si tion 29 51'.99 S 031 03'.45 E SAN 135 [Pre vi ous Up date - 101/09] CLARKE 1880 DA TUM 13. Amend: range of light to, 18M in approximate position 29 51'.9 S 031 03'.8 E SAN SC12 [Pre vi ous Up date - 79/09] CLARKE 1880 DA TUM 14. Amend: range of light to, 18M in approximate position 29 51'.9 S 031 03'.8 E Durban Har bour In set Panel on Re verse side 15. Amend: light to, Fl(2)5s14m18M in approximate position 29 51'.9 S 031 03'.8 E (SAN 1031, 1030, 135, SC12) 3
Monthly Edi tion IIA LIST OF TEM PO RARY AND PRE LIM I NARY NO TICES TO MAR I NERS IS SUED BY THE AN GO LAN MIN IS TRY OF TRANS PORT IN FORCE Im por tant No tice : Mar i ners are ad vised that po si tions for An go lan No tices are re ferred to the WGS 84 Spher oid. Cau tion is there fore ad vised when plot ting po si tions on large scale Brit ish Ad mi ralty charts that are not based on the same spher oid. Nil prior to these No tices. 2007 Se ries Nil. 2008 Se ries Nil. 4
IIB Monthly Edi tion LIST OF TEM PO RARY AND PRE LIM I NARY NO TICES TO MAR I NERS IS SUED BY THE MO ZAM BIQUE IN STI TUTE OF HYDROGRAPHY AND NAV I GA TION (INAHINA) IN FORCE Im por tant No tice : Mar i ners are ad vised that po si tions for Mo zam bique No tices are refered to the WGS 84 Spher - oid. Cau tion is there fore ad vised when plot ting po si tions on large scale Brit ish Ad mi ralty charts that are not based on the same spher oid. Nil prior to these No tices. 2006 Se ries MOZ 11/06(T) Port of Inhambane Buoy A out of po si tion. MOZ 12/06(T) Port of Inhambane Buoy 9 out of po si tion. 2007 Se ries Nil. 2008 Se ries MOZ 17/08(T) Port of Mocimboa da Praia Buoy out of po si tion. MOZ 19/08(T) Port of Beira Buoy un lit. 2009 Se ries MOZ 03/09 Port of Beira Buoys repositioned. MOZ 04/09 Port of Quelimane Buoy un lit. MOZ 07/09 Port of Quelimane Buoy out of po si tion. MOZ 08/09 Port of Quelimane Buoy out of po si tion. MOZ 11/09(T) Port of Pemba Buoys positioned. MOZ 12/09(T) Port of Pemba Drill ing operations. MOZ 11/09(T) MO ZAM BIQUE, Port of Pemba - Buoys positioned Source : INAHINA BA 647, 2926, 2927 1. Buoys have been placed in the fol low ing po si tions due to Ma rine Re search activities in Pemba Bay: a) Buoy M1 12 59'.18 S 040 28'.97 E b) Buoy M2 12 59'.23 S 040 28'.97 E c) Buoy M3 12 59'.18 S 040 29'.04 E d) Buoy M4 12 59'.23 S 040 29'.04 E MOZ 12/09(T) MO ZAM BIQUE, Port of Pemba - Drill ing operations Source : INAHINA BA 2927 1. Two wells to be drilled in the fol low ing po si tions: a) 11 25'.2 S 040 54'.0 E b) 10 46'.8 S 040 58'.2 E 5
Monthly Edi tion IIC LIST OF TEM PO RARY AND PRE LIM I NARY NO TICES TO MAR I NERS IS SUED FOR MAD A GAS CAR IN FORCE Im por tant No tice : Mar i ners are ad vised that po si tions for Mad a gas car No tices are refered to the WGS 84 Spher oid. Cau tion is there fore ad vised when plot ting po si tions on large scale Brit ish Ad mi ralty charts that are not based on the same spher oid. Nil prior to these No tices. 2008 Se ries Nil. 6
III Monthly Edi tion SAN HO CHARTS AND SAN HO PUB LI CA TIONS - NEW CHARTS/EDI TIONS IV CORRECTION TO SAN HO PUBLICATION Nil. V COR REC TION TO SA LIST OF LIGHTS AND RA DIO SIG NALS - SAN HO-1 2008 Edi tion 112/09 LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS Page 23, 24 DURBAN HAR BOUR 1. Amend: Z6250 South Break wa ter 29 51.9 Fl(2)W.5s 14 17 Flourescent yel low. fl 0.03, ec 1.21, fl 0.03, ec 3.73 (D6464) 31 03.9 Grey lat tice tower on white TE. 3m con crete base (6) to read: Z6250 South Break wa ter 29 51.9 Fl(2)W.5s 14 18 Metal struc ture (6) fl 0.03, ec 1.21, fl 0.03, ec 3.73 (D6464) 31 03.9 2. Amend: En trance Chan nel Lead ing Lights 215 30 Z6252 Front 29 53.1 Iso.R.2s 22 12 Flourescent yel low TE (D6472) 31 02.8 on grey lat tice tower Z6252.1 Rear.. Oc.W.4s 44 14 Flourescent yel low TE (D6472.1) 1 040 m from front on grey lat tice tower to read: Entrance Channel Lights Z6252 Front 29 53.1 Iso.R.2s 22 12 Flourescent yel low Iden ti fi ca tion marks only dur ing (D6472) 31 02.8 on grey lat tice tower works in prog ress. Not to be used as Ldg Lts (T) 2009. Z6252.1 Rear 29 53.6 Oc.W.4s 44 14 Flourescent yel low (D6472.1) 31 02.4 on grey lat tice tower 3. Amend: Z6310 North Break wa ter 29 52.0 Fl.G.3s 9 6 Black col umn (5) TE. Re placed by buoy Q.G. (D6466) 31 03.6 to read: Z6310 North Break wa ter 29 52.0 Fl.G.3s 14 15 Cy lin dri cal green metal tower (D6466) 31 03.4 with plat form (10) 7
Monthly Edi tion V cont/... Page 25 RICH ARDS BAY HAR BOUR - Lights in line 290 15' (Z 6350) (D 6483.2) and (Z 6350.1) (D 6483.21) 4. Amend: Col umn 8 to read: fl 3, ec 1, fl 1, ec 1 8
VI Monthly Edi tion NAVAREA VII and Coastal Nav i ga tional Warn ings Bul le tin in force as at 24 See An nual NM 3/2007. Broad cast Warn ings are avail able at Port Of fices and re main valid un til cancelled or un til su per seded by this and/or other broad cast bul le tins. These are also avail able in dig i tal for mat on our website. The website ver sion is only up - dated dur ing nor mal work ing hours. NAVAREA VII MES SAGES Nil Prior to these Mes sages 2009 Se ries 152 South At lan tic Ocean - NE Sec tor Survey operations. 198 South At lan tic Ocean - NE Sec tor Di verse soil test ing. 200 South At lan tic Ocean - NE Sec tor Survey operations. 213 AFMET off the air. 216 Mo zam bique Chan nel Conducting marine research. 223 South At lan tic Ocean - NE Sec tor Rig list. 224 Af rica East Coast - Mo zam bique Chan nel Drill ing op er a tions. 239 Mes sages in Force. COASTAL NAVWARNING MES SAGES Nil Prior to these Mes sages 2009 Se ries 549 RSA Port Nolloth Peace in Af rica an chor spread. 662 RSA Port of Durban Leading lights in operation. 674 Namibia Kunene River to Seismic survey operations. Palgrave Point 682 Namibia NW of Or ange River Underwater operations. 702 RSA Si mon s Bay Tar get struc ture ex tended. 726 RSA Lam bert s Bay Ves sel in tow. 727 RSA Robben Is land New Lead ing Lights com mis sioned. 9
Monthly Edi tion VI ANNEX A USA Gov ern ment Spe cial Warn ing in force 18 De cem ber 2001 SPE CIAL WARN ING NUM BER 120 WORLD WIDE 1. Due to re cent events in the Mid dle East and the Amer i can Home land, U.S. Forces world wide are op er at ing at a height ened state of readi ness and tak ing ad di tional de fen sive pre cau tions against ter ror ists and other po ten tial threats. Con se quently, all air - craft, sur face ves sels, and sub-sur face ves sels ap proach ing U.S. Forces are re quested to main tain ra dio con tact with U.S Forces on bridge-to-bridge chan nel 16, in ter na tional air dis tress (121.5 Mhz VHF) or MILAIR dis tress (243.0 Mhz UHF). 2. U.S. Forces will ex er cise ap pro pri ate mea sures in self-de fence if war ranted by the cir cum stances. Air craft, sur face ves sels, and sub-sur face ves sels ap proach ing U.S. Forces will, by mak ing prior con tacts as de scribed above, help make their in ten tions clear and avoid un nec es sary ini ti a tion of such de fen sive measures. 3. U.S. Forces, es pe cially when op er at ing in con fined wa ters, shall re main mind ful of nav i ga tional con sid er ations of air craft, sur - face ves sels, and sub-sur face ves sels in their im me di ate vi cin ity. 4. Noth ing in the Spe cial Warn ing is in tended to im pede or oth er wise in ter fere with the free dom of nav i ga tion or over flight of any ves sel or air craft, or to limit or ex pand the in her ent self-de fence rights of U.S. Forces. This Spe cial Warn ing is pub lished solely to ad vise of the height ened state of readi ness of U.S. Forces and to re quest that ra dio con tact be main tained as de scribed above. (Is sued 16 Nov 2001). USA Gov ern ment Spe cial Warn ing in force 20 March 2003 SPE CIAL WARN ING NUM BER 121 PER SIAN GULF 1. Co ali tion Na val Forces may con duct mil i tary op er a tions in the East ern Med i ter ra nean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Ara bian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Ara bian Gulf. The timely and ac cu rate iden ti fi ca tion of all ves sels and air craft in these ar eas are, crit i cal to avoid the in ad ver tent use of force. 2. All ves sels are ad vised that co ali tion Na val Forces are pre pared to ex er cise ap pro pri ate mea sures in self-de fense to en sure their safety in the event they are ap proached by ves sels or air craft. Co ali tion Forces are pre pared to re spond de ci sively to any hos tile acts or in di ca tions of hos tile in tent. All mar i time ves sels or actvities that are detemined to be threats to Coalitin Na val Forces will be sub ject to de fen sive mea sures, in clud ing board ing, seizure, disabling or destruction, without regard to registry or location. Con se quently, sur face ves sels, sub-sur face ves sels and all air craft ap proach ing Co ali tion Na val Forces are ad vised to main tain ra - dio con tact on Bridge-to-Bridge chan nel 16, In ter na tional Air Dis tress (121.5 MHZ VHF) or Mil i tary Air Dis tress (243.0 MHZ UHF). 3. Ves sels op er at ing in the Mid dle East, East ern Med i ter ra nean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Ara bian Sea and Ara bian Gulf are sub ject to query, be ing stopped, boarded and searched by US/Coalition war ships op er at ing in sup port of op er a tions against Iraq. Ves sels found to be car ry ing con tra band bound for Iraq or car ry ing and/or lay ing Na val mines are sub ject to de ten tion, sei zure and de struc tion. This no tice is ef fec tive im me di ately and will re main in ef fect un til fur ther no tice. 10
VI ANNEX A/cont... Monthly Edi tion USA Gov ern ment Spe cial Warn ing in force 11 March 2005 SPE CIAL WARN ING NUM BER 122 EAST AF RICA 1. The US Gov ern ment has re ceived un con firmed in for ma tion that ter ror ists may at tempt to mount a mar i time at tack us ing speed - boats against a west ern ship - pos si bly in East Af rica. No ad di tional in for ma tion is avail able on the plan ning, tim ing or in tended tar gets of the mar i time at tack. This no tice is ef fec tive im me di ately and will re main in ef fect un til fur ther no tice. USA Gov ern ment Spe cial Warn ing in force 11 No vem ber 2005 SPE CIAL WARN ING NUM BER 123 EAST AF RICA 1. Due to con tin u ing con di tions of armed con flict and law less ness in So ma lia and wa ters off its coast, mar i ners are ad vised to avoid the port of Muqdisho (Mogadishu) and to re main at least 200 nau ti cal miles dis tant from the So mali coast. The US gov ern - ment does not have an em bassy in So ma lia and can not pro vide ser vices to US cit i zens. 2. Re cent ves sel hijackings off the east coast of So ma lia dem on strate that pi rates are able to con duct at sea hijackings from as far south as Kismaayo (Chisimayu) (00-22S), though ves sels are ad vised to tran sit no closer than 02-00S, to as far north as Eyl (08-00N), and out to a dis tance of 170 miles. The first known at tempt to hi jack a cruise ves sel oc curred in No vem ber 2005. All mer chant ves sels transiting the coast of So ma lia, no mat ter how far off shore, should in crease anti-pi racy pre cau tions and main tain a height ened state of vig i lance. Pi rates are re ported to have used pre vi ously hi jacked ships as bases for fur ther at tacks. 3. An other re ported pi rate tac tic has been to isssue a false dis tress call to lure a ship close in shore. There fore, cau tion should be taken when re spond ing to dis tress calls keep ing in mind it may be a tac tic to lure a ves sel into a trap. 4. Vic tim ized ves sels have re ported two to three (2-3) speed boats mea sur ing six to nine me ters (6-9M) in length. Each ves sel has a crew of three to six (3-6) armed men with AK-47s and shoul der launched rock ets, which are open ing fire on ves sels in broad day light in or der to in tim i date them into stop ping. 5. To date, ves sels that in crease speed and take eva sive ma neu vers avoid board ing while those that slow down are boarded, taken to the So mali coast line, and re leased af ter suc cess ful ran som pay ment, of ten af ter pro tracted ne go ti a tions of as much as 11weeks. NAVAREA IX 092 OF 2009 1. A Mer chant Ves sel Vol un tary Re port ing Scheme has been es tab lished to in crease se cu rity, pro vide anti-pi racy sup port and to main tain the free dom of nav i ga tion to all ves sels in the In dian Ocean, Ara bian Sea, Per sian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. 2. Mer chant ves sels op er at ing in these ar eas are strongly en cour aged to li aise with the mil i tary au thor i ties be low. Any ves sel or owner/op er a tor/man ager, which chooses not to re port may de lay any mil i tary as sis tance in the event of an in ci dent and will not re ceive an up dated threat as sess ment. 3. All ves sels should send po si tion re ports to both: a. UK Mar i time Trade Op er a tion, Dubai E-mail: ukmto@eim.ae Tel: +971 50 552 3215 Fax: +971 4 306 5710 Telex: (51) 210473 11
Monthly Edi tion NAVAREA IX 092 OF 2009/cont... b. Mar i time Liasion Of fice, Bah rain (Marlo) E-mail: marlobahrain@me.navy.mil Tel: +973 3940 1395 4. In re turn, ves sels will re cieve pas sage guid ance, rec om mended rout ing, as well as the lat est threat as sess ment from MTO, Dubai. 5. All mas ters are ad vised to en sure that prior to sail ing through or en ter ing the re gion, that the own ers/op er a tors/man ag ers have reg is tered the ves sel with the Mar i time Se cu rity Cen tre, Horn of Af rica (MSCHOA), http://www.mschoa.eu. 6. The website of fers group tran sit in for ma tion in the Gulf of Aden and best man age ment prac tice for ves sel self pro tec tion. Tel: +44 1923 958545. 12
HO-16 (July 2002) HYDROGRAPHIC NOTE (for in struc tions, see over leaf) Date... Ref. No... Name of ship or sender :... Ad dress of sender :......... Tel/Fax/Telex No. e-mail ad dress of sender (if ap pro pri ate) :... Gen eral lo cal ity Sub ject :... Po si tion : Lat :... Long :... SAN Chart(s) af fected :... Edi tion dated :... Po si tion fix ing sys tem used :... Da tum set :... Lat est Monthly Edi tion of No tice to Mar i ners held :... Pub li ca tions af fected : (Edi tion No... date of lat est sup ple ment, page and Light List No. etc.) De tails: A re place ment copy of Chart(s) No(s)... is re quired, but see 4 overleaf. Sig na ture of ob server/re porter :...
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTE For ward ing In for ma tion for South Af ri can Charts and Hy dro graphic Pub li ca tions IN STRUC TIONS 1. Mar i ners are re quested to no tify the Hy drog ra pher of the South Af ri can Navy, Pri vate Bag X1, Tokai, 7966, or by Facimile 021 7872228 or E-mail hydrosan@iafrica.com when new or sus pected dan gers to nav i ga tion are dis cov ered, changes ob served in aids to nav i ga tion, or cor rec tions to pub li ca tions seen to be necessary. The Mar i ner s Hand book (NP 100) Chap ter 8 gives gen eral in - struc tions. The pro vi sions of in ter na tional and na tional laws should be com plied with when for ward ing such re ports. 2. This form and its in struc tions have been de signed to help both the sender and the re cip i ent. It should be used, or fol lowed closely, when ever ap pro pri ate.cop ies of this Form may be ob tained gra tis from the SAN Hy dro graphic Of fice at the above ad - dress or prin ci pal Chart Agents (see An nual No tice to Mariners No.1). 3. When a po si tion is de fined by sex tant an gles or bear ings (true or mag netic be ing spec i fied) more than two should be used in or der to pro vide a check. Dis tances ob served by ra dar and the read ings of Lo ran, Decca, etc., should be quoted. Lat i tude and lon gi tude should only be used spe cif i cally to po si tion the de tails when they have been fixed by as tro nom i cal ob ser - va tions or GPS and a full de scrip tion of the method, equip ment and da tum (where ap pli ca ble) used should be given. 4. A cut ting from the larg est scale chart is the best me dium for for ward ing de tails, the al ter ations and ad di tions be ing shown thereon in red. When re quested, a new copy will be sent in re place ment of a chart that has been used to for ward in for ma tion, or when ex ten sive ob ser va tions have in volved de face ment of the ob server s chart. If it is pre ferred to show the amend ments on a trac ing of the larg est scale chart (rather than on the chart it self) these should be in red as above, but ad e quate de tails from the chart must be traced in black ink to en able the amend ments to be fit ted cor rectly. 5. When soundings are ob tained The Mar i ner s Hand book (NP 100) should be con sulted. The echo sound ing trace should be marked with times, depths, etc., and for warded with the re port. It is im por tant to state whether the echo sounder is set to reg is ter depths be low the sur face or be low the keel; in the lat ter case the ves sel s draught should be given. Time and date should be given in or der that cor rec tions for the height of the tide may be made where nec es sary. The make, name and type of set should also be given. 6. Mod ern echo sound ers fre quently re cord sig nals from ech oes re ceived back af ter one or more ro ta tions of the sty lus have been com pleted. Thus with a set whose max i mum range is 500m, an echo re corded at 50m may be from depths of 50m, 550m or even 1050m. Soundings re corded be yond the set s nom i nal range can usu ally be re cog nised by the fol low ing: (a) the trace be ing weaker than nor mal for the depth re corded, (b) the trace pass ing through the trans mis sion line, (c) the feath ery na ture of the trace. As a check that ap par ently shoal soundings are not due to ech oes re ceived be yond the set s nom i nal range, soundings should be con tin ued un til rea son able agree ment with charted soundings is reached. How ever, soundings re ceived af ter one or more ro ta tions of the sty lus can still be use ful and should be sub mit ted if they show sig nif i cant dif fer ences from charted depths. 7. Re ports which can not be con firmed or are lack ing in cer tain de tails should not be with held. Short com ings should be stressed and any firm ex pec ta tion of be ing able to check the in for ma tion on a suc ceed ing voy age should be men tioned. 8. Re ports of shoal soundings, un charted dan gers and nav i ga tional aids out of or der should, at the mar i ner s dis cre tion, also be made by ra dio to the near est coast ra dio sta tion. The draught of mod ern tank ers is such that any un charted depth un der 30 metres or 15 fath oms may be of suf fi cient im por tance to jus tify a ra dio mes sage. 9. Port in for ma tion should be for warded on Form HO-16a to gether with Form HO-16. Form HO-16a lists the in for ma tion re - quired for South Af ri can Sail ing Di rec tions and should be used as an aide memoire. Where there is in suf fi cient space on the form an ad di tional sheet should be used. Note : An ac knowl edge ment or re ceipt will be sent and the in for ma tion then used to the best ad van tage which may mean im me - di ate ac tion or in clu sion in a re vi sion in due course. When a No tice to Mar i ners is is sued, the sender s ship or name is quoted as au thor ity un less (as some times hap pens) the in for ma tion is also re ceived from other au thor i ties. An ex pla na tion of the use made of con tri bu tions from all parts of the world would be too great a task and a fur ther com mu ni ca tion should only be ex pected when the in for ma tion is of out stand ing value or has un usual fea tures.
HO-16a (March 2004) HY DRO GRAPHIC NOTE FOR PORT INFORMATION (To ac com pany Form HO-16) Name of ship or sender :... Ad dress of sender :... Ref. No....... Date :...... 1. NAME OF PORT 2. GENERAL REMARKS Principal activities and trade. Latest population figures and date. Number of ships or tonnage handled per year. Maximum size of vessel handled. Copy of Port Handbook if available. 3. ANCHORAGES Designation, depths, holding ground, shelter afforded. 4. PILOTAGE Authority for requests. Embarkation position. Regulations. 5. DIRECTIONS Entry and berthing information. Tidal Streams. Navigational aids. 6. TUGS Number available and max. hp. 7. WHARVES Names, numbers or positions. Lengths. Depths alongside. Heights above Chart Datum. Facilities available. 8. CARGO HOLDING Containers, lighters, Ro-Ro etc. 9. CRANES Brief details and max. capacity.
10. REPAIRS Hull, machinery and underwater. Ship and boat yards. Docking or slipping facilities. Give size of vessels handled or dimensions. Hards or ramps. Divers. 11. RESCUE AND DISTRESS Salvage, lifeboat, NSRI, etc. 12. SUPPLIES Fuel with type and quantities available. Fresh water with rate of supply. Provisions. 13. SERVICES Medical. De-ratting. Consuls. Ship chandlery, compass adjustment, tank cleaning, hull painting. 14. COMMUNICATIONS Road, rail and air services available. Nearest airport or airfield. Port radio and information service with frequencies and hours of operating. 15. PORT AUTHORITY Designation, address and telephone number. 16. SMALL CRAFT FACILITIES Information and facilities for small craft (eg yachts) visiting the port. Yacht Clubs, berths, etc. 17. VIEWS Photographs (where permitted) of the approaches, leading marks, the entrance to the harbour etc. Picture postcards may also be useful.