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SOCIEDAD
PORTUARIA REGIONAL DE BARRANQUILLA |
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Located about 11 miles
from Magdalena river mouth
Pilot station 11°09´08.85" N
74°49´43.33" O
SPRB BERTH 10°57´56.35" N 74°45´33.59"
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Anchorage. |
Two anchorage areas at
the river and two near the port (Puerto Velero) and near pilot
station (only with good
weather) | |
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Communications
International
airport (Ernesto Cortissoz) located at 15 km from the port
area, well paved roads connecting Barranquilla to the west
with Cartagena, and to the east with Santa Marta and the
interior of the
country. | |
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Customs |
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Customs
The
Customs Authorities now stipulate that:
A) All cargo on
board a vessel, with destination Colombia must be manifested.
B) The manifest (cargo/freight) together with freighted
copies of Bills of Lading must be given to Customs Authorities
before vessel's arrival. (24 HRS PRIOR TO)
C) Cargo not
covered by manifest may not be discharged. If discharged
ITwill be immediately confiscated by Customs. |
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Violations of the
aforementioned regulations can result in fines of up to 200
per cent. of the cargo value as determined by Customs
Authorities. Similar fines will be levied for discrepancies
found in the cargo manifest as well as for short-landed or
overlanded cargoes, in cases where fault lies with the Carrier
and no reasonable explanation is provided. When the
cargo/freight manifest does not comply with all the
requirements (as established by Customs Authorities) the
carrier will be fine. | |
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Documents |
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Crew |
5 |
Stowaways |
5 |
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Passengers |
5 |
Tobacco/spirits/personal effect
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5 |
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Arms and ammunition
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5 |
Stores |
4 |
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Health documents or certificate
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2 |
Certificate of Deratting
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2 |
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Load Line
Certificate |
1 |
Tonnage Certificate |
1 |
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Certificate of
Nationality |
1 |
Safety Equipment
Certificate |
1 |
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Cargo Gear
Certificate |
1 |
Bill of Ladings |
0 |
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Manifests
(freighted) |
0 |
Manifests
(unfreighted) |
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Entrance
Any vessel, heading from north, north east, or
east should enter navigational channel with less than 3 nm in
distance from the river-mouth (Bocas de Ceniza) cutwater, they
should always approach pilot station by the west.
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| Harbour |
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The port
has 6 berths:
1-058 meter long pier with an authorized
draft of 30 feet in FRESH water. Additionally we offer a
550-meter long pier with a draught of 12 feet for fluvial
operations.
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Barranquilla's acces
channel conditions
As per local authorities’
communication and last draft studies in Barranquilla´s port access
channel, is of extreme importance to transmit this information to
vessel´s captains.
For no reason, any vessel, heading from north,
north east, or east should enter navigational channel with less than
3 nm in distance from the river-mouth (Bocas de Ceniza) cutwater,
they should always approach pilot station by the west.
In the
following charts can be seen that the approach to the channel
maintains depths with over 16 meters, so the access of the vessels
to the port of Barranquilla is completely reliable & safe.
Please advise also not to be guided by the nautical charts that
might be not actualized, be guided by the traffic control station
(VHF 16 & 13) whom will be giving the necessary safety
instructions.
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Restrictions
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Number of
piers: |
This pier has
about 1,058 meters long, where it can be accommodated between
6-7 vessels (depending on their loa). |
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Max
loa: |
This restriction
has not been determined but it has been docked vessels with
loa up to 216 meters. All depends on draft
restriction. |
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Max
beam: |
35 meters width.
This restriction is mainly applied for bulk shipments, which
requires a shore crane. |
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Max
draft: |
This restriction
is the same as the river mouth and navigational
channel. |
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Max.
Airdraft: |
14 mtrs height
from the quay level to the freeboard. The distance between the
quay and waterline is about 1.5 meters, which changes
depending on the season when high levels of water flows are
presented and reduce this distance to about 0.5 meters. High
levels usually are presented between June-August and December-
January. This restriction is mainly applied bulk shipments,
which requires a shore
crane. |
The SPRB facility has
five shore cranes with 100 tons of capacity and four shore grabs
with 10 cbm capacity to operate bulk carriers. |
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Pilotage
Pilotage and tugs are compulsory for all
ships of more than 200 tons. Both available on a 24 hour
basis.
Pilot will board at pilot station abt 3 nm from
the river mouth (Bocas de Ceniza)
Distance from pilot
station to the port is 28 km | |
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Port
Facility Security
ISPS
compliant |
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Working hours
Port operation in
a SHINC basis 24/7 operations |
Watchmen
At all public
Colombian terminals , named Sociedades Portuarias
(Buenaventura, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Santa Marta) it is
not compulsory to have private watchmen on
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Tides and
Currents
Currents
Tides vary from 30 to 40
cm | |
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Wind
and Sea
Windy seasopn from early December to
March; prevailing northeasterly
winds.
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