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Port of Valparaiso (Chile) - Valparaiso Bay (Information from Ultramar Group) (ID: 18272)
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The artificial harbour is located in Valparaiso. It lies south of a line joining Roca La Baja and Punta Gruesa. The bay is wide, deep and well sheltered except for the area north and northwesterly. Although the breakwater affords some shelter for the wharfs and the small inner anchorage, special safety regulations are enforced during bad weather, especially in winter (15th April to 15th September; see below). The prevailing southwesterly winds may bring about certain difficulty in the afternoon, when over force 3, for berthing and sailing. Anchorage: The anchorage area is safer close to the shore. Further out, the depths are over 30 fathoms which might be uncomfortable. Chilean naval chart N? 5110 indicates the anchorage zones. Entrance: Inward and outward bound traffic must keep to lanes indicated by the Port Authorities and on charts. Between the lanes there is an area of about ? mile which remains clear of traffic. Movement of ships between the harbour and the oil berths at Salinas is not affected by this regulation. ETA should be sent 24 hours in advance. Pilotage: It is compulsory and the pilot boards in the area shown on the chart. Berthing is in order of arrival. The harbour: A 1.000 metre-long breakwater (see sketch map ) protects the harbour: 300 metres run on 80?, 600 metres on 140? and the last 100 metres on 135?. The inner side of the breakwater is used by Chilean Naval vessels. There are 10 berths, 5 are on the marginal (shore) wharf and 5 on piers. Below is a brief description of the berths: Berth N? Length Draught Bollards Cranes and reach Marginal wharf 1 200 m 37 4 7 2 200 m 37 4 7 3 220 m 37 4 6 4 200 m 30 5 7 5 165 m 28 6 6 None 6 245m 27 10 7 120m 20 40 Finger pier 6 170 m 27 10 8 2x5 tons 22 m 7 110 m 20 4 2 None 8 180 m 26 8 2x5 tons 22 m Baron pier 9 125 m 28 10 9 2x5 tons 18 m 10 100 m 27 10 9 None The tidal range is 3 9 ; spring 3 mean. The apron at tne marginal wharf is 30 metres wide. All piers can be served by 2 mobile Gottwald cranes. Priority use: Piers N?1, 2 and 3 are reserved for containers, whereas Piers N?4 and 5 are used for general cargo. Berths: Berths N? 6,7,8,9 and 10 still belong to Empresa Portuaria Valparaiso (EPV), ex Emporchi. Berths N?6, 7 and 8 are on the finger pier opposite Berth N?5. In the season-from November to May- preference is given to fruit ships. Berthing is carried out either side to the quay except in winter when it should be performed at Berth N?6 starboard side and at Berth N?8; the port side must always be alongside. There are 2 sheds of one storey on the pier, one for general cargo and the other for vehicles. From the foot of this pier eastward along the shore, there is a marginal quay that is 750m. Fishing vessels and tugs use this quay and there are Customs sheds for tallow, lap black, and IMO classed goods. The unloading rate of fresh fruit at Berths N? 6,7 and 8 is approximately 1.099.611 metric tons per hour; and 10" through Pier N?1. Baron pier- Berths N?9 and 10- lies about a mile east of the Finger pier. As it is very exposed to bad weather, ships berth with bows seawards, an anchor out, and at least 8 mooring ropes. It is used for direct dispatch cargo, bulk grains and ores discharged to trucks and railway wagons. The pier is 30m wide, suitable for road transport. Berth N?10 is used when there are no other berths available. Salinas oil terminals are placed in the eastern part of the bay; there are 3 groups of 2 stern buoys, each for a separate terminal. Ships lie to both anchors and pass ropes to the buoys. All pipelines are submarine. Comarsa terminal has an 8 pipeline for discharging soybean oil and two 4 lines for the discharge of chemical products. The maximum draught is 12m. Esso terminal has one 8 pipeline to load/discharge clean oil products (gasoline, diesel, and kerosene). Diesel oil for bunkers is supplied in amounts greater than 500 tons. The maximum draught is 12m. Copec terminal: There is an 8 pipeline for the discharge of lubricating oils belonging to Mobil. And an 8 pipeline for loading/discharging clean oil products. It is also used to supply diesel oil when bunkering at a delivery rate of 400 cu.m per hour (500cu.m is the minimum). The draught here is 12m maximum. Pilotage is compulsory and the pilot boards in the roads or at port of Valparaiso. Mooring is carried out by day only. When the weather is threatening, ships must be ready to leave at once (refer to Precautionary measures for bad weather ). Precautionary measures for bad weather: Special precautions must be taken in Valparaiso during the period 15th April to 15th September on account of bad weather endangering shipping in the harbour. The weather forecasts are transmitted twice daily (09.00 and 18.00 hours) and signals are shown from the Naval Academy, viz.: - Variable weather: a blue pennant with a white circle or a green light. - Bad weather: a black ball or a red light. (northerly winds, force 4 to 7 Beaufort scale). Stormy weather: two black balls or two red lights. During these months ships will moor starboard side to at berths N?2, 3, 5 and 9 and port side to at berths N?1 and 10. In daytime- when in good weather- ships may be authorised to berth in the opposite direction but they must shift to the regular position by 18:00, without exception. All ships alongside or at anchor must maintain communications on VHF channel 16 or keep wireless watch on 2, 182 kHz. Variable weather signal: The master and crew (at least with a safety watch) must be on board all vessels. Ships at berths N?4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and at Salinas oil terminals must leave at one, and so may any other ship at the master s discretion. At other berths, mooring lines must be reinforced and the ships be ready to leave when ordered. In order to guarantee the safety of the vessels and their crews, owners and agents must arrange all requirements and movements with their ship-masters- this concerns pilots, tugs, linesmen, etc. Bad weather signal: All activity in the bay is suspended. General port information Repairs: Just east of the Finger pier lies Valparaiso III- the floating dry dock- which can take a ship of 10.000 tons. The dock platform is 167.10m long, the internal beam is 26.10m and the depth on the stocks is 5.60m. It has two 30-ton cranes, and it is fully equipped for the maintenance and repairs of vessels. There are also a number of smaller workshops for most floating repairs. Pilotage is compulsory not only for entering and leaving, but also for all movements in the harbour, including shifting along the quayside for more than 20 metres. There are 5 pilots on station. Tugs are available for berthing/unberthing and for all other manoeuvres in the harbour. Their use is obligatory and the pilot, together with the master, decides on the number necessary for the movement, taking all factors into consideration (a bow-thruster is considered an auxiliary). At present there are 7 tugs in the port: 1 of 4000hp; 2 of 2.200hp; 1 of 2.000hp and 2 of 1.500 and 1 of 800hp. Lighters: There are no lighters in the port. Bunkers: Only diesel oil may be taken at Salinas, Copec Terminal ex pipeline (see above); however, amounts not exceeding 500 tons are better delivered ex truck at the berth, or if at anchor and around 50 tons, by a tugboat. Small quantities of fuel oil may also be delivered in the same way; but it must be remembered that bunkers may be restricted to emergencies only and in any case they are expensive. Water is available at all berths in Valparaiso at a discharge rate of 15 tons per hour. At the bay, water is available ex tug at a rate of 60 tons per trip. Stores and supplies: Fresh provisions are available and engine and deck stores obtainable. Fumigation can be carried out in the roads and exemption certificates renewed. Compass compensation: There are ranging beacons, which can be used for adjusting the compass, particularly for ships proceeding south through the channels or the Strait of Magellan. Working hours are uniform as in all Emporchi ports (refer to Port regulations ). Gangs for Sunday and early Monday must be ordered before 12.00 on Saturday, and if not used, waiting time is payable. The ETA must, therefore, be checked at the latest by 11.00 on Saturday. Loading/unloading rates (metric tons per gang/hour) by ship s gear: Loading copper slabs 100 Unloading General bags/cases 120 Machinery cases 60 Cotton bales 60 Fruit, boxes palletised 40 Loading fruit and vegetables; the average rate: Boxes per gang hour Weight kilos per box Meast.cu.ft. Apples 1.800 23 2 3 Pears 1.800 22 1 6 Melons 1.800 20 1 8 Peaches 4.000 10 10 Grapes 4.000 10 6 Onions 1.500 25 1 11 Containers are off loaded by ship s gear or shore crane (at TPS) so that the reach stacker can handle it to the stacking area. The Port of Valparaiso has enough equipment (shore crane, reach stacker, tractors, trucks, etc.) to handle 500.00 units per year. At present, it handles imports, exports and empties. Almost all the mobile equipment belongs to private stevedoring contractors. FCL containers are dispatched under Customs seal to receivers warehouses. Explosives and dangerous cargoes are unloaded at the berths as obligatory direct dispatch cargo under safety regulations. IMO goods except all those in class 1, 5.2 and 7.3 can be stored in the Customs sheds between the Finger and Baron piers. Surveyors: Lloyd s Register of Shipping and the American Bureau of Shipping have resident surveyors while Germanischer Lloyd, Bureau Veritas and Norske Veritas have correspondents. At other ports there are representatives under the control of Valparaiso offices. Medical attention/hospital: There is a good service available. Seaman s missions: There are none on the coast except at Valparaiso. The Deutsche Seemans-heim is located at: Agua Santa Street N? 230, Vina del Mar, pstal address 233 Valparaiso (telephone number: 660720) It is equipped with a library, T.V. sets, a bar, a swimming pool, table tennis rooms, a restaurant and a souvenir shop. In Valparaiso, there is a Dutsche Evangelische Kirche; Abtao 681, Cerro Concepcion (telephone number 255704). There is also a German hospital; telephone number: 256104. The Valparaiso Seamen s Institute run by the Missions to Seamen (Flying Angel Club), Calle Banco 394, telephone 212717, mailing address Casilla 1605, Valparaiso. It is equipped with billiards, table tennis, darts, a library and a small chapel. Both clubs arrange football matches, horseback riding and excursions. Consuls: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Switzerland and Uruguay. Communications: Santiago, 110 km distant by road, has an international airport. There are good bus services north and south. Weather: In general the weather is fine, the yearly rainfall being only 15 , mostly in winter. The average maximum temperature is from 23? to 15? C and the minimum 13? to 7.5? C. Most months have a few foggy days, but during April and May fogs are more frequent and thicker. For winds refer to the description of the bay at the beginning and to Precautionary measures for bad weather . VALPARAISO: NEW PORT LIMITATIONS: TPSV :Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso EPV :Emporval (Empresa Portuaria Valparaiso) Berth Max. Length Bit N? + metres Max. Draught Restrictions N? (m.) from to (feet) (m.) 1 200 2 + 15 m 8 + 00 m 37 04 11.40 TPSV 2 195 08 + 00 m 14 + 10 m 37 04 11.40 TPSV 3 219 14 + 10 m 24 + 02 m 37 04 11.40 TPSV 4 210 (140) (70) 24 + 00 m 24 + 00 m 28 + 00 m 30 + 00 m 28 + 00 m 30 + 00 m 30 04 30 09 9.27 9.39 Vessel can stand out 30 m from the pier TPSV 5 107 (75) (20) (12,5) 30 + 00 m 30 + 00 m 33 + 05 m 33 + 25 m 34 + 05 m 33 + 05 m 33 + 25 m 34 + 05 m 30 09 28 06 24 07 9.39 8.69 7.49 Mooring side: starboard side (port side previous authorisation from the Maritime Authority) TPSV 6 185 44 + 15 m 50 + 00 m 26 06 8.09 Mooring side: Up to 150 m: starboard side Up to 170 m: port side EPV 7 110 50 + 00 m 52 + 00 m 20 04 6.19 Max. LOA: 130 m EPV 8 200 (8) (150) (45) 53 + 07 m 53 + 07 m 53 + 15 m 58 + 15 m 60 + 00 m 53 + 15 m 58 + 15 m 60 + 00 m 27 10 27 10 24 11 8.49 8.49 7.59 Max. LOA: 200 m Mooring side: starboard side EPV 9 150 (15) (10) (25) (100) 88 + 15 m 88 + 00 m 88 + 15 m 89 + 00 m 90 + 00 m 94 + 00 m 88 + 15 m 89 + 00 m 90 + 00 m 94 + 00 m 15 01 20 05 25 04 29 10 4.59 6.84 7.74 9.10 Max. LOA: 150 m Mooring side: on winter starboard side only. EPV 10 100 (75) (25) 95 + 00 m 95 + 00 m 98 + 00 m 99 + 00 m 98 + 00 m 99 + 00 m 24 06 17 08 7.47 5.40 Max. LOA: 90 m Mooring side: on winter port side only. Daylight berthing only. EPV INFRAESTRUCTURE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION BERTHING SITES 10 SITES TOTAL DOCK LENGTH 2.005 METRES SHELTERED WATERS 50 HECTARES (approximately) MAXIMUM SITE DEPTH 12 METRES PERMITTED DRAFT 11.4 METRES (maximum) COVERED PORT AREAS 42.872 m2 OPEN PORT AREAS 250.572 m2 CONTAINER TERMINAL 15.1 HECTARES PORT DEPOSIT CAPACITY 5.000 TEUS TERRESTRIAL INNER PORT CHART TRAFFIC COORDINATION AT THE SERVICE OF CUSTOMERS Valparaiso Port has developed the Terrestrial Inner Port project in order to optimize the efficiency in their service to customers and to improve the participation in the regional market. The aim of this project is to provide the Service called "Traffic Coordination" which concerns terrestrial means of transport and loading services. The purpose of this Traffic Coordination service, which is free of charge for customers-, is to perform as the regulatory agent with respect to truck entry into port areas in order to observe the requirements concerning the shipment and withdrawal of unloading cargo. The incorporation of the Inner Port as well as the implementation of this pioneer service have proved a competitive advantage for port operations relative to the transport chain in that they allow customers to increase their efficiency. This must be regarded as the product of an appropriate coordination of cargo flow and the increase in the number of operational areas. FEATURES: LOCATION: Placilla, near Road 68 on Belgica Street. INSTANTANEOUS CAPACITY: 240 trucks. DAILY CAPACITY: 720 trucks (3 daily shifts) PARKING LAYOUT: 4 modules for 60 trucks; each module must be assigned a ship. OPERATION: 24 hours a day, from January to May (Horticultural Season) PARKING AREA: 4 hectares along an even surface. CREW SERVICES: Casinos, telephone booths and toilets. COORDINATION: Traffic operators, service contract by third parties, truck coordination through Traffic Central. Port Transference Capacity The port has a transference capacity of 7.3 million tons per year. Thus, container transference capacity exceeds 500.000 TEUS. MAIN IMPORT CARGO CHEMICAL, MINING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS; VEHICLES, CELLULOSE AND PAPER. MAIN EXPORT CARGO FRUIT, COPPER; COMESTIBLES; FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. EQUIPMENT MODEL PICTURE OF CRANE GOTTWALD MOBILE CRANE 280 E MAXIMUM CAPACITY 100 TONS. OPERATION SITES 1-2-3-4-5-8 FEATURES MOVABLE CRANE MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 69 METRES MAXIMUM OUTREACH: 50 METRES MINIMUM OUTREACH: 11 METRES HEIGHT (WITHOUT DOCK) TO 50 METRE RADIO: 24 METRES. SPREADER BROMMA TWIN-LIFT EH, FOR 20 AND 40 CONTAINERS, MAXIMUM LIFT CAPACITY: 40 TONS MODEL PICTURE OF CRANE HITACHI MAXIMUM CAPACITY 36 TONS. OPERATION SITES 4 FEATURES MOVABLE CRANE MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 39.5 METRES MAXIMUM OUTREACH: 41 METRES MINIMUM OUTREACH: 11.2 METRES SPREADER MAXIMUM LIFT CAPACITY WITH SPREADER: 30.5 TONS. MODEL PICTURE OF CRANE TAYLOR MAXIMUM CAPACITY 40 TONS. OPERATION OPEN AREAS FEATURES MOVABLE CRANE HEIGHT: 8.153 METRES LENGTH: 7.715 METRES WIDTH: 4.877 METRES MAXIMUM OUTREACH: 12 METRES. MODEL PICTURE OF CRANE REACHSTAKER MAXIMUM CAPACITY 40 TONS. OPERATION OPEN AREAS FEATURES MOVABLE CRANE MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 16.6 METRES MINIMUM HEIGHT: 3.32 METRES MAXIMUM LENGTH: 6.7 METRES MINIMUM LENGTH: 2.2 METRES. HISTORICAL FIGURES CHART N? 1: YEAR 1999 (TONS) Terminal General Cargo Containerized Cargo Total Total 1.526.226 2.892.302 4.418.530 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO CHART N? 2: EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF SHIPS THAT ARRIVE AT PORT OF VALPARAISO. 1997 1998 1999 1.094 1.071 1.016 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO. CHART N? 3: HISTORICAL TRANSFERENCE PER PRODUCT (TONS) Products 1997 1998 1999 Fruit 1.121.271 1.114.034 1.097.611 Industrial Products 865.859 882.803 870.438 Comestible Products 597.123 543.938 528.951 Mining Products 541.854 474.257 311.993 Copper 258.239 280.346 308.952 Vehicles 167.867 125.423 67.614 Chemical Products 166.280 191.275 142.750 Cellulose and Paper 121.339 93.775 60.603 Other 826.980 914.125 1.029.618 Total 4.666.812 4.619.976 4.418.530 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO CHART N?4: TRANSFERENCE PER CARGO TYPE AT PORT OF VALPARAISO (TONS) Type of Cargo 1997 1998 1999 General Cargo 1.820.081 1.900.338 1.526.226 Containerized Cargo 2.846.731 2.719.638 2.892.204 Total 4.666.812 4.619.976 4.418.530 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO CHART N? 5: CONTAINER TRAFFIC AT PORT OF VALPARAISO (T.E.U.) 1997 1998 1999 T.E.U. 271.739 255.687 278.142 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO CHART N? 6: HISTORICAL TRANSFERENCE AT PORT OF VALPARAISO PER OPERATION (TONS) OPERATION 1997 1998 1999 Exports 2.179.668 2.358.443 2.406.345 Imports 2.192.702 2.018.456 1.665.295 Coasting trade 37.449 32.904 15.458 Traffic 116.269 80.028 141.800 Other 140.674 130.145 202.894 Total 4.666.812 4.619.976 4.431.792 SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO CHART N? 9: HISTORICAL OCCUPATION OF PORT OF VALPARAISO 1997 1998 1999 46% 46% 40% SOURCE: EMPRESA PORTUARIA VALPARAISO The artificial harbour is located in Valparaiso. It lies south of a line joining Roca La Baja and Punta Gruesa. Port of Valparaiso (Chile) - Valparaiso Bay (Information from Ultramar Group)