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Port Arrival Preparation Guide

The document provides a checklist of preparations that must be completed before a ship arrives in port. It lists over 30 individual items that need to be checked, including reviewing sailing directions and weather reports, testing navigation equipment and communications, checking cargo and ballast arrangements, and verifying information about berthing such as which side of the jetty the ship will use and whether shore gangways will be provided. The checklist aims to ensure the ship and crew are fully prepared for all aspects of arrival and berthing in port.

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Port Arrival Preparation Guide

The document provides a checklist of preparations that must be completed before a ship arrives in port. It lists over 30 individual items that need to be checked, including reviewing sailing directions and weather reports, testing navigation equipment and communications, checking cargo and ballast arrangements, and verifying information about berthing such as which side of the jetty the ship will use and whether shore gangways will be provided. The checklist aims to ensure the ship and crew are fully prepared for all aspects of arrival and berthing in port.

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Checklist of preparation for

Arrival in port
 In preparing the Passage Plan for Arrival In Port, Have the following factors
been taken into consideration?
1. Advise / Recommendations in Sailing Directions.
2. Latest Weather Reports.
3. Tides & Currents For Port / Adjacent Areas.
4. Calculated / Known Minimum & Maximum Depths Of Water In Port
Approaches, Channels & At Berth.
5. Any Restrictions On Draught, Trim, Speed, Entry Times, Etc.
6. Available Port Information.
 Is it necessary to rearrange Cargo / Ballast?
 Are all relevant Charts & Nautical Publications corrected upto date &
courses laid Off?
 Have the latest Navigational Messages for the area been received.
 Has ETA been sent with all relevent information required By Local
Regulations (e.g. Details Of Dangerous / Hazardous Goods Carried).
 Has all Navigational Equipment including Steering Gear been tested &
Stabilisers housed.
 Has the following Equipment been checked.
1. Synchronisation of Clocks.
2. Internal Communications Equipment.
3. Signalling Equipment including Lights / Flags.
4. Deck Lighting.
5. Mooring Winches.
6. Mooring Lines / Wires / Heaving Lines.
7. Pressure on Fire Main.
8. Course & Engine Movement Recorder
 If Appropriate, Have the Checks In Checklist 4 been carried out & a Pilot
Card completed.
 Has Manual Steering been engaged in sufficient time for the helmsman to
become accustomed before maneuvering commences.
 Has each remote steering gear control system power failure alarm been
checked?
 Have all compass repeaters (including the engine room/steering gear been
aligned with the master compass?
 Has the emergency power source (generator and/or storage batteries) for
emergency lighting and power to the vessel control and propulsion systems
been tested?
 Has the main propulsion been tested ahead and astern? (NB: Propellors to
be checked clear before turning over the engines)?
 Have the bow/stern thrusters been tested?
 Has the crew been advised of the time of “Stand-By” for entering port.
 Has communication been established with the engine room and duty
engineer?
 Have VHF Channels for various services (e.g. VTS, Pilot, Tugs, Berthing
Instructions.) been noted & A Radio Check carried out.
 Is the following berthing information available.
 whether Anchoring / Berthing alongside.
 which side to jetty.
 whether ship accommodation ladder / gangway or shore gangway will be
used.
 size / number of shore connections. derricks required. mooring boats / lines.

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