QHM Portsmouth

LNTM 02/07

08/01/2007

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Harbour Master Portsmouth Commercial Port is the Competent Harbour Authority (CHA) for the Port of Portsmouth.
   
   
2. The area of jurisdiction for Portsmouth CHA has a boundary joining the following positions:
   
   

Gilkicker Point light	50° 46.4 N	1° 08.4 W
Western end of Ryde Pier. Then along the coast to	50° 44.3 N	1° 09.6 W
Culver Cliff	50° 40.0 N	1° 05.6 W
Nab Tower	50° 40.0 N	0° 57.1 W
1.1 miles due South of Selsey Bill	50° 43.3 N	0° 47.2 W
0.1 miles due South of Selsey Bill
Chichester Bar beacon	50° 45.9 N	0° 56.4 W
Cambrian Wreck buoy	50° 44.4 N	1° 03.4 W
then due North to the shoreline	50° 46.9 N	1° 03.4 W
and all the tidal water within Portsmouth Harbour.

 

3. Compulsory Pilotage. - Pilotage by Portsmouth CHA is compulsory for:
   
   
1. A vessel of 48m or more in overall length.



2. A vessel of 20m or more in overall length carrying more than 12 passengers,



4. Exemptions from compulsory pilotage. - The following categories of vessels are exempted from compulsory pilotage by Portsmouth CHA:
   
   
1. A vessel in transit through the Solent on passage to or from any position West of the line from Gilkicker Point Light to Ryde Pier provided such vessel does not proceed North of a line from
   
   Gilkicker Point Light
   to Horse Sand Fort Light
   to Cambrian Wreck Buoy.



2. A vessel in Government service except when berthing or unberthing at any non-Ministry of Defence facility.



3. A vessel with an admiralty pilot embarked while proceeding to or from any Ministry of Defence facility. Such a vessel proceeding between a Ministry of Defence facility and a Commercial facility is not exempt compulsory pilotage for the berthing or unberthing operation at the commercial facility.



4. A vessel of less than 150 metres L.O.A. proceeding to or from any position West of the line Gilkicker Point Light to Ryde Pier and/or going to an anchorage in St Helens Roads.



5. A vessel of an overall length of not greater than 150 metres while to the South East of the line from
   Nettlestone Point (Latitude 50 43.27'N, Longitude 1 06.48'W)
   to the Warner Buoy,
   thence to a North Easterly direction to Cambrian Wreck Buoy,
   thence due North to the Shoreline.



5. The Portsmouth Pilot Boat may be recognised by the legend "Portsmouth Pilots" in black letters on each side of the wheelhouse. There will not be a pilot boat permanently on station.

6. Boarding points. - Pilot boarding points are as follows:
   
   
1. In the Eastern Approaches to the Solent:



1. For vessels requiring pilotage from the Nab Tower, a position 1 mile to the West of the Nab Tower.



2. For vessels of an overall length not greater than 150 metres, the pilot will board in in the pilot boarding area in the vicinity of the St Helens buoy.



2. For vessels approaching from the Western Solent, the boarding point for Portsmouth Pilots is approximately 0.75 miles NW of the North Sturbridge buoy.



3. In adverse weather these points may be altered and up to date information can be obtained from "Portsmouth Piolots" on VHF channel 11.


7. Direct communication may be made with the pilot boat on VHF Channel 11 or 12 when on station.
   
   
8. Portsmouth Pilots can be contacted on Tel: 023 92 855 900, Fax: 023 92 753 029 or e-mail: pilotseta@portsmouth-port.co.uk
   
   
9. Cancel Local Notice to Mariners 10/02.
   
   
10. Further details of ordering procedures including notice required are contained in the Pilotage Arrangements Handbook obtainable from: www.portsmouth-port.co.uk/pmsc or hard copy by request from
    
    

Port Managers Department

Harbour Offices

Continental Ferry Port

George Byng Way

Portsmouth P02 8SP