QUEENS HARBOUR MASTER

PORTSMOUTH

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS

LNTM 08/04

MOVEMENT OF GAS TANKERS IN THE SOLENT

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that special regulations for the safe navigation of gas tankers remain in force within the Solent. They apply to all gas tankers loaded or partly loaded and to gas tankers, which have not been rendered gas free.

2. Gas tankers in transit within the Solent may not enter an area in which the visibility is less than 1/2 mile.

3. Before navigating within the area between North Sturbridge Buoy and the Warner Buoy, all gas tankers must establish communications with Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth on VHF Ch 11 to advise of their transit and to ascertain movements into and out of Portsmouth Harbour.

4. No vessel may anchor closer to a gas tanker than a distance equal to twice their combined lengths.

5. This Local Notice to Mariners is issued jointly by the Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth and The Harbour Master ABP Southampton, (ABP Southampton No. 36/03 refers).

6. Portsmouth LNTM 07/02 is hereby superseded.