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* Hong Kong, all ports – Withdrawal of Lighted Buoys North of Urmston Road Anchorage
* Singapore, Jurong Port – Port revision notice for Mooring Buoys at Banyan Basin
* Turkey, all ports – 2013 Sanitary Dues for Turkish ports
* Chile, all ports – Chilean Light House Dues 2013
* Bunker Update – MARKET PRICE UPDATE 03/01/13
DATE: January 03, 2013 COUNTRY: Hong Kong PORT: all ports – Withdrawal of Lighted Buoys North of Urmston Road Anchorage
From 2 January 2013 the lighted buoys at the following positions (WGS 84 atum) will be permanently withdrawn:
Name: Y
Position : 22 deg. 24.380’N / 113 deg. 52.780’E
Name: Y1
Position : 22 deg. 25.000’N / 113 deg. 52.780’E
Name: Y2
Position : 22 deg. 25.500’N / 113 deg. 52.840’E
For information about operations in Hong Kong, contact GAC Hong Kong at shipping.hongkong@gac.com
Source: Marine Department Government of the HKSAR
DATE: January 03, 2013 COUNTRY: Singapore PORT: Jurong Port – Port revision notice for Mooring Buoys at Banyan Basin
Pls be advised that this is a revision of Port Marine Notice No. 170 of 2012.
The deployment period of the mooring buoys has been extended until 30 Jun 2013.
2 Although reclamation of Ayer Merbau, Jurong Island has been completed on 31 Dec 12. The mooring buoys BBB-1, BBB-2, BBB-3 and BBB-4 as shown in Chartlet would remain at Banyan Basin until 31 Jun 2013. The position and Characteristic of the buoys are as shown below.
WGS 84 Datum
Name Latitude (N) Longitude (E) Buoy/ Light Charateristic
BBB-1 01° 15.352’ 103° 41.587’ Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.2s.
BBB-2 01° 15.170’ 103° 41.641’ Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.2s.
BBB-3 01° 15.772’ 103° 41.326’ Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.4s.
BBB-4 01° 15.644’ 103° 41.465’ Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.4s.
3 Masters of vessels and harbour craft shall proceed at a safe speed and navigate with caution when approaching the vicinity of mooring buoys.
4 Any enquires relating to the mooring buoys can be directed to Capt Choong Yew Weng, Project coordinator at Tel: 9270 4540, (email:wchoong@live.com).5 Please call Capt Dilshad Ahmad at Tel: 6325 2419 (or Fax: 6325 2430) for clarification of this Port Marine Notice.
Source: MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
DATE: January 03, 2013 COUNTRY: Turkey PORT: all ports – 2013 Sanitary Dues for Turkish ports
Sanitary dues for port calls in Turkey have been increased to 0.75 TL from
0.70 TL to all commercial vessels (excluding yacht, investivation,
education, etc) with NRT over 50 starting from 01.01.2013.
Please find below the calculation method.
Caluculation method:
NRT x 0.75 TL / daily Usd rate
Example:
NRT 5000 x 0.75 TL / 1.7776 Daiy Usd rate = 2, 109.59 Usd
For further clarification and information about operations in Turkey
contact GAC Turkey at turkey@gac.com
DATE: January 03, 2013 COUNTRY: Chile PORT: all ports – Chilean Light House Dues 2013
Please be advised of the new Chilean Light House Dues for 2013:
LHD per year USD 2.89 / GRT
LHD per voyage USD 1.13 / GRT
LHD for vessel crossing Magellan Strait only
or calling at Punta Arenas USD 0.41 / GRT
LHD for one single bulk export call USD 0.66 / GRT
LHD for repairs only USD 0.27 / GRT
LHD for bunkering only USD 0.13 / GRT
For information about operations in Chile contact the GAC USA Hub Agency Center at hub.us@gac.com
Source: Ultramar Agencia Maritima, Chile – GAC agent
DATE: January 03, 2013 – Bunker Update: MARKET PRICE UPDATE 03/01/13
GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert -MARKET PRICE UPDATE 03/01/13
180 CST 380 CST MGO MDO
Aberdeen 0 0 0 0
Aden 745.00 0 1, 210.00 0
Alexandria 727.00 712.00 1, 250.00 0
Amsterdam 607.00 583.00 917.00 0
Antwerp 618.00 589.00 927.00 0
Aqaba 0 0 1, 050.00 0
Bahrain 0 0 1, 080.00 0
Barrow 0 0 0 0
Busan 654.00 645.00 970.00 960.00
Cape Town 649.00 0 1, 049.00 0
Colombo 740.00 685.00 1, 080.00 0
Dubai 625.00 610.00 875.00 0
Durban 635.00 0 1, 120.00 0
Falmouth 669.00 624.00 985.00 0
Fawley 0 0 0 0
Felixstowe 0 0 0 0
Fujairah 615.00 605.00 1, 005.00 0
Gibraltar 680.50 640.50 980.50 0
Grangemouth 0 0 0 0
Harwich 0 0 0 0
Hong Kong 635.00 628.50 962.50 957.00
Houston 715.00 620.00 980.00 0
Immingham 0 0 0 0
Invergordon 0 0 0 o
Istanbul 651.50 625.50 1, 000.50 0
Jeddah 695.00 680.00 1, 050.00 0
Kaohsiung 659.00 649.00 1, 009.00 994.00
Kuwait 615.00 606.00 0 984.00
Leith 0 0 0 o
Malta 690.50 660.50 960.50 0
Mersey 0 0 0 0
Milford Haven 0 0 0 0
Mumbai 643.50 634.50 1, 064.00 0
New York & New Jersey 645.00 615.00 1, 035.00 0
Newport 0 0 0 0
Nigg Bay 0 0 0 0
Panama 720.00 655.00 1, 050.00 0
Piraeus 689.50 656.50 965.50 0
Plymouth 0 0 0 0
Port Said 715.00 705.00 1, 100.00 0
Qatar 0 0 915.00 0
Ramsgate 0 0 0 0
Rio de Janeiro 634.00 610.50 1, 015.00 0
Rotterdam 615.00 591.00 925.00 0
Salalah 687.00 647.00 1, 200.00 0
Shanghai 697.50 642.50 1, 063.50 0
Sharjah 625.00 610.00 875.00 0
Sheerness 0 0 0 0
Singapore 626.00 619.00 925.00 0
St Petersburg 585.50 567.50 0 0
Suez 712.00 672.00 1, 110.00 0
Tees 0 0 0 0
Thames 0 0 0 0
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* received overnight 3 to 4 Jan 2012
