Havens Traffic Warning Light
Canvey Station
Information?
Located between Calor Gas and Oikos
Group Flash 2 every 20 seconds when activated.
Used to indicate traffic swinging off Gateway or Shellhaven Terminals
Havens Traffic Warning Light
Cliffe Station
Information
Located on a radar mast
Elevation 23m
Isophase 5 seconds upon activation
Used to indicate traffic swinging off Gateway and Shellhaven Terminals
Sea Reach 7.
Any navigational concerns here?
Chapman Anchorages to North East
Chapman shoal to North sub 10m, least depth 7.7m
Wreck WSW of SR7S ~10m depth
Passing place for ULCSs
Sea Reach 4
Any navigational concerns here?
Wrecks to WNW and ENE 10.4 and 10.1m depths respectively
Shoals to North
Small craft near Southend
Southend and Leigh Small Ship Anchorages to North of channel if inbound
Sea Reach 2
Navigational concerns?
Sub 10m obstructions to the South of SR2S but outside of secondary channel
Consider monitoring Ch 74 for Medway VTS and advance notice of traffic outbound
Pilot has been dropped off at Gravesend, you are outbound.
Heading down Gravesend reach, you see a white light blinking every 5 seconds, well back from the shore.
What does this indicate to you?
Havens Traffic Warning Light at Cliffe
Traffic swinging off Gateway or Shellhaven.
Continue listening to 68 and consider adjusting speed.
What berths would be typically available to you on a dredger in area 3?
Alpha
Clubbs
Tilbury 2 CMAT
Shornemead light sectors?
White 094 - 250
Intense White 089 - 094
Intense Red. 084 - 089
White 070 - 084
Relevant Northfleet Upper Light sectors?
Green. 339 - 088
White. 088 - 100
Tilbury Traffic Light?
Isophase every 6 seconds
30m elevation
6 nautical miles nom. Range.
Northfleet Upper Light characteristics
Occulting every 10 seconds
White, red and green
39 metre elevation
7 to 10 nautical miles nom. range
What can you tell me about Alpha Jetty?
Located in Lower Hope Reach on South Side
LOB: 037/217
150m long
Least Depth: 4.2m at North End
Not suitable for cargo discharge due to incompatibility of vessel layout
What can you tell me about Clubbs Jetty?
Located in Gravesend Reach on South Side
Line of Berth: 091/271
47m long with dolphins set further toward shore
Least Depth: 4.2m in centre
Must arrive with at least 3m of tide. This is roughly mid-tide and can lead to strong flows making berthing tricky
What can you tell me about CMAT?
Located in Gravesend Reach on North Side.
Line of Berth 266/086
Least Depth: 14m
Concerned with roro vessels for T2 Lower and gangway access as quay height is problematic.
