Restricted Visibility

Question 1

Less than 2 miles

Answer 1

1. Call meteorologist for update
2. Issue visibility warning broadcast
3. Request visibility reports
4. Update arriving/departing vessels with current visibility
5. Review any planned passes

Question 2

Between 1 and 0.5 miles

Answer 2

1. Turn on fog signals when vis less than 1 mile in Thorn Channel
2. Red Jets report at hook buoy
3. Portsmouth/ IOW ferries must report
4. Both VTS desks permanently staffed
5. Pilot station foxtrot closed
6. LOA over 150m given clear channel status in the precautionary area
7. No transits of Itchen River above the bridge
8. Laden VLCC do not proceed past West Bramble or depart berth
9. No Fawley or Dock Head passes

Question 3

Less than 0.5 miles

Answer 3

1.No tanker movements
2. All vessels 6 knot limit in docks
3. All vessels restricted to a channel given clear channel status

Question 4

Less than 2 cables

Answer 4

Tugs dont work in less than 2 cables so any vessel requiring tugs should abort

All bunkering should cease and hoses cleared before vessels over 150m LOA pass