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Mooring
Carrasco International Airport, with many international links, is 23 km from the
Provided by specialist companies.
seaport.
piLoTage anchorage
Provided by the Pilots Corporation (Sociedad
Vessels may anchor near the Axis Buoy with a draught of 9.14 metres (LW). To
de Prácticos del Puerto de Montevideo), which
gain access to sheltered anchorage in the outer harbour, the port pilot must be
operates three pilot boats.
on board. Seven anchorage berths available with 8.53 metres depth. Pilots board at one of four embarkation points
approach
along the port access channel, depending on the
Port access channel is 42 km long with 11.0 metres draught. Harbour entrance
draught of the ship.
is 320 metres wide between the ends of the breakwaters. Inside the harbour a branch of the channel goes north to the oil products terminal.
The Pilots Corporation also provides auxiliary services such as online weather forecast, bathy-
bunkerS
metric services, ships’ estimated positioning,
Fuel is provided by tanker trucks and barges.
consultancy, radio assistance and pilot transport.
currenTS Current does not exceed 0.1 to 0.2 knot inside the harbour. Maximum current
poLLuTion reSponSe Fire Service
outside the harbour is 3 knots.
Montevideo’s Fire Department and specialist sections of ANP (Port Authority) and PNN (Maritime
LargeST veSSeL
Authority) provide these services.
The port can receive vessels of up to 345 metres LOA (for example, the ‘Queen
poSiTion
Mary 2’) with a maximum draught of 10.5 metres.
Latitude: 34º55’S There is no length limit for vessels in the dedicated container terminals, which
Longitude: 56º14’W.
can receive vessels up to super-post-panamax size.
proviSionS LocaL hoLidayS
There are many ship chandlers in Montevideo,
1 January: New Year
supplying ships both at berth and at anchor.
6 January: Epiphany 3 days in February: Carnival 7 days in March or April: Tourist Week 1 May: Labour Day 18 May: Battle of Las Piedras 19 June: Artigas’s Birthday 18 July: Constitution Day 25 August: Independence Day 12 October: Day of the Race 2 November: Memorial Day 25 December: Christmas Day.
radio The port operates on the following VHF channels: 6 Ship-to-ship calls 8 Ship-to-ship calls 9 Port operations 11 Traffic control 13 Traffic control 15 (RX) Weather forecast 16 Emergency – salvage and rescue 71 Sailing clubs.
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