Information regarding navigation
Please be advised:
The following navigational information is available:
START DATE 16 Sep 2023
END DATE 1 Oct 2023
CATEGORY
Stremming / Blockade
BAS NUMBER
097/2023
COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF ALL SHIPPING
1. Due to the annual testing of the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) and the Hartelkanaal, all shipping will be obstructed on the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Hartelkanaal on Saturday 16 September 2023.
Furthermore, no ships or other objects will be allowed within a distance of 300m on both sides of each surge barrier.
2. Passage at the surge barrier in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) will be obstructed from: Saturday, 16 September 2023, from approximately 13:30 hrs. (LT) until Sunday, 17 September 2023 approximately 04:35 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
Passage at the surge barrier in the Hartelkanaal will be obstructed from:
Saturday, 16 September 2023, from approximately 13:00 hrs. (LT) until 21:50 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
It will not be possible to use the Hartelsluis (Hartel Lock) on Friday 15 September 2023 from 12:00 hrs. (LT) until Saturday, 16 September 2023 22:10 hrs. (LT).
N.B. Vessels approaching from seaward and heading for the Calandkanaal and/or the Beerkanaal can proceed as normal.
3. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, the scheduled closure should need to be postponed, the complete obstruction of shipping traffic will be rescheduled at the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) on Sunday, 1 October 2023 from approximately 13:40 hrs. (LT) until Monday, 2 October 2023 04:55 hrs. (LT) and at the surge barriers in the Hartelkanaal on Sunday, 1 October 2023 from approximately 13:10 hrs. (LT) approximately 22:00 hrs. (LT), shorter if possible or longer if necessary.
It will not be possible to use the Hartelsluis (Hartel Lock) on Friday, 29 September 2023 from 12:00 hrs. (LT) until 22:20 hrs. (LT).
4. On the days specified, the shipping ban at the surge barriers in the Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) and the Hartelkanaal will be indicated by means of signaling in accordance with the Inland Navigation Police Regulations on both sides of both the surge barriers and on the barriers themselves.
5. Instructions given by the competent authority and/or from the harbour patrol boats on site must be obeyed directly.
6. Vessels likely to be affected by the obstruction are expressly requested to obtain timely information on the progress of the test and/or any alterations to the above-mentioned obstruction times.
7 Further information can be obtained by contacting:
- Harbour Coordination Center, the HCC duty officer,
telephone number +31 (0)10 252 10 00 or VHF channel 11.
and State Harbour Master for the Rotterdam–Rijnmond region
26 May 2023
For more information please contact the Harbour Coordination Center:
Tel: +31 10 252 1000
Mail: hcc@portofrotterdam.com
VHF: Ch. 11 / 14