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Nautical Directory 2019 Coverphoto: Sea Challenger at Julianahaven | Eemshaven Loading salt at AkzoNobel jetty in Zeehavenkanaal | Delfzijl 02 Nautical Directory 2019 Foreword Foreword Groningen Seaports PLC Port of Delfzijl The port of Delfzijl consists of an outer basin and an Ports and sites inner basin. Handelshaven is the logistic heart of the port area and is located near the old city centre of Groningen Seaports is the port authority and commercial for Delfzijl. The eastern part of this port is destined for professional shipping and the western part for recreational the port of Delfzijl, Eemshaven and the adjoining industrial shipping. Handelshaven is accessed via the 6km long Zeehavenkanaal. The north side of this canal consists of a sites. The organisation provides the complete package breakwater, where 14 of Delfzijl’s total of 19 wind turbines generate green energy. To its south there are various loading of port services to its industrial and commercial clients, and unloading facilities for the purpose of transhipping chemical products or raw materials for the chemical from logistics and infrastructure services to the issue and industry. maintenance of the sites in both port regions. As well as the Facts & figures two excellently equipped ports, Groningen Seaports manages • Transhipment 6,076,000 tonnes (2018) • Surface area: 1,477 hectares the industrial sites around the ports and at other areas in the • Available: approx. 418 hectares • Quay length: 850 metres Eemsdelta. Various clustered business sites are located on • Draught of seaport: 9 metres • Depth of inner basins: 5 metres the sites, including a chlorine-related chemicals cluster with • 15% of total Dutch chemical production AkzoNobel and its alliance partners as important players. Eemshaven Also, a large part of Eemshaven has been earmarked for the development of energy-related industry with large energy Eemshaven is a deepwater port accessible for panamax bulkcarriers up to 14 metres draft (Wilhelmina basin). producers such as ENGIE, NorNed, Nuon/Vattenfall, TenneT, There is more than 5 kilometres of quay distributed over 4 basins. Eemshaven has multimodal access and with and RWE/Essent. And that attracts energy consumers as well: quays as well as a public roro facilities, ramps, a jetty and various logistics service providers it has all the facilities for 03 Google builds the largest data center of Europe in Eemshaven. transhipping goods. Facts & figures Your new business location in Delfzijl or Eemshaven? • Transhipment 7,668,000 tonnes (2018) • Surface area: 1,319 hectares With more than 700 hectares of land available there is • Available: 302 hectares • Quay length: 5,120 metres certainly plenty of space for you to get down to business. Both • Water depth: 14 metres • 1/3 of total Dutch energy production seaports have good rail, road and water connections, which provide very easy access to your location. If you operate in the offshore wind business or the data centre sector, then Eemshaven is the best option for you. Delfzijl is the right location for the chemical industry or circular economic Nautical Directory 2019 activities. We’ll be pleased to help you explore the options. Inland vessel navigating in sea-locks area | Delfzijl 04 Nautical Directory 2019 Contents Contents Nautical Directory 06 1 Nautical information 07 1.1 Location and distances 07 1.2 Charts and guides 07 1.2.1 Charts 07 1.2.2 Pilots 07 1.2.3 List of lights 07 1.2.4 Tidal information 07 1.3 Tides and currents 08 1.3.1 Delfzijl tides 08 1.3.2 Eemshaven tides 08 1.4 Approaches 09 2 Services 09 2.1 Vessel traffic services 09 2.1.1 River Ems 09 2.1.2 Delfzijl and Eemshaven 10 2.1.3 Harbourmaster 10 2.1.4 Nautical Service Centre (NSC) 10 2.2 Pilotage 11 2.2.1 Compulsory pilotage area 11 2.2.2 Pilotage dues 11 2.2.3 ETA and ETD regulations 11 2.3 Towage 12 2.4 Boatmen 12 2.5 Border control 12 2.6 Dutch Customs 13 2.7 Port reception facilities 13 3 Description of the ports 14 3.1 Port of Delfzijl 14 3.1.1 Outer harbour sections 14 3.1.1.1 Entrance 14 3.1.1.2 Zeehavenkanaal 14 3.1.1.3 Handelshaven 15 05 3.1.1.4 Damsterhaven 15 3.1.2 Sea locks 15 3.1.3 Inner harbour sections 16 3.1.3.1 Farmsumerhaven 16 3.1.3.2 Eemskanaal 16 3.1.3.3 Oosterhornhaven 16 3.1.4 Ship repair facilities 16 3.2 Eemshaven 18 3.2.1 Doekegatkanaal (port entrance) 18 3.2.2 Julianahaven 18 3.2.3 Emmahaven 19 3.2.4 Wilhelminahaven 19 3.2.5 Beatrixhaven 19 Maps of Delfzijl and Eemshaven 22 Companies 26 Nautical Directory 2019 The Port Authority of Delfzijl and Eemshaven does not accept any liability for possible errors in this publication. Some data may be subject to changes in the course of this year. Charts in this publication are not intended for navigation purposes. Installation vessels Beatrixhaven and Happy Sky at Buss Terminal Eemshaven, Julianahaven | Eemshaven 06 Nautical Directory 2019 Nautical Directory Nautical Directory 1 | Nautical information 1.2.3 List of lights • Lichtenlijst voor Nederland. 1.1 Location and distances • British Admiralty List of Lights, Volume B (HP 75). • Leuchtfeuer Verzeignisse und Signalstelle, Teil III A Nr. 4003. The Groningen Seaports are located at the mouth of the River Ems and near the main North Sea shipping route in the Le Havre- 1.2.4 Tidal information Hamburg Range. Delfzijl: Latitude 53°20’N, Longitude 06°56’E. • Stroomatlas Waddenzee Oost (HP 18), Noordzee (HP 19). Eemshaven: Latitude 53°27’N, longitude 06°50’E. From Delfzijl to • Getijtafels voor Nederland. Emden is 10 nautical miles via Paapsand-Süd. From Delfzijl harbour • Admiralty Tide Tables, European Waters. to the pilot station is 37 nautical miles via Paapsand-Süd. From • Waterstanden en stromen (HP 33). Delfzijl harbour to Eemshaven is 15 nautical miles via Paapsand-Süd. From Eemshaven quays to the pilot station is 23 nautical miles via Westereems. VHF VHF 18 01 VHF 20 Eemshaven VHF 66 Germany VHF Bergen Kotka 20 Oslo Helsinki St. Petersburg Stavanger The Netherlands Kristiansand Stockholm Tallinn Dundee Gothenburg Edinburgh Riga Liepaja Belfast Esbjerg Delfzijl Newcastle Klaipeda VHF VHF 03 21 Dublin Kaliningrad VHF Hull VHF 20 Gdansk VHF VHF 03 07 Groningen Seaports 66 26 VHF Felixstowe 84 VHF 84 London Rotterdam VHF c 66 l a o t n n t e c in n c en i t o ta n c o l o n rc o n e t t n t Eastern Europe n Le Havre i i i n n t i e e n n n t e a t l n a t l Paris a l South East and Central Europe Station VHF Channel South West Europe South Europe VTS Eemshaven 01 VTS Delfzijl 03 1.2 Charts and guides Nautical Service Centre (NSC) Waddensea 04 Towing service Delfzijl/Eemshaven 06 For approaches to Delfzijl and Eemshaven, the following charts and Towing service Emden, ship to ship traffic 10 guides are available: Sea locks Emden, lock Leer, lock Papenburg 13 River Ems radar 15 1.2.1 Charts Ems/Sperrwerk 15 • Netherlands government – Charts Nos 1460 and 1555 + 1812.6. Knock radar 20 • British Admiralty – Charts Nos 3509 and 3510. Wybelsum radar 21 • German – Charts Nos 90 and 91. Provincial sea locks Delfzijl 26 Eemskanaal, all bridges + Groevesluis 64 Nautical Directory 2019 1.2.2 Pilots Harbour service Delfzijl/Eemshaven 66 • Zeemansgids voor de Nederlandse kust (HP 1). SAR (Search and Resque) 67 • British Admiralty, Np 55 North Sea Pilot (East). Weiwerderbridge/Heemskesbridge 84 • Nordsee Handbuch östlicher Teil Nr. 2006. 1.3 Tides and currents 1.3.2 Eemshaven tides All depths in this directory are relative to Normal Amsterdam Level HW LW Mean range (NAP). Tidal movement is diurnal. LLWS at Delfzijl lies 2.03 metres (metres) (metres) (metres) below NAP, LLWS at Eemshaven lies 1.80 metres below NAP. Mean spring tide + 1.34 m - 1.57 m 2.91 m 1.3.1 Delfzijl tides Mean tide + 1.22 m - 1.40 m 2.62 m Mean neap tide + 1.02 m - 1.19 m 2.21 m HW LW Mean range (metres) (metres) (metres) To calculate the tide for Eemshaven, use the tide-table for Delfzijl. Mean spring tide + 1.53 m - 1.86 m 3.39 m High water at Eemshaven will be 40 minutes earlier and 0.22 metres Mean tide + 1.40 m - 1.66 m 3.06 m lower than in Delfzijl. Low water at Eemshaven will be 46 minutes Mean neap tide + 1.19 m - 1.40 m 2.66 m earlier and 0.28 metres higher than in Delfzijl. Note that easterly winds usually influence available water depths. All draughts indicated in this chapter are for normal weather conditions and dredging allowance. Tidal currents Location Borkum Meeuwstaart Doekegat Eemshaven Hond Paap Oterdum roads roads -6 130 135 100 310 060 000 275 06.08 08.10 09.12 04.06 01.03 01.01 02.04 -5 130 130 120 130 165 180 080 21.29 26.30 13.19 19.24 16.20 15.18 04.05 -4 130 130 110 125 160 180 090 20.31 21.29 15.20 18.28 18.30 17.22 16.22 -3 130 130 110 120 160 170 090 18.24 16.22 11.16 15.22 15.23 10.23 11.19 -2 140 130 120 130 175 175 100 12.19 13.18 07.09 11.17 09.15 14.18 04.18 -1 130 135 120 130 150 190 090 04.07 06.07 03.04 07.10 06.08 09.12 07.14 HW 305 305 120 nil 160 135 095 04.06 04.05 02.04 02.03 05.06 03.08 +1 305 305 300 300 335 340 275 16.26 12.19 10.15 02.10 06.13 07.09 02.06 +2 310 315 300 300 330 350 280 20.30 18.24 17.27 15.18 16.22 21.27 11.17 08 +3 310 310 300 300 340 335 280 20.30 18.24 17.29 20.25 21.25 23.30 16.22 +4 310 315 300 310 340 340 275 15.26 16.23 15.26 17.25 17.22 21.27 10.25 +5 310 315 310 300 345 340 260 09.22 16.23 09.17 12.19 11.21 16.21 08.16 +6 310 325 300 315 340 345 265 03.12 09.12 04.06 07.10 06.09 10.13 03.04 • -6 Time reference to HW standard port Delfzijl • 130 Mean direction of tidal stream in degrees • 06.08 Rate of current in 10ths of knots at mean neap tide (06) and mean spring tide (08) Source: Dienst der Hydrografie (HP 18 - January 1992) Nautical Directory 2019 Nautical Directory 1.4 Approaches 2 | Services From the pilot station at Westereems fairway buoy, vessels bound for 2.1 Vessel traffic services Delfzijl sail via Westereems, Ranselgat, Doekegat and Oost Friesche Gaatje to the entrance near Oterdum.