PA’s in Western Port of SHENZHEN: Navigating and Manoeuvring a Ship from PB Area!

According to a report published in Chirp Maritime, pilotage waters in the Western Port of SHENZHEN are very congested with traffic, especially from Black Point to the Precautionary Area.

There are three main fairways approaching Western Port; there is no central buoy; no Traffic Separation Schemes in the fairway and the width of navigable waters is restricted. In addition, these waters fall within two separate administrations and involve pilots from both Shenzhen and Hong Kong SAR.

Careful...

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How Pilots Avoid Misunderstandings Between Vessels?

According to a near-miss report published by CHIRP Maritime, raised concerns over misunderstandings that might occur in the interpretation of the Collision Regulations by two vessels using the same pilot boarding ground.

Summary of events

The report described a situation where an outbound vessel leaving a pilot station encountered an inbound vessel. The risk of the collision was deemed to exist by the outbound vessel (which was the stand on vessel in this instance) and having observed the...

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