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02 Aug 2019 / Singapore

Mooring & unmooring of vessels at Banyan Basin, Jurong Island

The working period for operations at Banyan Basin, Jurong Island, has been extended.

As per the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Port Marine Notice No. 072 of 2019 dated 2 August 2019, self-propelled barges and tug boats with barges in composite unit carrying bulk sand will be transiting the Banyan Basin, Sinki Fairway and Temasek Fairway to the Jurong Island Westward Extension (JIWE) reclamation project area.

Masters of vessels and harbour craft shall keep a proper lookout for these vessels, proceed at a safe speed and navigate with extra caution when in the vicinity of the mooring buoys off Bayan Basin, Jurong Island.

The mooring buoys are ‘BBB-1’, ‘BBB-2’, ‘BBB-3’, ‘BBB-4’, ‘BBB-5’ and BBB-6 with a total of three mooring slots between them. The positions of the mooring buoys are as follows:
BBB-1) 01 deg. 15.266’N / 103 deg. 41.613’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.2s.)
BBB-2) 01 deg. 15.084’N / 103 deg. 41.667’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.2s.)
BBB-3) 01 deg. 15.772’N / 103 deg. 41.326’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.4s.)
BBB-4) 01 deg. 15.644’N / 103 deg. 41.465’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.4s.)
BBB-5) 01 deg. 15.552’N / 103 deg. 41.528’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.3s.)
BBB-6) 01 deg. 15.370’N / 103 deg. 41.582’E
(Yellow polyethylene buoy Fl .Y.3s.)

The mooring buoys will be used for mooring of the bulk carriers. The mooring and unmooring of vessels will be carried out one at a time during daylight hours between 0700hrs to 1800hrs. The mooring buoys will be removed upon completion of the reclamation.

For information about operations in Singapore contact GAC Singapore at [email protected]

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