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31 Jul 2015 / Singapore, Jurong Port

Mooring/unmooring at Banyan Basin, Jurong Island

Please refer to Port Marine Notice 143 of 2014 on the Reclamation Work off Temasek Fairway, West of Jurong Island, valid from 1 December 2014 to 1 June 2015. During this period, bulk carriers, self propelled barges and pusher tugs 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 (WGS 84 Datum): 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.3 They 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 Singapre at [email protected]) Source: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Port Marine Notice No.24 of 2015 dated 3 March 2015

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