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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Documents   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths
Cargo:  Bulk | Tankers | Stevedores
Pollution:  Ballast | Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Chandlery | Services   ...
Security:  Police etc | Fire | Security | Piracy
Local Info:  Time | Holidays | Weather | Congestion

Summary

Max. Size:  Bulk:  76,000 d.w.t., LOA 225 m., draft 11.58 m., beam 32.3 m., airdraft 25.0 m. Tankers:  76,000 d.w.t., LOA 225 m., draft 11.58 m., beam 32.3 m.
Fuel:  Available at Itaqui.
Airport:  Sao Luis Int'l, 20 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  Minor repairs possible.
Medical:  Facilities available.

BRALU

OVERVIEW:  Private port, operated by Consorcio de Aluminio do Maranhao (Alumar). Bulk cargo terminal, unloading bauxite, coal, coke, pitch and caustic soda and loading alumina. The area is dredged to permit access to the Baia de Sao Marcos.
LOCATION:  At Baia de Sao Marcos, on the west bank of Ilha de Sao Luis, 5.5 n.m. south of the port of Itaqui.
CHARTS:  Digital: BR321600.
Paper: BA 543.
Publications:  NP5, South America Pilot Vol 1.
DOCUMENTS: 
The following documents are required on arrival: 
1 Ballast Declaration
   Bills of Lading
2 Cargo Manifests
3 Crew Effects Declarations
6 Crew Lists
3 Passenger Effects Declarations
6 Passenger (Nil) Lists
   Ship's Particulars
   Ship's Register
   Ship Sanitation Control (Exemption) Certificate
3 Stores Lists (FAL 3)
   Vaccination Certificates (crew and passengers)
In addition, quantities of fuel, diesel, water on board.
Cargo Papers: 
Cargo Papers: 
Master will receive copies of each document…