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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Documents   ...
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Containers | Tankers | Gas | Cranes   ...
Pollution:  Ballast | Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Storing | Services   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  LOA 187 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 7.7 m. Containers:  LOA 187 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 7.7 m. Ro-Ro:  LOA 187 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 7.7 m. Tankers:  38,000 d.w.t., LOA 204 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 11.0 m. Gas:  Displacement 30,000 tonnes, LOA 165 m., beam 20.5 m., depth 8.2 m.
Fuel:  All grades.
Airport:  Edinburgh Int'l, 25 km. Glasgow Int'l, 50 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  Length 105 m., width 16 m., depth 5.6 m.
Medical:  Facilities available.
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Also see Leith and General before first United Kingdom port
OVERVIEW:  Scotland's largest container port and only crude oil refinery. The berths are accessed through lock gates, with water levels maintained using impounding pumps. Approx. 9,000,000 tonnes of cargo is handled each year. In addition to containers and petroleum cargoes, the port also handles forest products, LPG, chemicals, Ro-Ro and breakbulk.
LOCATION:  On the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, 18 n.m. west of Edinburgh.
CHARTS:  Digital: GB4DEWCG and GB50484F.
Paper: BA 737.
Publications:  NP54, North Sea (West) Pilot.
DOCUMENTS:  See General - Documents before first UK port.
ISPS COMPLIANCE:  Port is compliant.
PFSO:  Derek Knox, Maritime Security Point PLC. Tel: +44 (1324) 498502. Fax: +44 (1324) 665106. [email protected]
MAX. SIZE:  Breakbulk:  LOA 187 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 7.7 m.
Containers:  LOA 187 m., beam 27.4 m., draft 7.7 m.
Ro-Ro:  LOA 187 m., beam