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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Other | Tankers   ...
Pollution:  Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Storing | Drydock   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security | Regs
Local Info:  Time | Weather
Crew:  Leave

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  140,000 d.w.t., LOA 366 m., beam 49.0 m., draft 15.3 m. Containers:  140,000 d.w.t., LOA 366 m., beam 49.0 m., draft 15.3 m. Ro-Ro:  140,000 d.w.t., LOA 366 m., beam 49.0 m., draft 15.3 m. Bulk:  140,000 d.w.t., LOA 366 m., beam 49.0 m., draft 15.3 m. Tankers:  175,000 d.w.t., LOA 310 m., beam 52.0 m., draft 15.4 m. Gas:  175,000 d.w.t., LOA 310 m., beam 52.0 m., draft 15.4 m.
Airport:  Fortaleza Int'l, 52 km.
Medical:  Available in Fortaleza.

BRPEC

OVERVIEW:  Port with adjacent free trade zone; handles containers, iron ore, bulk fertilisers breakbulk, petroleum products, CNG and LNG. Berths protected by an L-shaped breakwater, 90° to shore length 1,030 m. and parallel to shore 1,800 m., total length 2,830 m. handling up to 28,000,0000 tonnes/year. The port is in an Ecologically Sensitive Area/Environmental Protection Area and is connected to the Fortaleza-Guamare (Gasfor) pipeline. The Port Authority, CIPP SA, is a subsidiary of Ceara State Government and Port of Rotterdam.
LOCATION:  On the NE coast, approx. 20 n.m. WNW of Fortaleza port.
CHARTS:  Digital: BR321800, BR400710 and BR500711.
Paper: US 24240, 24250 and 24252.
Publications:  NP5, South America Pilot Vol 1.
PORT LIMITS:  The manoeuvring area is limited by:
Area 1: 
  1. 03° 31.12′ S, 038° 48.15′ W
  2. 03° 30.13′ S, 038° 48.97′ W
  3. 03° 28.00′ S, 038° 49.49′ W
  4. 03° 28.00′ S, 038° 47.00′ W
Area 2: 
  1. 03° 31.12′ S…