Maritime Traffic Control and Surveillance Service / Ploce Port Control Center

Ploce Port Authority’s mission is to ensure safe and efficient use of the port (Ploče maritime port and Metkovic river port) by those  who are entitled to use its facilities and to navigate its waters. This includes duties of regulating navigation and traffic density, planning, systematic surveilling and controlling vessels’ movement and protecting the environment.

  • The Maritime Traffic Control and Surveillance Service exchanges and shares information on vessel traffic services and maritime security affairs.
  • Maritime Traffic Control and Surveillance Service exchanges information with vessels and various port operators such as pilots, terminal operators, tug operators and shipping agents.

Vessel Arrival Procedures

Before vessel’s arrival at Ploce port, vessel master or shipping agent has to provide a written information (Notice of Arrival) to Ploce Port Authority and the Harbour Master’s Office:

  • At least 24 hours before vessel’s arrival or at the latest when departing previous port, if the navigation is less than 24 hours (48 hours before arrival when transporting dangerous goods or if the goods will be loaded).

Changes (added, deleted or altered information) to the arrival notice must be communicated as soon as possible, but at least:

  • An hour before the arrival of a port pilot (Lat. 43 ° 01.6 ‘N., Long 17 ° 22.1’ E).
  • Six hours before arrival at the pilot boarding point in the case of pilotage of gas carriers (liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas) and tankers carrying hazardous liquids (Lat. 43 ° 05.0 ‘N., Long 17 ° 00.0’ E ).
Standard information on vessel arrival
  1. * Ime broda
  2. * Međunarodni pozivni znak
  3. * Zastava i luka upisa
  4. Ime upisanog vlasnika broda
  5. Ime operatora broda
  6. Klasifikacijsko društvo
  7. * IMO broj
  8. * MMSI broj
  9. * Bruto tonaža
  10. * Neto tonaža
  11. * Nosivost
  12. * Dužina preko svega, najveća širina, najveći gaz po dolasku
  13. * Teret na brodu

(brodovi koji prevoze opasne terete moraju dostaviti naziv svake opasne tvari koju prevoze, brojeve Ujedinjenih naroda (UN), ukoliko postoje, IMO-ov razred opasnog tereta sukladno Međunarodnom kodeksu opasnih tvarima (IMDG), Međunarodnom kodeksu za gradnju i opremanje brodova za prijevoz opasnih kemikalija u razlivenom stanju (IBC) i Međunarodnom kodeksu za gradnju i opremu brodova koji prevoze ukapljene plinove u razlivenom stanju (IGC) i, ukoliko je to slučaj, razred broda sukladno INF Kodeksu, količine tih tvari i njihova lokacija na brodu i, ukoliko se prevoze u prijevoznim jedinicama koje nisu spremnici, njihov identifikacijski broj; potvrda da se na brodu nalazi popis ili manifest ili odgovarajući plan ukrcaja s podrobnim podacima o opasnim ili onečišćujućim tvarima koje se prevoze i o njihovoj lokaciji na brodu; adresa na kojoj se mogu dobiti podrobnije informacije o teretu.)

  1. Ime agenta
  2. * Posljednja luka
  3. * Iduća luka
  4. * Lokacija / položaj u trenutku javljanja
  5. * ETA – Procijenjeno vrijeme dolaska i vrijeme (po lokalnom vremenu u Hrvatskoj)
  6. * Popis posade uključujući: broj članova posade i putnika, ime, čin, državljanstvo, prebivalište (država i grad), starosna dob, funkcija ili dužnost na brodu, mjesto i datum ukrcavanja, broj članova posade koji napuštaju/ukrcavaju se na brod u ovoj luci); – Popis putnika i ne-članova posade
  7. * Obrazac prijave balastnih voda
  8. * Obrazac prijave otpada

* obvezatno  

Additional information on vessel arrival

Radi unaprjeđivanja vezano za uvjete iz Međunarodnog kodeksa o sigurnosnoj zaštiti brodova (ISPS), svi brodovi koji se javljaju Luci Ploče moraju uvrstiti sljedeće podatke u «Najavi dolaska»: podaci o međunarodnoj svjedodžbi o sigurnosti broda (ISSC).

  • Datum izdavanja i datum isteka ISSC svjedodžbe broda;
  • Naziv uprave/priznate zastave koja je izdala ISSC svjedodžbu;
  • Izjava o tome da se provodi odobreni plan sigurnosne zaštite broda;

Ime i podaci osobe odgovorne za sigurnosnu zaštitu u društvu i časnika odgovornog za sigurnosnu zaštitu broda za kontakt 24 sata dnevno. Posljednjih 10 luka, datum/vrijeme odlaska, stupanj sigurnosti u tim lukama, posebne i dodatne mjere koje su poduzete u tim lukama. Trenutna razina sigurnosti na brodu. Sve ove tražene informacije moraju biti poslane na: (omiljeni način najave dolaska broda – putem telefaksa ili elektronskom poštom) LUČKA UPRAVA PLOČE Kap. Ivan Maric Položaj: Kontakt ured osobe zadužene za sigurnosnu zaštitu luke tel: ++385 20 414 575, ++385 98 98 26 999 fax: ++385 20 414 556, ++385 20 414 576 Addresa: Trg kralja Tomislava 21, 20340 Ploče, HRVATSKA e-mail : ivan.maric@ppa.hr  

Pilotage

The Pilot Service „Ploce Pilot“ covers Ploce and Metkovic ports.

Pilotage service is available 24 hours a day.

The pilot boat has a blue hull and a white cabin.

Pilot boarding points

  • (a) Marine Pilotage – Pilot boarding point ia located approximately 2.0 miles WSW from Cape Višnjica (Lat. 43 ° 01.6 ‘N., Long 17 ° 22.1’ E).
  • (b) Coastal Pilotage – Pilot boarding point for gas carriers (liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas) and tankers transporting hazardous liquids: Lat. 43 ° 05.0 ‘N., Long. 17 ° 00.0 ‘E.

PILOTAGE IS MANDATORY in the following cases:

  • For vessels of over 500 gross tonnage and for vessels carrying dangerous chemicals, flammable substances and hazardous liquid substances.

Procedure for contacting PORT PILOT SERVICE:

  1. Contact Ploce Port Authority – “Ploce Port Control Center” by telephone (phone number: +385 20 414 577)
  2. “Ploce Port Control Center” VHF channel 09 or 16
  3. Port Pilot’s Direct mobile phone numbers: +385 98 243932 / +385 98 494411
  4. Coastal Radio Stations: Split Radio «9AS», 2,182kHz, 518kHz (Navtex); Dubrovnik Radio «9AD», 2,182kHz and 2,615kHz; VHF: Split Radio, channel 16, Dubrovnik Radio, channel 16

Marine Pilotage – Final notice of arrival and the request for pilotage for berthing must be submitted to Ploče Port Authority – “Ploce Port Control Center ” on VHF Channel 9 or 16 at least one hour before arrival at the pilot boarding point (Lat. 43 ° 01.6 N., Long 17 ° 22.1 ‘E.).

Coastal Pilotage – Final notice of arrival and the request for coastal pilotage for gas carriers (liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas) and tankers carrying hazardous liquid chemicals must be submitted to Ploce Port Authority – «Ploče Port Control Center» at least 6 hours before pilot boarding point: Lat. 43 ° 05.0 ‘N., Long. 17 ° 00.0 ‘E.

Mooring services

To order a mooring boat and moorings, contact the “PLOCE PORT CONTROL CENTER” on VHF channel 9 at least 30 minutes before leaving the berth and at least one hour before arriving at the port anchorage. Mooring in the seaport of Ploče is performed exclusively, without exception, by the mooring service “Pomorski servis”. POMORSKI SERVIS D.O.O. tel: +385 20 603 433 +385 20 603 170 +385 20 603 401 fax: +385 20 603 175 VHF Ch. 14 address: Trg kralja Tomislava 21, 20340 Ploce, Croatia e-mail: pomorski-servis-ploce@du.t-com.hr

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