Port Information Flashcards
The Port of LA has how many miles of waterfront?
43 miles
The Port of LA is how far away from downtown LA
25 miles
How many acres of water and land does the Port of LA encompass ?
7,500 acres
Who governs the Port of LA?
LA board of Harbor Commissioners
The Ports jurisdiction is known as the Harbor District, this includes property in what areas?
San Pedro, Wilmington and Terminal Island
What Berth is the LA Pilot Service located at? They can be hailed on what VHF radio channel?
Berth 68
Ch. 73
According the the mariners guide a deep drafted vessel has a draft of what? Where are deep drafted vessels normally boarded at?
More than 55 feet
In the vicinity of LA Channel Buoy 1
According to the mariners guide, where will tank vessels be boarded at?
At least 2 nautical miles from the ports entrance
Deep draft vessels are considered to have what draft and where will Pilots board these vessels?
More than 55 feet of draft and will be boarded in the vicinity of LA Channel
buoy #1
According to the mariners guide, under normal weather conditions the pilot ladder should be rigged where?
Lee side of vessel 6 feet/2 meters above the water
A vessel is not a tank vessel, its draft is less 55 feet, where will the Pilots board this vessel?
In the vicinity of LA Channel RACON
buoy #3
If a vessel needs assistance with a Pilot for Port Service, a minimum of how long for notification shall be given?
2 hours minimum
The Los Angeles Pilot Service was founded in 1907 and has how many members on its team?
28 dedicated professionals
According to the 2022 mariners guide large commercial vessels have blind spots that extend more than how far ahead?
More than 1/2 mile
According to the mariners guide 2022 marines are required to report diving incidents to who?
Coast guard sector LA on ch 16 or by telephone
Vertical clearances in the 2022 mariners guide are given above the Mean High Water which is what?
+4.7 feet
According to the 2022 mariners guide, how many horizontal and vertical clearances are given?
Aka, how many bridges and vertical clearances
5
Name them - , Henry ford drawbridge, Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Highway Bridge , LB international Gateway Bridge, Vincent Thomas Bridge , Southern California Edison co overhead power cables
Vincent Thomas Bridge, what are the clearances? Vertical and horizontal
Usable width of channel : 1150 feet
Vertical : 165
Middle 500’ feet width : vertical clearance 185
Henry Ford (badger avenue) railroad bridge, what are the specs, operational vhf channels and whistle signals?
Specs : horizontal = 180 feet
Bridge in Down position = 6.7 feet/ in up position = 165 feet
Whistles : open = 2short, 1 long
Acknowledge = 2 long, 1 short
Cannot open = 5 short
VHF channels : ch 13, 16
Where is the Commodore Schuyle F. Heim Highway Bridge located at and what are the specs?
It’s located next to Henry Ford Drawbridge.
Horizontal usable width = 75 feet
Vertical clearance = 45 feet
What is the Vertical clearance of the Souther California Edison co. Overhead power cables?
155 feet per mariners guide
234 feet
Where are these located? In the vicinity of Cerritos channel and inner harbor
Port of Long Beach : Between the Long Beach Seabuoy and Long Beach Buoy #3 the under keel clearance is the same as the under keel clearance for Port of LA from LA approach channel buoy #1 to man channel buoy #11. What is that clearance? ALSO please tell me where these buoys are located.
Minimum clearance is 10% of the vessels draft.
Port of LB buoys are located - Long Beach seabuoy (i think) a racon buoy ID’d by Long/Short/Long/Short and is located within the 3 mile nautical line being the 1st buoy. Buoy #3 is located just inside the break wall to portside (the Long Beach channel)
Port of LA buoys are located - buoy #1 is just outside of the 3 mile nautical line and buoy #11 is going to be your 1st buoy on your port side after entering the break wall. (The main channel)
Tank Vessel Speed limits : what is the speed limit in the precautionary area
12 knots
Tank Vessels speed limit inside the federal break water : less than 60,000 metric Ton Displacement the speed limit is ________. If a vessel is inside the breakwater with 60,000 T displacement or more the speed limit is _______
8 knots
6 knots
What it is the speed limit between the breakwater and reservation point for vessels with a draft greater than 1.5 feet?
10 knots
What is the Inner harbor speed limit? Describe where inner harbor is.
6 knots
Inner harbor starts after going under Gerald Desmond Bridge
What is the speed limit in fish harbor? What other areas in the harbor have the same speed limit?
4.4 knots
West channel , Marinas and yacht anchorages
No wake zone according to the Mariners Guide 2022 has a speed limit of what?
5 knots
Coast Pilot 7 : Fish Harbour depths - A dredged channel with a controlling depth of about _____feet leads between the outer and inner breakwaters to Fish Harbor, which has depths of about _____to _____feet
14 feet
16 to 18 feet
Coast Pilot 7 : Fish Harbor - The outer breakwaters enclose the Yacht Club Anchorage, sometimes called the Fish Harbor Extension. This anchorage has depths of ____to _____feet east and depths of _____to _____feet west of the dredged channel.
17 to 20 feet
11 to 14 feet
Mariners Guide 2022 : in the channel between buoy #11 and a position of the designated berth, what is the minimum UKC (under keel Clearance).
2 feet
What is the minimum UKC inside the breakwater while at anchor in the Port of LA?
2.5 feet
For shifts via outer harbor between LA and LB, what is the minimum UKC?
3 feet
What VHF Radio Channel can you hail Port PD on?
Ch. 16
Pilot Ladder : Max distance for spreaders on ladder? Max number of steps between spreaders?
10 feet
8 steps
Pilot ladder : ladders should be rigged in what area of the ship? What areas are off limits? Can Accommodation ladders be used as part of a the ladder system>
Rig ladder mid ship
At no time should the ladder be rigged near the stern of the ship
Accommodation ladders are not to be used
How Blank is your butt!?
As blank as it gets
Vessel traffic management for the LA and LB harbor are divided into how many zones?
3 - explain them
VTS - operated by USCG and Marine Exchange of Southern California control outside breakwater
VTC - each respective pilot station, LA and LB control traffic inside
VHF Channels for, VTS outside breakwater, LB Pilot station and LA Pilot Station
VTS - ch 14
LB - 12
LA - ch 73
Small Craft Advisory - what are the conditions? Give me the Flags that are flown and the lights for night which would identify these conditions.
21 - 33 knots of wind potentially in combination with wave heights exceeding 10 feet
Single red pennant flag
Single Red light over White light
Restricted Visibility : what is considered restricted visibility for all other vessels that aren’t defined ?
3 times the Vessels LOA
Restricted visibility : what is considered Restricted visibility for a tanker 150,000 DWT or greater?
What about greater than 60,000 DWT but less than 150,000?
What about all vessels with a draft over 45’ ?
What about all other tankers and petroleum barges?
1 NM
.75 NM
.75 NM
0.5 NM
Restricted visibility break down.
VESSELS - 45’ draft or more is .75nm
all other VESSELS 3 times their LOA
TANKERS - 150,000 DWT or greater is 1nm ; greater than 60,000 < 150,000 is .75nm
All other tankers and petroleum barges is .5nm
No answer just understand the information
What can occur if visibility inside the federal breakwater is reduced to .5 nm or less?
The respective VTC can impose one way traffic
High winds : if movements requiring more than ______tons of force to hold vessel against the wind will the movement of the vessel should be carefully considered
50 tons
Some examples of sail area with wind needing 50 tons of force are
1000 sq meter - 60 knot winds
5000 sq m - 28 knots
10,000 sq m - 18 knots
Vessels that are 1600GT or greater that plan to move inside the breakwater without applying equivalent safety levels must make a inclement weather captain of the Port notification on what channels prior to leaving with at least how long prior to getting underway?
Ch 14 and ch 13
15 min
During times of winds exceeding ______knots VTC will maintain a heightened awareness of vessels in federal anchorages
40 knots
True or false : vessels over 300 GT are required to use a federally funded licensed pilot whenever navigating inside the federal breakwater.
True
What is Section 41700 of the California health and safety code?
Basically a clean air nuisance act that stops ships from blowing soot in large quantities
Bonus : what is section 41701 of the same code? It is kind of the same thing, but gives a time period . You cant discharge any containment’s for more than 3 min in an hour.
Low sulfur fuel regulation : requires vessels to use less than or equal to 0.1% sulfur fuel with ____NM of the California coast line.
24 nm
North American Emissions Control Area vs California Air Resources Board both have requirements that are kind of conflicting in terms of fuel use. Both state that low sulfur fuels are required, but there distances from shore differ. What’s the difference between them?
North American Emissions Control Area : 200nm
California Air Resources Board : 24 nm
Marine mammal guidelines : marine mammal protection act of 1972 states your punishments can be what for breaking this law?
1 year imprisonment and fines up to 20,000 usd
Distance from whales is what? What about dolphins, seals and sea lions? Limit viewing time to how long?
Whales - 100 yards / 300 feet
The rest - 50 yards / 150 feet
30 mins
According the the mariners guide, all discharges of pollutants must be reported immediately to who?
Furthermore for large spills you you do you call?
Bonus: you else are you supposed to notify?
Notify the watch commander
Large spills call the NRC - national response center
Also notify California office of emergency services
Depths of the Main Channel and East Basin Channel per the Mariners Guide?
According to the Mariners guide, what is the deepest berth? What is its depth ?
Main = 53 feet
East basin = 52 feet
146/147 = 52.7 feet (trac PAC)
According to the Mariners guide, what is the depth of Fish Harbor?
15.3 feet
Major Occupancies :
Catalina Cruise Terminal
Berth 95
LA Harbor has how many terminals?
27 terminals
Mean high water in the port of LA is what?
+4.7 feet
Long Beach International gateway bridge vertical and horizontal clearances are what?
Vertical - 205 ft
Horizontal - 220 ft
Which clearances are these clearances for?
Vertical 205
Horizontal 220
Long Beach international gateway bridge
Which clearances are these clearances for?
Vertical 165
Horizontal 180
Henry ford
Which clearances are these clearances for?
Vertical 165
Horizontal 1150
Vincent Thomas bridge
Which clearances are these clearances for?
Vertical 45
Horizontal 75
Commodore Schuyler F heim highway bridge
According to the Mariners guide, depth of water alongside berths is calculated using the mean lower low water for the port of LA which is what?
0.0 (pg18 mariners guide)
Mariners guide gives what depths for the main channel and the east basin channel ?
53 feet main channel
52 east basin channel
SA recycling is what berth and has what depth according to mariners guide depths?
210 -211
Depth 35.6 feet
Next to SA recycling, further down Cerritos channel, what is the type of occupancy berth what’s the berth number ?
Break bulk
Pasha 206 - 209
There are 7 Liquid Bulk terminals.
Rio Tinto is between 2 of these Liquid bulk terminals, what is Rio’s berth number
Berth 165 -166
There are 7 liquid bulk terminals.
Four of the 7 are fire station 49s TSI responsibilities.
What are there berth numbers of the four?
163
164
167 - 169
187 - 190
Berth 238 - 240 c is considered to be what type of occupancy?
Liquid bulk - fire station 111s does TSI here
Berth 45 - 49 is considered what type of Berth occupancy?
Multi use terminal -
There are 3 dry bulk terminals. What are their berth numbers
165 - 166 rio tinto
192 -193
210 - 211 sa recycling
165 - 166
192 -193
210 - 211
What type of occupancy are these?
Dry bulk
What are the 2 liquid bulk terminals that 112s inspects?
118 - 119
148 - 151