Speed Flashcards
⟡What is the speed limit in Los Angeles Outer Harbor?
LOS ANGELES:
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less.
・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the
Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers ≥60,000MT = 6kts.
・Outer Harbor - 1.5m draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 1.5m draft = 15kts.
・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts.
・Vessels in Fish Harbor, the West Channel, marinas, and yacht anchorages = 4.4kts, no wake.
・No wake zone - (that portion of the Cabrillo Beach recreation area extending fromthe launch ramp to an imaginary line extending northwesterly from the west end of the municipal fishing pier to the west end of Berth 47) - 5kts.
LONG BEACH:
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less.
・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the
Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers ≥60,000MT = 6kts.
・Within the Main Channel between the breakwater entrance and light 6 (outside the Harbor Restricted Area)- 5ft draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 5ft draft = 15kts.
・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts.
・Long Beach Harbor Restricted Area = 6kts.
・Vessels in Queensway Bay = 5mph.
・Inner Harbor = 6kts.
⟡Speed limits for Los Angeles and Long Beach. Have to know tanker rules, small boat rules, and the geographic areas.
LOS ANGELES:
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less.
・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the
Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers ≥60,000MT = 6kts.
・Outer Harbor - 1.5m draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 1.5m draft = 15kts.
・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts.
・Vessels in Fish Harbor, the West Channel, marinas, and yacht anchorages = 4.4kts, no wake.
・No wake zone - (that portion of the Cabrillo Beach recreation area extending fromthe launch ramp to an imaginary line extending northwesterly from the west end of the municipal fishing pier to the west end of Berth 47) - 5kts.
LONG BEACH:
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less.
・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the
Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers ≥60,000MT = 6kts.
・Within the Main Channel between the breakwater entrance and light 6 (outside the Harbor Restricted Area)- 5ft draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 5ft draft = 15kts.
・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts.
・Long Beach Harbor Restricted Area = 6kts.
・Vessels in Queensway Bay = 5mph.
・Inner Harbor = 6kts.
⟡Regulations for Regulated Navigation Area as per 33 CFR 165.1152
For vessels of 1600GT or more gross tons, towing vessels of 26 feet or over in length (engaged in towing), or vessels of 100GT and upward carrying one or more passengers for hire:
(1) A vessel shall not exceed a speed of 12 knots through the water within the RNA.
(2) A vessel navigating within the RNA, shall have its engine(s) ready for immediate maneuver.
(3) A vessel navigating within the RNA shall maintain a minimum separation from other vessels of at least 0.25 nm.
Specific regulations -
(1) Los Angeles & Long Beach Pilot Areas:.
(i) No vessel may enter the Los Angeles or Long Beach Pilot Area unless it is entering or departing Los Angeles or Long Beach Harbor entrance (Angels Gate or Queens Gate).
(ii) Vessels entering the Los Angeles or Long Beach Pilot Area shall pass directly through without stopping or loitering except as necessary to embark or disembark a pilot.
(iii) Every vessel shall leave Long Beach Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy “LB” to port when entering and departing Long Beach Channel and departing vessels shall pass across the southern boundary of the Long Beach Pilot Area.
Restricted harbor entrance area
Extends from about 1 mile N of the breakwater to inside Middle Harbor; regulations of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, Port of Long Beach, grant priority to outbound vessels and stipulate a 6-knot speed limit in this restricted area.
Voluntary Air Quality Compliance Zone
There is a voluntary Air Quality Compliance zone from a 40 nm arc from Point Fermin Light, within which vessels are requested to observe a 12-knot speed limit.
Describe the speed limits for tank vessels under the LALB Tank Vessel Escort Regs.
Tank vessels transiting between the seaward limits of the Pilot Operating Areas and anywhere inside the federal BW shall restrict their speed as follows:
• Eight knots for vessels 60K Displacement Tons or less,
• Six knots for vessels over 60K Displacement Tons.
These represent max speed limits and should be adjusted downward as necessary for prevailing conditions and circumstances.
LALB Tank Vessel Escort Regs, 851.25
Note: 8 knots is a little too fast for those areas inside the fed BW. LB requires 6 knots, but the LA limits seem to have gone away.
Describe the speed limits for vessels operating in LA Harbor.
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less.
・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the
Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers≥60,000MT = 6kts.
・Outer Harbor - 1.5m draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 1.5m draft = 15kts.
・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts.
・Vessels in Fish Harbor, the West Channel, marinas, and yacht anchorages = 4.4kts, no wake.
・No wake zone - (that portion of the Cabrillo Beach recreation area extending fromthe launch ramp to an imaginary line extending northwesterly from the west end of the municipal fishing pier to the west end of Berth 47) - 5kts.
NOTE: The inner harbor is that area inshore of the Plot Station.
POLA TARIFF #4, 1680
33CFR165.1152
LALB Tank Vessel Escort Regs, 851.25
Describe the speed limits for vessels operating in LB Harbor.
・Precautionary Area - 12kts or less. ・Pilot Operating Area (Between the seaward limits of the applicable tank vessel escort zone and anywhere inside the Federal Breakwater (except where lower speed limits apply)) - Tankers <60,000MT = 8kts; Tankers≥60,000MT = 6kts. ・Within the outer harbor (outside the Harbor Restricted Area) - 5ft draft or more = 10kts; Vessels less than 5ft draft = 15kts. ・Everywhere else in the harbor = 6kts. ・Long Beach Harbor Restricted Area = 6kts. ・Vessels in Queensway Bay = 5mph. ・Inner Harbor = 6kts.
POLB Tariff #4, pp 111 - 112
