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NOTICE TO MARINERS

No. 10 – 07th May 2018

(Amended NtM with the attached Chartlet)

NEW RAK PORTS ANCHORAGE LOCATIONS & SAQR PORT LIMITS EFFECTIVE 1ST JUNE 2018

Reference: Chart 3174 and attached chartlet.

Please be informed of changes to the anchorage locations offshore at Ras Al Khaimah commencing 1st June 2018. Application to extend port limits has been approved by the appropriate authorities and are now in place. Details of the changes can be found below.

1. Saqr Port Limit

The Saqr Port limit has been extended further west up to 10 NM radius from Saqr Port breakwater.

Lat 25°53.606'N Long 56°01.148'E (Southern landfall)

Lat 25°54.943'N Long 55°52.590'E

Lat 26°06.972'N Long 55°56.247'E

Lat 26°03.051'N Long 56°05.166'E (Northern landfall)

2. Saqr Port Anchorage

Saqr Port anchorages have been re-designed in two zones, one is allocated for larger ships and other is for small vessels & barges. In addition, two special anchorage positions are allocated to conduct operations such as float-off ops and S.T.S Ops. Details of co-ordinates for the new designed anchorage areas as follows:

Saqr Port Anchorage for small vessels & Barges (Zone 2) bound by the following coordinates (Hulaylah anchorage is to be removed):

Lat 25°54.943'N Long 55°52.590'E

Lat 25°55.638'N Long 55°54.937'E

Lat 25°57.379'N Long 55°55.817'E

Lat 25°59.563'N Long 55°53.448'E

Lat 25°58.062'N Long 55°51.758'E

Anchorage for Special Operations:

Anchorage Positions

Coordinates Swinging Radius (in Meters)

Latitude Longitude

SP-01 26°01.107'N 55°59.521'E 500

SP-02 26°00.087'N 55°58.860'E 500

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Saqr Port Anchorage for large vessels (Zone 1)

Anchorage Positions

Coordinates Swinging Radius (in Meters)

Latitude Longitude

S-01 26°01.037'N 55°56.231'E 300

S-02 26°01.624'N 55°56.538'E 300

S-03 26°02.212'N 55°56.845'E 300

S-04 26°01.275'N 55°55.560'E 300

S-05 26°01.863'N 55°55.867'E 300

S-06 26°02.450'N 55°56.174'E 300

S-07 26°03.010'N 55°57.111'E 400

S-08 26°03.843'N 55°57.546'E 400

S-09 26°04.676'N 55°57.981'E 400

S-10 26°05.509'N 55°58.417'E 400

S-11 26°02.700'N 55°54.405'E 400

S-12 26°03.567'N 55°54.962'E 400

S-13 26°04.369'N 55°55.628'E 400

S-14 26°05.094'N 55°56.395'E 400

S-15 26°05.758'N 55°57.289'E 400

S-16 26°03.248'N 55°53.565'E 500

S-17 26°04.152'N 55°54.092'E 500

S-18 26°04.967'N 55°54.782'E 500

S-19 26°05.708'N 55°55.567'E 500

S-20 26°06.368'N 55°56.433'E 500

3. Ras Al Khaimah Port Anchorage

New port anchorage bound by the following coordinates:

Lat 25°52.857'N Long 55°48.669'E

Lat 25°54.117'N Long 55°51.766'E

Lat 25°55.411'N Long 55°51.123'E

Lat 25°54.166'N Long 55°48.025'E

4. Al Jazeera Port Anchorage

New port anchorage bound by the following coordinates:

Lat 25°50.284'N Long 55°42.357'E

Lat 25°51.641'N Long 55°45.684'E

Lat 25°52.944'N Long 55°44.966'E

Lat 25°51.635'N Long 55°41.619'E

Charting authorities will be notified and a further update will be issued in due course.

Capt. Michael Magee Harbour Master, RAK Ports

Status of previously published notices:

2015: 1; 2016: 2; 2017: 5, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23; 2018: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9

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