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INFORMATION | CONCHAN - General |
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Latitude:
12º10'00" S
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Longitude:
77º00'00" W
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Location and Influence Area: |
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Conchan
Marine installations, belongs to "Cementos Lima" (shippers).
The facilities mainly consist of a pier where vessels of up
to 38,000 tons dead weight may berth. The pier is located at
Playa of Conchan, at 24.5 km South Pan-american Highway, district
of Lurin, Province and department of Lima.
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| Port
Restrictions: |
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| DWT |
38,000 mts |
| LOA max. |
185 mts |
| LOA min. |
135 mts |
| Beam |
30 mts |
| Breadth |
32 mts |
| Depth |
35 mts |
| Draft (SWD) |
11 mts |
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| Anchorage: |
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According
to the local regulations all arriving vessels have to drop
anchor first at Callao anchorage where port authorities, pilot
and holds inspectors board to comply with formalities. As soon
free pratique is granted, vessel is then allowed to proceed
to Conchan Terminal. Sailing time from Callao to Conchan is
about 3-4 hours.
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| Pier
Infrastructure: |
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This
pier is an offshore terminal, located at an open beach, obstacle-free,
and heading almost in a North-South direction. Access to the
pier consists of a 528 meters long and 6.50 meters wide trestle
type carriageway.
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The
port is a "finger pier" opened
to the sea but swell/surge is not a big problem as two mooring
buoys
have been added to the sea side to keep vessels loading alongside
without further problems. |
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pier head is 181 mts long and 10.30 meters. The maximum sea depth
at the pier head is 20 mts at low tide and 13 mts at the other
end. The pier only allows one vessel to moor on the west side. |
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| Pilotage:
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Pilotage
is mandatory for berthing / unberthing operations. The pilot
must board the ship at the Callao port, otherwise upon master
request, vessel can proceed without pilot straight to Conchan
anchorage where must drop anchor waiting for pilot. No vessel
is allowed to moor at the pier without assistance of authorized
pilot.
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During
periods of heavy but controllable swell, at the request and
expense of the vessel, the pilot shall
remain on board and / or in the pier area until the loading/unloading
operations have completed. |
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Vessels
may only be moored between 06:00 hours to 17:30 hours, while
undocking operations may be carried out at any time. |
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| Tugs: |
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The Harbour master has established that the use of minimum 1,000
HP tugboat is compulsory for ships exceeding 5,000 GRT during
mooring and unmooring operations.
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In
addition, the pier shall maintain a launch in standby position
to transport personnel or for emergency undocking. |
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| Working
Hours: |
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port operates 24 hrs / day shinc. |
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| Loading
/ unloading system / warehouse / storage facilities |
The pier facilities have two cement storage silos with a total
capacity of 30,000 mt. These silos are filled before
the ship
arrives. The cement stored in the silos is discharged onto
1 km conveyor belt, which feeds a ship loader through
a tripper,
and the loader has a system of belts to carry the cement (or
other bulk solids) up to a loading boom which has a chute
and
discharge pipe at its tip, then the material is taken through
this chute and discharged into the ship's hold. Shiploader
runs on rails the length of the pier, allowing it to
change
between holds according to the loading sequence. |
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For
discharging bulk materials such as coal, grain, cereals,
etc.
The pier is fitted with a crane named "kangaroo"
which allows hydraulic grab to extract the bulk cargo from
ship's holds and discharge cargo into a hopper attached to
the crane
itself. In addition discharge operations can be done simultaneously
with ship's cranes/grabs in order to improve discharge rate.
Cargo is then transported through 1 km conveyor belt into port
storage yard. |
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| Usual
Loading / Discharging Rates: |
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Operation
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Cargo
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Rate
(MT)
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Gangs Available
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Equipment
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| Load |
Cement
in bulk / clinker |
550
MT / hour or
13,000 MT/ day
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1
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Mechanic
shiploader |
| Discharge |
Grains |
8-9,000
MT / day
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3
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Shore
crane |
| Ship’s
crane / shore grabs |
| Discharge |
Coal |
12-14,000
MT / day
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3
/ 4
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Shore
crane |
| Ships`
crane / shore grabs |
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| Berthing Facilities: |
During
berthing maneuver, vessels will moor portside alongside (bow
to sea), according
to the port regulations
minimum ten 3" to 4" diameter nylon mooring lines in
good condition are required in order to distribute them to the
"quick hooks", pier bitts and the two mooring buoys. The usage
of cables as mooring lines is forbidden unless connected to constant
tension winches or working with nylon rope tails of no less than
20 m long. |
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The ship shall maintain a sufficient number
of crewmembers on guard duty on deck, to make sure the mooring
lines are kept taut during the course of loading operations, according
to the sea conditions. The pier has a mooring team available 24
hours a day to help the ship with the maintenance of the mooring
lines. |
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The
ship shall provide the necessary facilities for the stevedores
agents to carry out
the loading plan. While
the ship is moored at pier, a deck officer shall remain on board
alongwith the ship's agent representative, to coordinate
loading/unloading operation between the ship's crew and
the pier staff. |
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| Port
Facilities: |
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| Bunkers
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No
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Callao
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| Provisions
- Stores |
Yes
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| Dry
dock |
No
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Callao
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| Airport
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Yes
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Callao
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| B.A.
chart |
Yes
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2238 (National chart)
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| Fresh
water |
Yes
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Via trucks
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| Repairs
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Yes
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| Medical
attention |
Yes
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Lima
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| Disclaimer: |
The contents of this page has been obtained
from public information given by Conchan Port administrations and
our own records. Said information is given in good faith and without
guarantee. |
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