PLYMOUTH LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS 009/22
BERTHING OF HARBOUR TOUR CRAFT IN THE CATTEWATER - DIRECTION
PLYMOUTH CATTEWATER HARBOUR ORDERS 1915 TO 1988
PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL ACT 1987
1. This Notice is a direction by the Queens Harbour Master Plymouth and is issued pursuant to the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020 and promulgated by the Queen’s Harbour Master Plymouth on behalf of the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and Plymouth City Council.
2. The Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and Plymouth City Council are required by their various Acts and Orders to ensure the safety of navigation and the berthing of vessels within the areas of the harbour under their respective jurisdiction.
3. In order to enhance the safety of navigation and to improve access to and from berths, slipways and channels of the harbour, the following measures are to be enforced:
a. Berthing of licensed tour vessels on Mayflower Steps and Phoenix Wharf have been suspended for an indefinite period.
b. Only Plymouth City Council licensed vessels may use the Barbican Landing Stage for the purpose of embarking and disembarking passengers and appropriate stores, occasionally mooring for longer periods will be permitted at the discretion of the City Pier Master, the Cattewater Harbour Master or their authorised representatives.
c. Vessels are to be properly secured alongside in a safe and seaman like fashion.
d. The skipper is to ensure that a stern lookout is in place and that the channel is reported clear before backing off from a berth. The correct sound signals are to be used at all times.
e. Baltic Wharf or the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners’ “Tall Ships” moorings, T1 and T2, on occasions may be used as layover berths when arranged with the Cattewater Harbour Master by separate application.
4. This Notice shall not in any way affect the powers of the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, or the City Pier Master in the exercise of powers, duties or discretion exercisable by them in respect of areas falling under their respective jurisdictions.
1st January 2022
