NOTICE TO MARINERS
Depth of SoaiRap-HiepPhuoc fairway
HCM -17-2012
– Sea area: Ho Chi Minh City
– Fairway’s name: SoaiRap-HiepPhuoc fairway
– Fairway length: 71km
– Fairway’s section: From buoy “0” of Soai Rap fairway to Hiep Phuoc industrial zone turning basin and from buoy “58” of SaiGon-VungTau fairway to Hiep Phuoc industrial zone turning basin.
On behalf of Ministry of Transport, Southern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation notifies that:
1)- Fairway’s section from buoy “0” of Soai Rap fairway to Hiep Phuoc industrial zone turning basin length ò 61km: In the designed navigational faiway width of 200m, limited and guided by AtoNs system, depth in meter to chart datum, with detail as follow
a) Shallow area from lower section of buoy “2” -0.3km to upper section of buoy “4” +0.8km, about 2.4km in length, the shallowest depth is 4,4m appears at the co-odinate:
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VN2000 co-odinate system |
WGS-84 co-odinate system |
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Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
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10015’59’’0N |
106058’13’’7E |
10015’55’’3N |
106058’20’’2E |
b) Shallow area on the port side from lower section of buoy “8” -0.5km to upper section of buoy “8” +0.5km, about 1km in length, the farthest point encroaches 50m on channel, the shallowest depth is 5,9m appears at the co-odinate:
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VN2000 co-odinate system |
WGS-84 co-odinate system |
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Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
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10015’48’’3N |
106055’49’’9E |
10015’44’’6N |
106055’56’’4E |
c) Shallow area from lower section buoy “20” to upper section of buoy “26” +1.4km, about 8km in length, the shallowest depth is 5,7m.
d) Shallow area from buoy “42” to upper section of buoy “44” +0.2km, about 2.3km in length, the shallowest depth is 5,3m appears at the co-odinate:
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VN2000 co-odinate system |
WGS-84 co-odinate system |
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Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
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10030’11’’0N |
106044’45’’6E |
10030’07’’3N |
106044’52’’1E |
– Except the shallow sections mentioned above, depth of this fairway section is more than 6,6m.
2)- Fairway’s section from buoy “58” of SaiGon-VungTau fairway to Hiep Phuoc industrial zone turning basin length of 10km: In the designed navigational faiway width of 150m, limited and guided by AtoNs system, depth in meter to chart datum, with detail as follow:
a) Shallow area from upper section of buoy “2” +0.5km to lower section of buoy “2” +0.9km, about 1.4km in length, the shallowest depth is 7,8m appears at the co-odinate:
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VN2000 co-odinate system |
WGS-84 co-odinate system |
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Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
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10040’04’’5N |
106045’07’’1E |
10040’00’’8N |
106045’13’’6E |
b) Shallow area on the stardboard side from upper section of buoy “8” +0.2km to buoy “10”, about 1.3km in length, the farthest point encroaches 100m on channel, the shallowest depth is 8,0m appear at the co-odinate:
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VN2000 co-odinate system |
WGS-84 co-odinate system |
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Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
Lat (j) |
Long (l) |
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10038’48’’6N |
106044’57’’1E |
10038’44’’9N |
106045’03’’6E |
– Except the shallow sections mentioned above, depth of this section is more than 8.5m.
NAVIGATING GUIDANCE:
Vessels navigating on Soairap-HiepPhuoc fairway should follow AtoN system and apply reasonable measure of navigation to ensure traffic safety when navigating through areas mentioned above.
