Port lights and Signals
Port lights and Signals
LIGHT SIGNALS AT THE LARGE BREAKWATERS
| Nr. |
Seaside (E&W) |
Landside (W) |
Significance |
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| 1. |
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Serious emergency. All vessels stop or divert according to instructions |
HARBOUR CLOSED- SERIOUS DANGER |
| 2. |
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Entering prohibited. Leaving prohibited. |
HARBOUR CLOSED |
| 3. |
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Entering prohibited. One way traffic outward allowed. |
OUTGOING |
| 4. |
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One way traffic inward allowed. Leaving prohibited. |
INGOING |
| 5 |
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Vessels may proceed. Two way traffic. |
FREE PASSAGE |
| 6. |
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Entering allowed only with specific permission to do so. Leaving prohibited. Incoming vessel for LNG-terminal. |
LNG-CARRIER IN |
| 7. |
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Entering prohibited. Leaving allowed only with specific permission to do so. Vessel leaving the LNG-terminal. |
LNG-CARRIER OUT |
Remarks :
The harbour signals are located at position 51° 21' .8 N 03° 11' .2 O
Configuration nr. 1 has an occulting character : 5 seconds on, 2 seconds off. All other configurations are fixed.
The lighthouses on the breakwaters east and west are synchronised : 5 seconds on, 2 seconds off.
The light signals on the old Leopold II-mole will remain in operation but are subordinate to the light signals on the breakwaters.
FOG SIGNALS AT THE BREAKWATERS
At seaward end of Western breakwater : nautophone, 30 seconds periods : 3s sound, 5s silence, 3s sound, 5s silence, 3s sound, 11s silence
At seaward end of Eastern breakwater : fogbell : 3 strokes every 25 seconds
LIGHT SIGNALS AT THE OLD MOLE
| Seaward side |
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Landward side |
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| A vessel can only enter after having received specific orders to do so. |
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Vessels cannot leave. |
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| Vessels cannot enter. |
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A vessel can only leave after having received specific orders to do so. |
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| Vessels can enter two way traffic. |
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Vessels can leave two way traffic. |
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| Vessels cannot enter and shall await instructions. |
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Vessels cannot leave and shall await instructions . |
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LIGHTHOUSE ON THE OLD MOLE
Fixed occulting light of 3rd order situated at the extreme tip of the mole. Position : 51° 20' .9 N 03° 12' .2 O
Focal plan (+ 26.43 m) above the level of low water.
The colour of the light is white, it is visible on the whole horizon, except for a red section of 56°, visible between 145° and 201° N.
Characteristics : power 1500 W or 40 1/h of acetylene. Occultations per periods of 15 seconds with 12s of light and 3s of obscurity.
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