Local Notices to Mariners

 

Local notices are for the Port of Inverness waters, ie Inverness Firth and Beauly Firth areas.

 

Contact Inverness Harbour Office on 01463 715715 if you require further information on any notice.

 

Capt K. Maclean

Harbour Master

Port of Inverness.

 

 

IHT Notice 01/2012

 

Inverness Firth & Approaches 

Charts 1077 & 1078 

 

Notice to Mariners – Frame Deployments 

 

Partrac will deploy seabed frames at the locations below on or after Saturday 18/02/12. 

 

All positions are WGS84. There will be no surface markers at these sites. 

 

 

Site 

Item 

Latitude 

Longitude 

Rosemarkie 1 

Frame 

57° 35.521 N 

4° 05.718 W 

Rosemarkie 2 

Frame 

57° 33.017 N 

4° 07.946 W  

 

 

The vessel MV Solstice will be used. 

                 

Contact:               07775 802 963 

 

 

 The current profiler will be housed in a stainless steel mooring frame equipped with sufficient ballast to ensure that it remains firm on the seabed under the influence of the tidal currents). The instrument will sit in the frame within approximately 0.6 m from the seabed. The diameter of the frame is 1.2 m. 

 

The frame will be attached to a single ground line of approximately 100m leaded rope (final length depends on the water depth and the minimum amount will be used). The other end of this ground line will be attached to an acoustic release transponder system, which itself will be attached to a ground weight.  

 

The frames will remain in place for 30 days.  

 

Avoidance to a range of 500m is requested. 

                                 

Marine Licences:             Rosemarkie 1 & Rosemarkie 2      04405 

 

Please contact Judy McKay, jmckay@partrac.com / 0141 552 3903 quoting ref P1099 if you require further information.

 

 

 

 

IHT Notice 2/2012

 

SCOTLAND TRANSERV 

NOTICE TO MARINERS

Transerv  No. 01/2012 

 

SCOTLAND EAST COAST 

APPROACHES TO INVERNESS HARBOUR / CALEDONIAN CANAL 

 

KESSOCK ROAD BRIDGE NAVIGATION LIGHTS 

 

Mariners are advised that the following navigation lights on the Kessock Road Bridge have been reported unreliable – i.e. currently not operating to published character: 

 

A 3446.45      Tower Pier (SE)        ‘QR’    (Flashing erratically)  

 

A 3446.47      Tower Pier (SW)       ‘QR’   (Flashing erratically) 

 

A 3446.3        Tower Pier (NE)        ‘QG’    (Flashing erratically)  

 

A 3446.32      Tower Pier (NW)       ‘QG’   (Flashing erratically) 

 

A 3446.4        Main Navigation Channel SE  ‘Oc R 6s’    (reduced conspicuity) 

 

A 3446.42      Main Navigation Channel SW  ‘Oc R 6s’   (reduced conspicuity) 

 

A 3446.35      Main Navigation Channel NE   ‘Oc G 6s’   (reduced conspicuity) 

 

A 3446.37      Main Navigation Channel NW  ‘Oc G 6s’ (Temporarily Extinguished) 

 

 

Replacement Lights for the Main Navigation Channel have been delivered.  

Repairs to the Tower Pier Lights will be carried out at the same time as the installation of the new lights. 

 

It is anticipated that this will be completed by  24th February 2012. 

 

Therefore, Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in this area until repairs have been effected. 

 

 

 IHT Notice 3/2012  (further to above)

 

Disruption to Navigation Lights on Kessock Bridge commencing Tuesday 28th February 2012 for 4 days

 

The Main Navigation Lights at Deck Level are being replaced during daylight hours during 28/2/2012 to 2/3/2012.

 

The lights do not normally operate during daylight unless the individual photoelectric cells energise the lights.

 

The DC supply to each light will be isolated while work is carried out on each light.

 

Regards 
James G Russell
Gantry Manager
ScotlandTranServ
Tel: +44 1463  784 317
Fax: +44 1463 783 822
Mobile: +44 7920 273 138
email: james.russell@scotland.transerv.co.uk