Notice to Mariners No 11 of 2020

Thursday, 19 March 2020

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993

SOUTH AUSTRALIA – GULF ST VINCENT – APPROACHES TO PORT ADELAIDE – PILOT BOARDING GROUND ESTABLISHED

Mariners are advised that a new Pilot Boarding Ground (PBG A) has been established in the Approaches to Port Adelaide in approximately 18m of water as referred to Lowest Astronomical Tide.

It is located approximately 3 nautical miles south west of the Entrance Beacon in the following WGS84 position:

Name	Description	Latitude	Longitude
PBG A	Pilot Boarding Ground ‘A’	34° 49’ S	138° 20’ E

The use of the former Pilot Boarding Ground will be discontinued.

Mariners are advised to contact the Port Adelaide Vessel Traffic Service on Channel 12 for confirmation of which Pilot Boarding Ground they are to use.

Navy Charts affected: Aus 130, Aus 138 and Aus 781

Publication affected: Australian Pilot Volume 1 (5th Edition 2017) page 402.

GORDON PANTON

Manager Marine Safety and Compliance

Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

19 March 2020

FP 2012/0105

DPTI 2017/02277/01