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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Other   ...
Pollution:  Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Chandlery | Services   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security | Regs
Local Info:  Holidays | Weather

Summary

Max. Size:  Draft 16.0 m. Locks:  Depth 14.88 m. (tidal). Breakbulk:  Depth 13.0 m. (tidal). Containers:  Depth 16.0 m. (tidal). Passengers:  Depth 12.0 m. (tidal). Ro-Ro:  Depth 15.5 m. (tidal). Bulk:  Depth 3.5 m. (tidal). Tankers:  Depth 9.0 m. (tidal). Gas:  265,000 cu.m., LOA 350 m., draft 12.0 m.
Fuel:  All grades.
Airport:  Ostend Int'l, 30 km. Brussels Int'l, 135 km.
Medical:  Facilities available.
Zeebrugge
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BEZEE

OVERVIEW:  Zeebrugge port consists of outer and inner harbours. The outer harbour handles containers LNG, passengers and Ro-Ro, and the inner harbour handles bulk, containers, food and Ro-Ro.
Zeebrugge outer harbour is connected to the inner harbour via the Pierre Vandamme Lock (PVD) (Pierre Vandammesluis), which initially leads in to Verbindingsdok, or via the Visart Lock (Visartsluise) initially entering Prins Filipdok and subsequently a little further south to Boudewijnkanaal (Baudouin Canal).The port of Bruges is connected with Zeebrugge inner harbour via the Boudewijnkanaal.
The port of Zeebrugge is a Core port in the North Sea-Mediterranean and Rhine-Alpine Corridors in the European Union's Trans-European Transport Network.
LOCATION:  North Sea, in Flanders, NW Belgium.
Bruges:  At the southern end of Boudewijnkanaal, approx. 11.5 km. (6.2 n.m.) south of Zeebrugge.
CHARTS:  Belgian Charts No. D11, 101 and 102.
BA Charts No. 1872 and 1874.
Publications:  BA Dover Strait Pilot, NP 28.
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