FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

NOTICE TO MARINERS

N^o 03/2024

Rookery Bay

Rookery Bay Firings

Falkland Islands Defence Force carry out regular firings up to and including 0.50 Calibre weapons on Rookery Bay Range bounded by the following points:

51 42.23S 057 48.10W

51 42.20S 057 47.54W

51 42.46S 057 46.18W

51 43.04S 057 46.08W

51 43.11S 057 46.37W

51 42.48S 057 48.13W

51 42.39S 057 48.13W

51 42.15S 057 49.24W

51 42.23S 057 48.10W

Period: As activated by Notice to Mariners

MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION NAVIGATING IN THIS AREA

FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

NOTICE TO MARINERS

N^o 02/2024

Steeple Jason Island (West Falklands)

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) case

Steeple Jason Island declared as an Infected place due to an outbreak of Avian Influenza – review keeps declaration in place.

This decision has resulted in a number of actions which will need to be taken as follows:

• No unauthorised people are to be on Steeple Jason Island, visit the Island or transit through the Island while the declaration is in force.  
• All unauthorised people are to be removed from Steeple Jason Island as soon as reasonably practicable. – there shouldn’t be any there!

• All persons removed from Steeple Jason Island are to be transported straight to Stanley – probably not necessary they can go wherever as long as enhanced biosecurity – enhanced biosecurity measures apply before and after travel.

• Landing only permitted in case of a medical emergency

These measures are to remain in place until otherwise advised.

This Notice shall remain in force until further notice.

Steuart Barlow

Harbour Master

Falkland Islands Government.

Issued on 29/01/2024

     

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FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

NOTICE TO MARINERS

N^o 05/2023

Ship to Ship Transfer Regulations 2023

Please be advised that as of 30^th November 2023, the new ship to ship regulations 2023 will be in force.

These new regulations will bring into force Chapter 8 (Prevention of Pollution during the transfer of oil cargo between oil tankers at sea) of Annex I of MARPOL and will require the notification of bunkering operations in the Falkland Islands waters.

Notification mechanisms under Regulations 9 and 11. 

-       Under both regulations, notifications should be made to the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority (FIMA) Duty Officer via e-mail to:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  Notifications submitted will be acknowledged by FIMA.  Cargo transfers and bunkering operations are not to commence until an acknowledgement has been received.

-       Due to unforeseeable operational changes, it may from time to time (in extremis) be necessary for notifications to be submitted at shorter notice.  In such circumstances, notifications are to be made via VHF Channel 10.  As for e-mail notifications above, cargo transfers and bunkering operations are not to commence until the radio notification has been acknowledged and permission to proceed with the operation given.

-       The data required within notifications is set out within Regulations 9 and 11.  For the notification of bunkering operations under Regulation 11, the priority must be to achieve the 24 hours’ notice requirement.  To that end, estimated timings and fuel quantities are acceptable and FIMA will follow-up closer to the time of the bunkering operation if more data is required.

Steuart Barlow

Harbour Master

Falkland Islands Government.

Issued on 30/11/2023

FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

NOTICE TO MARINERS

N^o 03/2023

East Falklands

Aids to Navigation Maintenance

Please note that from 5^th November 2023 until 31^st January 2024, a program to upgrade Aids to Navigation (AtoN) around East Falklands will commence. Mariners are kindly requested to exercise caution when navigating around the coast using these AtoN’s. The Maritime Authority will minimise disruption to AtoN operation where possible.

A list of the AtoN’s affected and the scheme of works are listed below:

To be replaced

To be removed

New additional AtoNs

A temporary notice has been submitted to the UK Hydrographic Office with the affected charts which should be distributed shortly.

Steuart Barlow

Harbour Master

Falkland Islands Government.

Issued on 03/11/2023

03-2023.pdf