Transcript PM6 Split - Portrait of a port

Tomislav Skračić, MA
Undergraduate English
Course for
MARITIME MANAGERS
6th Semester
Essential reading:
 T. Skračić, Waypoint – English Textbook for Maritime Students,
Pomorski fakultet, Split 2010, Units 29-33
 T. Trappe & G. Tullis, Intelligent Business, Longman 2005
UNIT 29
Unit 29
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GLOSSARY:
harbour, port, maritime traffic, berths, quay,
pier, jetty, breakwater, the City Port, the
North Port, tug / tugboat, anchorage,
harbour master‘s office, port authority, VHF
channel, regulations, Maritime Domain and
Seaports Act
Waypoint – Unit 29
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Split, the second largest city in Croatia, is an important
cultural, tourist, industrial, commercial, and sports
centre of Dalmatia.
City of Split
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The port of Split, situated at an exceptionally
favourable geographic position in the Mediterranean,
is one of the most important centres of local and
international maritime traffic. With its annual
turnover of 3.5 million passengers and 750,000
vehicles, the port of Split is in this regard the third port
in the Mediterranean (after Naples and Piraeus).
Because of its unique historical heritage, the city and
port of Split have become an unavoidable destination
of vessels cruising in the Mediterranean. In cargo
traffic the Port of Split is the third largest in Croatia
(after Rijeka and Ploče).
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THE CITY PORT OF SPLIT
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The City Port (Gradska luka), on the south side of the
city, is very busy, especially during the summer, when
tourist cruisers arrive daily, with additional inter-island
and car ferry traffic being conducted at the same time.
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THE CITY PORT OF SPLIT
The City Port has been used for berthing passenger
vessels in domestic and international traffic, smaller craft
in tourist traffic, administrative vessels, warships, and
exceptionally ro-ro vessels with a draught not exceeding
8.2 metres. Total number of berths in the port is 28, out
of which 10 can be allocated to passenger cruisers. The
length of berths ranges from 63 to 173 m accommodating
vessels up to 250 m LOA.
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The port basin is
divided into a
number of areas.
Mandrač is used by
fishing boats, yachts,
excursion and liner
navigation craft and
transfer craft.
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St. Nicholas‘ Pier accommodates high-speed liner craft
and fishing boats whereas its northern side is intended
for vessels in the service of the safety of navigation. The
berths of Lazaretto Quay, Quay of Prince Domagoj I, and
St. Peter‘s Pier provide mooring for high-speed liner
craft, excursion and transfer craft, sailing ships, yachts,
and passenger vessels.
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Quay of Prince Domagoj II accommodates tugs,
passenger vessels, sailing ships on cruising voyages, and
large yachts. There are five berths at St. Duje‘s Pier.
Normally, they are occupied by passenger vessels and
car-ferries in international traffic.
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Finally, there are eight berths in the car-ferry harbour.
Some of them are meant for smaller car-ferries in local
traffic while the others accommodate sailing ships,
vessels with particular requirements, passenger vessels
in regular service, domestic and foreign warships,
vessels which come to the port for supply, car-ferries in
international traffic, and vessels in domestic liner
traffic.
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Other locations, on the west side of the port, are for
very shallow draft vessels. A yacht harbour and marina
lies at the southwest corner of the port, immediately
west of the port entrance. The facilities include general
repairs and maintenance, slipway for yachts up to 14 m
in length, mounting masts, and maintenance of
marine engines.
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The Split Shipyard and the Brodoremont company
carry out repairs and maintenance of all types of
marine engines and of yachts up to 750 tons (including
hauling out). Tugboats, floating cranes and divers can
be ordered through the firms Luka and Brodospas.
Boating supplies and spares can be found at
Brodokomerc, shopping for provisions is available at
various places along the shoreline, water is available
from hydrants in the harbour, fuel at the fuel dock near
the Marjan hotel (west part of the harbour), sea charts
and relevant publications at the Plovput chandler near
the harbour master‘s office.
Waypoint – Unit 29
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Anchorage for the south port (Gradska luka) is in Brački
Kanal approximately one to two miles southeast of the
breakwater at depths ranging from 37 to 40 meters.
Holding is considered very good with a mud bottom.
Somewhat further to the southeast (about 6.5 miles from
the breakwater) is an anchorage reserved for ships with
dangerous cargo. The mountain passes in the region
facilitate extremely strong NE bora during the late fall,
winter and spring, which achieves gust-force hurricane
intensities at various locations within the city and port
regions.
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EXERCISES
1. Use the following words to complete the text: article, body,
Domain, Gazette, Government, purpose, Republic,
superstructure, traffic, transit.
THE SPLIT PORT AUTHORITY
 By a decree of the Croatian ____________ of 24th of April 1997,
and in pursuance of ____________ 31 par. 1 and 2 of the
Seaports Act (Official ____________ No. 108/95), the Split Port
Authority was established for the purpose of administering,
constructing and using the port of Split. According to its
____________ the port of Split is a port open to international
public traffic, and according to its size and importance it is a port
of special (international) economic interest for the ____________
of Croatia.
EXERCISES
1. Use the following words to complete the text: article,
body, Domain, Gazette, Government, purpose,
Republic, superstructure, traffic, transit.
The Port Authority is a non-profit ______________ whose
establishment, structure and activity are regulated by the
Maritime ____________ and Seaports Act. From its
establishment to the present time the Split Port Authority has
invested in the port infrastructure and ______________ over 120
million kuna (whereof more than 90 million in the city port), thus
creating the conditions for a better ______________ of
passengers and vehicles in the city port, and for a more
favourable international competitiveness of the other port basins
in cargo _____________ .
2. Answer the following questions:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Where is Split situated?
What types of vessels does the City Port accommodate?
What services does the ACI marina Split provide?
How can you order tugboats, floating cranes or divers?
Where can you get fuel?
Where is the anchorage for ships with dangerous cargo
situated?
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