Category: Notice to Mariners

NTM 01/2024 – Acarsaid Harbour Pontoons, Isle of Eriskay – 30 May 2024 Mariners are advised that a Dive Team will be carrying out inspections of the mooring system associated with the pontoon at Acarsaid, Eriskay on Thursday 30th May 2024. Please keep all vessels clear of the pontoon area and clear of all diving…

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD)Loch Erisort Marine Survey – Laxay to Kershader On the instruction of Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution [herein SHEPD], a survey campaign is required to provide detailed information on the seabed characteristics and current velocity of an area within Loch Erisort, Isle of Lewis to enable a route engineering feasibility…

Spiorad na Mara Windfarm Notice to Mariners 003 v06 15/05/2024Passive Acoustic Monitoring- Equipment Deployment As-Laid Positions The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) using the vessel Lochlann deployed a single Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device (PAM) on behalf of Spiorad na Mara Ltd (SNMPAM 01) on 11th January 2024. SNMPAM 01 was serviced on 11th May…

Spiorad na Mara Notice to Mariners 004 v02As laid positions of Fish Monitoring Survey Receivers The fish monitoring receivers have been successfully laid.Spiorad na Mara Ltd have successfully deployed a series of fish acoustic tagging receivers within the proposed Spiorad na Mara offshore windfarm array area by the vessel Walrus.The receivers are deployed in the…

Stornoway Port Authority – Notice to Mariners 2-2024 Diving operations will be carried out daily from Thursday 15th February 2024 at Stornoway harbour Deep Water Terminal. Operations will be conducted from 0730 hrs to 1900 hrs, fitting sacrificial anodes along the berthing faces of Deep Water Terminal. Vessels using the harbour should navigate within the…

Northern lighthouse Board Notice to Mariners No. 3 of 2024 The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA) will be undertaking a review of Aids to Navigation provision aroundthe coasts of Great Britain and Ireland during 2024. The Review will be published in 2025 and will inform theGLAs’ work plans for the following five year period. The GLA…

Magnora Offshore Wind are planning to deploy a FLiDAR Buoy on their Talisk Array in March/April of 2024. The co-ordinates of the preferred Location for deployment are (WGS 84, DMS) 58 Deg. 48’0.00”N   006 Deg. 20’58.99”W.  (UTM30), Eastings 653121. Northing 6520812. We have attached Charts showing the preferred location of the Buoy, If you have…

Metocean equipment was deployed within the proposed Spiorad na Marawind project array area during October 2023. This included one floating LiDAR (FLIDAR) buoy, which is scheduled to remain on site for a period of 24 months, and two Datawell Waverider buoys.The equipment has been successfully serviced after recent storm damage to a seabed mooring. The…

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is scheduled to deploy a Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device (PAM) on behalf of Spiorad na Mara Ltd. The PAM will be deployed on site over a period of 12 months within the Spiorad na Mara offshore wind farm site. Positions of equipment can be seen in Figure 1…

NTM: 07/2023 – Kallin Harbour Approaches – Extinguished Nav Buoys Location: Kallin Harbour, Grimsay, Isle Of North Uist, Western Isles, Scotland Notice: Mariners are advised that the following Nav Buoys on the approaches to Kallin Harbour, North Uist are Extinguished: PORT Hand Buoy @Bo Carrach PORT Hand Buoy No.2 STBD Hand Buoy No.3 Please navigate…