Pilotage Services

    1. General Information 
    2. Information on the pilotage area 
    3. The pilotage services terms and conditions 
    4. Statistics 
    5. Contacts 

     1. General Information 

     The FSUE “Rosmorport” Petropavlovsk branch provides round-the-clock pilotage services to vessels calling at the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (except for the sections of Pakhachi, Tilichiki, Ozernovsky, Oktyabrsky, Kirovsky, Krutogorovo, Tigil, Palana, Manily of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky). 
     The FSUE “Rosmorport” Petropavlovsk branch pilotage service employs 8 people, including 5 pilots of the 1st category and 3 pilots of the 2nd category. 
 


     The training of Petropavlovsk branch pilots meets the requirements of Regulations for sea pilots approved by the Ministry of Transport order No. 462 of November 6, 2020 “On Approving of Regulations for sea pilots”. The branch pilots execute skill improvement and training in Kamchatka State Technical University (the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) and in the G.I. Nevelskoy Maritime State Academy (the city of Vladivostok). 
     The Petropavlovsk branch pilot service has all necessary vessels and vehicles in its disposal for timely pilot delivery to vessels. 

     2. Information on the pilotage area 

     In accordance with the Compulsory Regulations in the Seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Order dated 19.01.2015 No. 4, the compulsory pilotage of vessels is carried out in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky section of the water area of ​​the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky within:
     - a section limited by the coastline and straight lines, connecting in order the points with coordinates:
     Latitude=53°03'44,10"N Longitude=158°32'55,40"Е;
     Latitude=53°03'03,00"N Longitude=158°34'41,00"Е;
     Latitude=53°01'27,00"N Longitude=158°32'22,00"Е;
     Latitude=52°59'00,00"N Longitude=158°31'05,00"Е;
     Latitude=52°59'00,00"N Longitude=158°36'00,00"Е;
     Latitude=53°00'08,78"N Longitude=158°39'05,95"Е,
as well as on approaches to the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky section of the water area of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky limited by the areas of:
     - fairway No. 25, located along the line of the Avachinsky alinement (343,3° – 163,3°), which has a width of three cables and is limited by straight lines, connecting in order the points with coordinates:
     Latitude=52°52'03"N Longitude=158°40'36"Е;
     Latitude=52°52'17"N Longitude=158°40'57"Е;
     Latitude=52°59'28"N Longitude=158°37'18"Е;
     Latitude=52°59'20"N Longitude=158°36'55"Е;
     - fairway of the Rakovaya Bay located along the line of the Rakovaya Bay linement (138,9° – 318,9°), which has a width of two cables and is limited by straight lines connecting in order the points with coordinates:
     Latitude=52°59'38"N Longitude=158°37'45"Е;
     Latitude=52°58'09"N Longitude=158°39'50"Е;
     Latitude=52°58'12"N Longitude=158°40'23"Е;
     Latitude=52°58'18"N Longitude=158°40'23"Е;
     Latitude=52°58'18"N Longitude=158°40'10"Е;
     Latitude=52°59'44"N Longitude=158°38'03"Е.
     For the purpose of paying pilotage dues in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky the areas of pilotage, performed at rates on nautical mile, have the following boundaries:
     a) from the crossing of the line of capes Mayachny Cape - Bezymyanny Cape with fairway No. 25 points with coordinates: Latitude=52°52'03"N Longitude=158°40'36"E and Latitude=52°52'17"N Longitude=158°40'57"E to the berths and anchorages of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The routes of pilotage and their duration are attached. The distance from the pilot embarkation point in the pilot embarkation area No. 1 limited by a circle with a radius of 7.5 cables with the center at a point with coordinates Latitude=52°50'42"N Longitude=158°44'18"E to the crossing of the line of capes Mayachny Cape - Bezymyanny Cape with fairway No. 25 points with coordinates: Latitude=52°52'03"N Longitude=158°40'36"E and Latitude=52°52'17"N Longitude=158°40'57"E is not included in the routes of pilotage to the berths and anchorages of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky;
     b) between the berths and anchorages of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The routes of pilotage and their duration are attached.
     The embarkation/disembarkation of pilots on/from a vessel moving to the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky section of the water area or leaving it takes place in the pilot embarkation point No. 1, limited by a circle with a radius of 7.5 cables with the center at the point with coordinates: Longitude=52°50'42"N Latitude=158°44'18"Е, and the disembarkation takes place at the berths of the seaport or at anchorages in the seaport.
     The embarkation/disembarkation of a pilot for providing pilotage operations that concern re-mooring, hauling or other relocation of a vessel in the water area of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky takes place at the berths or in the anchorage area in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

     3. The pilotage services terms and conditions 

     The Petropavlovsk branch provides round-the-clock pilotage services in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in accordance with the requirements of the Compulsory Regulations in the Seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Order dated 19.01.2015 No. 4.

     The following vessels are exempted from the compulsory pilotage in accordance with the Compulsory Regulations in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 
       • small-size vessels; 
       • pleasure boats; 
       • sports sailboats; 
       • vessels with gross registered tonnage of less than 1000;
       • harbor vessels.

     Pilotage services in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for which pilotage dues are charged are provided by the Petropavlovsk branch in accordance with the terms of the agreement for the provision of services to ensure navigation and stay of vessels in seaports. The terms of the agreement and the procedure for its conclusion are specified in the section “Harbour Dues and Tariffs of the Petropavlovsk Branch”.
     Beyond the area of compulsory pilotage in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky pilotage operations are conducted by the Petropavlovsk branch on a contractual basis.
     The Petropavlovsk branch renders pilotage services in a manner that respects the hierarchy of applications pursuant to the schedule of traffic and disposition of vessels in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, approved by the seaport master. 

     A pilotage request is filed to the pilotage service of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky branch by fax: +7 (4152) 41-43-32 or by e-mail: pilot@ptk.rosmorport.ru for pilotage of vessels:
     - following to the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky or leaving the seaport, 24 hours before the vessel’s arrival/departure to the pilot embarkation point and should be approved no later than 4 hours before the pilotage;
     -  with the purpose of re-mooring, hauling or other relocation of a vessel in the water area of the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, no less than 2 hours before the pilotage operation starts.
     You can specify the time and place of a pilot’s embarkation, as well as confirm your request for pilotage at the Petropavlovsk branch by phone: +7 (4152) 43-41-32 (round-the-clock) or via VHF communication on Channel 14 (call sign “Petropavlovsk-Rosmorport”).
     The previously filed application for pilotage may be canceled at least one hour before the scheduled start of the vessel's pilotage orally by phone: +7 (4152) 43-41-32 (round-the-clock) with confirmation in writing by sending a letter to the Petropavlovsk branch by fax: +7 (4152) 43-41-32 or in a scanned form by email: pilot@ptk.rosmorport.ru.
     If the services of a pilot of the Petropavlovsk branch are declined after his arrival on board the vessel, the application is canceled, and the captain of the vessel or an acting person is obliged to sign a pilot's receipt and pay 50 % of the pilotage dues for the pilotage for which the pilot was called.

     A pilot of the Petropavlovsk branch arriving at the vessel produces a pilot’s license, confirming his right to implement the pilotage of the vessel, to the vessel’s captain and gives him a pilot’s receipt, where the fact of the pilotage and possible commentaries to his work are put. The receipts, filled in and signed by the vessel’s captain, are the grounds for the pilotage fare calculation. The vessel’s captain hands to the pilot an IMO established type pilot card with precise information about the vessel and informs the pilot on controllability features and the vessel’s condition. 
 

     The Petropavlovsk branch is not responsible for possible delays and demurrage of the vessel caused by waiting for a pilot in the following cases: 
       • the pilotage request was filed out-of-date; 
       • the vessel arrived to the pilot embarkation point more than one hour late from the stated time; 
       • an embarkation of the pilot is impossible due to the storm weather (sea roughness 4 points or more, waves height 2 meters or more), and leading pilotage, according to the pilot and the captain, is impossible. 
     If the pilotage is delayed for more than 30 minutes from the stated time due to the vessel’s fault, the pilot of the Petropavlovsk branch can be recalled from the vessel and the request can be annulled. The vessel’s captain or an acting person is obliged to sign a pilot receipt and pay 50 % of the pilot dues for the pilotage for which the pilot was called. 

     Pilotage dues are charged for the pilotage services provided by the Petropavlovsk branch. The information about pilotage dues rates and rules of their collection can be found in the section “Harbour Dues and Tariffs of the Petropavlovsk Branch”. 

     4. Statistics 

     Information on the pilotages in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, executed by the FSUE “Rosmorport” Petropavlovsk branch 
Year Number of steerings Total length of steerings
in nautical miles
2007–2019 ⇲
2007 4,177 6,402
2008 3,526 6,037
2009 4,013 5,869
2010 3,446 3,502
2011 3,269 3,313
2012 3 012 2 965
2013 3,159 3,389
2014 2,660 3,142
2015 2,697 11,288
2016 3,559 13,976
2017 4,335 16,468
2018 4,124 14,439
2019 4,445 14,942
2020 2,345 18,037
2021 2,982 18,180
2022 6,127 19,606
2023 3,349 19,406

     5. Contacts 

     Additional information on the procedure for the provision of pilotage services by the pilot service of the Petropavlovsk branch in the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky can be obtained round-the-clock by phone: 
     +7 (4152) 20-13-41; 
     or by sending a request to the fax number: +7 (4152) 20-13-42, or by e-mail: pilot@ptk.rosmorport.ru