AICW/Shinn Creek - Click for Chartview

Masonboro Inlet at Wrightsville Beach intersects the AICW at Green Marker # 129, where Shinn Creek makes into the Waterway and where we have had a Navigation Alert posted since September. Most of the recently reported shoaling has been in this area, so we expect the majority of the dredging to be at that intersection.

NC ‘“ NEUSE RIVER TO MYRTLE GROVE SOUND (AICW) ‘“ SHINN CREEK CROSSING ‘“ DREDGING
The Dredge WILKO will be conducting dredging operations in the AICW at the Shinn Creek Crossing near Masonboro Inlet, until 18 February, 2013. A floating and submerged pipeline will run along the AICW channel to the Upland Disposal Area 251. The dredge and assisting vessels MISS LEANNE and PROUD MARY will monitor VHF-FM channels 13 and 16. Mariners are cautioned to stay clear of dredge, booster, floating (pontoon) and submerged pipelines, barges, derricks and operating wires associated with dredging and marine construction operations. Operators of vessels of all types should be aware that dredges and floating pipelines are held in place by cables, attached to anchors some distance away from the
equipment. Buoys are attached to the anchors so that the anchors may be moved as the dredge advances and the location of the submerged pipelines are marked by buoys on each side of the channel. Mariners are cautioned to strictly comply with the Inland Rules of the Road when approaching, passing and leaving the area of operations, and remain a safe distance away from the dredge, booster, buoys, cables, pipeline, barges, derricks, wires and related equipment. Owners and lessees of fishnets, crabpots and other structures that may be in the vicinity and that may hinder the free navigation of attending vessels and equipment must be remove these from the area where tugs, tenderboats and other
attendant equipment will be navigating. Dredging projects are usually conducted twenty-four (24) hours a day seven (7) days a week, all fishnets, crabpots and structures in the general area must be removed prior to commencement of any work. A NO WAKE transit is requested of all vessels passing the dredge and if necessary to clarify a SAFE PASSAGE contact the dredge on the appropriate VHF-FM channels. Chart: 11541.

Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To A “Navigation Alert” Position at the intersection of the AICW and Shinn Creek/Masonboro Inlet