Morehead City Harbor – Click for Chartview

Morehead City harbor is a busy place that includes the intersection of Beaufort Inlet and the Waterway. This Local Notice to Mariners is not very location specific, but Captain Scudder reports below that the dredging is between the inlet and the turning basin.

NC ‘“ BEAUFORT INLET/MOREHEAD CITY CHANNEL ‘“ DREDGING
The Dredge SAVANNAH will be conducting dredging operations in the vicinity of Beaufort Inlet and Morehead City Channel from 02 June until 31 July, 2013. The dredge will monitor VHF-FM channels 13 and 16. It is requested that all vessels contact the dredge 30 minutes prior to time of passage. 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 . Chart: 11547.

The dredge is working the channel between the inlet and the turning basin, it is not dredging the waterfront channel.
Sam Scudder

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