Port Control - Channel 16, 14 & 12
Tugs & Pilot - Channel 12, Position closer to Buoy 2 near Al Basra Oil Terminal
Tidal Range - 3.0 to 4.0 M
Pilotage commences off the entrance to the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, the channel to Umm qasr which is well-lit and both wide and deep enough to allow vessels drawing up to 11m to Transit across either of the day's two High tides.
Restrictions might apply for sailing between Midnight to 0500 Hrs to HM discretion.
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