NTM 62/12: Aid to Navigation A4297.5 Light Failure Loch Fyne, Eilean na Beithe
08 November 2012
Mariners are advised that the following AtoN is extinguished.
Oban South Pier Planning Study
CMAL and Argyll & Bute Council have commissioned consultants URS Scott Wilson to undertake a Feasibility Study, considering options for development around the South Pier at Oban.
The objective of the study is to identify a long term master plan for the area, taking account of stakeholders requirements; CMAL’s long term plans for replacement of number 1 linkspan& modificationsto the Lismore Ferry Slipway; and the development of the South Pier as a dedicated fishing berth, feeding into Argyll & Bute Council’s CHORD programme.
Consultation and workshops withstakeholders including CalMac Ferries Ltd, RNLI, NLB and Oban Port Users have been arranged for key stages of the study, which is due for completion in early 2012.
Further details of Argyll & Bute’s CHORD programme can be found here
News items related to this consultation
NTM 61/12: Largs Pier Repair Works
26 October 2012
Mariners are advised that repair works will commence at Largs Pier on Monday 29 October 2012.
NTM 60/12: Installation of Pole with Special Mark Colonsay Ferry Terminal
19 October 2012
Mariners are advised that CMAL have appointed Arch Henderson to supervise works being undertaken by Clyde Commercial Diving Ltd adjacent to the North side of Colonsay Pier.
NTM 59/12: Establishment and Statutory Sanction of East Cardinal Buoy, Loch Leodamis, Port Ellen, Islay
10 October 2012
Mariners are advised that a new east cardinal buoy has been established and received statutory sanction, stationed east of Carraig Fhada, to assist vessels navigating through the narrow entrance of Loch Leodamis, on approach to Port Ellen, Islay, details as follows:
