Skellefteå Pilot Station

 Fairway Standards

 Wind Restrictions

 Restricted Visibility

 Tugboat Regulations

Fairway Standards

• Length refering to L.O.A.
• Special restriction Haraholmen:
  Traffic at the eastern fairway (passing Storstensgrund Sydöstra) is not permitted if vessel moored at the oil jetty is loading/unloading gas.

Following restrictions for vessels passing through the Pitsundet

• Daylight and not less than 2 nautical miles visibility.
• Maximum wind 8 m/s.
• Ships with cranes at port side are not suitable.

Wind Restrictions

Following criteria’s are valid for vessels to Skelleftehamn:

• Vessels > 160m L.O.A and/or > 30m beam.
• If stabile ice track exists, deviations from these rules may be done in agreement with pilots and icebreaker.                   

Following criteria’s are valid for vessels to Haraholmen:

• Vessels > 170m L.O.A and/or > 30m beam. 
• If stabile ice track exists, deviations from these rules may be done in agreement with pilots and icebreaker.                   

Restrictions at low visibility

Vessels to Skelleftehamn and Rönnskär:
Daylight and not less than 1 nautical miles of visibility for:

• Vessels with a L.O.A. longer than 160 m and/or a beam wider than 30m.
• Skelleftehamn Inner harbor, arrival, longer than 150m, without functioning thruster with fixed propeller

Vessels to Haraholmen:
Daylight and not less than 1 nautical miles of visibility for:

• Vessels with a L.O.A. longer than 170 m and/or a beam wider than 30m.

Vessels with special maneuverability may be exempted from those standards after decision by the Maritime Traffic Area Manager.

Tugboat Regulations 

• Skelleftehamn: Inner Harbour/Oil Harbour
• Rönnskär
• Haraholmen: Haraholmsberth/Oil Harbour

Tugboat minimum bollard pull has to be at least 23 ton.
With two tugs, minimum combined bollard pull at least 55 ton.

*loaded more than 2500dwt.

If the vessel has a working bow/stern thruster, the tugboat requirement could be reduced.
It is also possible that the tugboat requirement could be increased due to weather conditions and vessel maneuverability.

Ships with special maneuverabilities, wich corresponds to one tugboat, could be granted an exemption by Transportstyrelsen after the vessel has been tested by the pilots.