On the inner side of the secondary breakwater, a commercial quay 334m long is located with an available water depth of 10.15m below chart datum.
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Number two dock ( Queen Elizabeth Dock ) is the largest graving dock and is long, wide and a has depth below chart datum of.
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The access channel to the port provides ship a water depth of 14.95m below chart datum and a channel width between the breakwaters of 210m.
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Inside the basin, a 225m long ore-loading quay is located to the deeper section of the harbour basin with a water depth of 12.95m below chart datum.
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Its water depth is less than at chart datum . a small semicircular south facing bay, 1 km wide at the mouth, widening to 2 km inside.
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For this reason, depths and tides on a nautical chart are measured relative to chart datum, which is defined to be a level below which tide rarely falls.
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Inside the basin, a 255 meters long ore loading quay is located adjacent to the deeper section of the harbor basin, providing a water depth of 12.95m below chart datum.
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There are two quays ( 70m and 180m long respectively ) on the inner side of the breakwater for berthing facilities, with an existing water depth of 6m below chart datum.
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The port has two quays ( 70 m and 180 m long respectively ) on the inner side of the breakwater for berthing facilities, with an existing water depth of 6 m below chart datum.
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By 2012 the silting problem had been resolved and the entrance is kept dredged to Chart Datum which makes it accessible over longer periods of the tide, especially to boats of a metre or less draft.
