SAFETY BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS
1. SEC DB BNM 179-18
A. PA, NJ, DE- DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER (CHART 12304, 12311, 12312)
2. MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT A SAFETY ZONE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ALL NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN 200 YARDS OF THE M/V ZHEN HUA 16. THIS SAFETY ZONE WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE VESSEL COMPLETES MOORING OPERATIONS AT GREENWICH TERMINALS IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. VESSELS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE SAFETY ZONE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE COTP DELAWARE BAY OR HIS DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. WHEN THE M/V ZHEN HUA 16 IS ANCHORED VESSELS MAY PASS THROUGH THE SAFETY ZONE WITHOUT OBTAINING PERMISSION IF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET. VESSELS MUST MAINTAIN MINIMUM SAFE SPEED TO REDUCE WAKE AND MAINTAIN STEERAGE, VESSELS MUST NOT MEET, OVERTAKE OR OTHERWISE PASS ANY OTHER UNMOORED VESSEL WHILE IN THE SAFETY ZONE, OR VESSEL IS AN ASSIST TUG OPERATING IN SUCH CAPACITY. MARINERS SHOULD PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRANSITING THE AREA.