Port of Bastia
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It is where the port officers work, and is a functional unit of the port.
Responsible for putting in place the resources needed to integrate the ship into the port complex and to ensure that the port authority is always on hand for ships and users.

It also has a policing remit, essentially conferred on it by the Transport Code.
Officers have a port policing role. They control and monitor port structures, buoyage, lights and the state of the seabed, as well as enforcing police regulations. They direct the rescue of vessels in danger.
Their missions cover a wide range of areas, from prevention and repression to the regulation of port traffic: they regulate the order in which ships enter and leave the port, allocate berths, monitor manoeuvres and order and direct movements.

They give orders to captains, pilots and boatmen in all matters relating to the movement of ships and the implementation of security, order and police measures.
Port officers are responsible for enforcing all general and specific regulations concerning the police and operation of the port.

Contact
  • Capitainerie du Port de Bastia Captain Thierry CHOLET-ALLEGRINI
  • +33 (0)4 95 34 50 62
  • +33 (0)6 08 75 46 11

The Customs and Excise Department is responsible for controlling the flow of travellers and goods on and off ships and, as part of the Vigipirate programme, for ensuring the security of port (and airport) facilities. Customs collects customs duties, harbour dues, TIPP, various taxes and also manages the indirect taxation sector (viticulture, alcohol, tobacco, etc.).

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The P.A.F (Border Police) of Haute-Corse is present in the port of Bastia as part of the direct maritime ferry links with one of the member states of the SCHENGEN Agreement, namely Italy. Its mission, in close collaboration with the Customs department, is to control migratory flows and cross-border traffic. It carries out various checks on the arrival and departure of ships calling at the port of Bastia.

Contact
  • +33 (0)4 95 55 22 32
  • + 33 (0)4 95 55 22 33

The presence of a pilot on board is compulsory for any vessel of more than 15 net tonnes and more than 45m in length.
The pilotage service is provided by the Bastia pilotage station using 3 launches. There are 6 pilots on duty day and night at the request of the Harbour Master's Office.

Contact
  • + 33 (0)4 95 31 50 95
  • + 33 (0)4 95 34 43 13

The boatage service is carried out by the SCOP Maritime de Lamanage company in the port of Bastia.

It employs 9 sailors, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to provide service to ships.

It has three boats in the port of Bastia:

  • NESO : 9m , 225 CV
  • U ROSSU : 7.80m, 225 HP
  • A MISERICORDIA : 8.90m, 340 hp

 

Its activities:

Mooring, casting off, deballasting and re-mooring or reinforcement of moorings for commercial and pleasure vessels calling at Bastia's commercial port. Port service 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

Services to combat hydrocarbon pollution on behalf of the EPCI of Corsica

Additional crew for vessels or watercraft with insufficient personnel.

Harbour service: crew relief, bunkering, transfer of special personnel

Towing pontoons and pleasure boats...

Assistance and rescue at sea.

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Men on the quayside manoeuvring the boat

The towing business The port is operated by KALLISTE MARINE SERVICE, an approved company that operates two tugs:

  • The tug RABLE Traction 12.5 T, speed 10 knots, length 21.70 m, beam 6.75 m, draught 3.15 m, engine 1200CV (450 kw X 2), propulsion: twin Voith-Schneider
  • The tug ALTAGNA Traction 25T, speed 11 knots, length 26m, beam 8.80m, draught 4.50m, engines: 2x Deutz total power: 2174 HP, propulsion: Twin Voith Schneider

 

Its activities:

The crew is made up of 5 experienced sailors with the qualifications and skills to carry out all types of manoeuvres:

Port towage: Assistance with entry and exit manoeuvres for ferries entering the port of Bastia

Removal of pontoons in the basin

Maritime works

Assistance to oil and gas tankers on sea-lines

Assistance and rescue operations at sea

Pollution response operations

Kalliste Marine Service ensures the outfitting and availability of a unit 365 days a year, day and night.

Contact
Photo of a towing vessel in the port of Bastia
Photo of a towing boat on the quay in the port of Bastia

The Société Coopérative de Manutention et d'Acconage Bastiaise is run by a team of professional dockers and administrative staff, forming SCOP MAB. On a day-to-day basis, dockers and machine operators carry out handling operations in the port, adapting to the needs of ships in transit.

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HGV lorry leaving a ship and driving onto the quayside