MTT
is a commercial port and storage terminal, dedicated
for liquid and gaseous chemicals,including
petroleum products with
purpose to support the petrochemical business growth in
Thailand.The operation process of MTT is controlled by a Distributed
Control System (DCS) which has been installed to
enable operators to centralize the process controls and continuously
monitor all the operations from a single room.
This system
has been implemented to ensure the safety and efficiency
of the operation sinceits first start. Map
Ta Phut Tank Terminal Company Limited (MTT) was established by
Siam Cement Petrochemical Group, Cementhai Chemicals
Company Limited in 1995. The 2 jetties and 24 storage
tanks are currently supporting more than 10 varieties of
petroleum and petrochemical products within the area of
126 Rai. Located between the cities of Sattahip and Rayong
on Thailand’s Eastern Sea Board, MTT is around 190 km from the
capital Bangkok.
Anchorage
: An anchorage area (Harbour Department Announcement No. 447/2537
dated 27.9.94) exists, covering a circular area width 1 nautical mile radius
around Latitude : 12 Degrees 35.0 Minutes North, Longitude : 101 Degrees 13.5
Minutes East
Approaches
: The distance from the Fairway Buoy to the harbour's Western breakwater
is 2 nautical miles. The minimum width of the approach channel is 250 m. and
the water depth is 12.5 m reduced to Lowest Low Water (LLW). The water depth
in the harbour approaches for jetties no.1 and No.2 is 15.5 m. and 10.5 m.
respectively.
Restrictions
: The minimum under-keel clearance required by the Pilot Office is
0.5 m. MTT’s requirement for under-keel clearance vary between 0.5 m.for vessels
up to 6,000 tonnes d.w.t. and 1.0 m. for vessels above the size. 4. Anchorage:
An anchorage area (Harbour Department Announcement No. 447/2537 dated 27.9.94)
exists, covering a circular area width 1 nautical mile radius around Latitude
: 12 Degrees 35.0 Minutes North, Longitude : 101 Degrees 13.5 Minutes East
Charts
: The port area is shown on Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Chart no. 157 with the approaches
on RTN chart 141 and on British Admiralty (BA) chart 3966 respectively.
Weather :
Tidal Conditions : The tidal factors in Map Ta
Phut Port have been reviewed and set out as follows :
The following show the rates of time-share above the specified water level,
and their number of hours per day in the case of worst month and worst day
respectively.
For example, the water levels of 1.0 m above the chart datum occur for 97%
of time in a year. Even in the worst month tide over 1.0 m account for 89.3%
On an average daily basis, tides over 1.0 m account for 21.5 hours a day.
Even on the worst day Tides, over 1.0 m. exist for more than 18 hours. All
through the year, 0.5 m tide is available for the time of 99.9% of the time
in Map Ta Phut industrial Port.
Tidal Currents : Tidal and the permanent coastal
currents off the East Reclamation, flows in an East-West direction across
the outer channel.Current measurements at the 10.0 m. contour adjacent to
the outer navigation channel indicate the maximum current velocities as shown
below.
Ebb tide : East
direction at 0.4 Knots to 0.6 Knots
Flood tide : West
direction at 0.6 Knots to 0.8 Knots
From this current data, it can be said that currents around the jetty will
not create any difficulty in ship handling whilst berthing and unberthing.
Wave Motion : According to the wave analysis,
in the outer channel, the waves higher than 1.5 m occur for 1.5% of the year,
and greater than 1.0 m for 9.0% of the year.
In general, the critical wave height in terms of efficient and safe cargo
handling inside the port is less than 0.5 m or 2 feet. The inner harbour is
protected by the West break water.7.4 Wind direction
Mean monthly wind speed of 13.9 km/hr or 3.9 m/sec – Weak breeze Mean of maximum
velocity of 135.3 km/hr or 37.6 m/sec – Typhoon in November from the North.