NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD SHIP MV PHAROS

MARKS WRECK OF JAMBO

 

Following liaison with the Maritime Coastguard Agency the Northern Lighthouse Board’s ship MV PHAROS has laid two wreck marking buoys in the vicinity of the wreck of the JAMBO, as part of the Board’s statutory duties under the Merchant Shipping Act. 

 

A Notice to Mariners has been issued to shipping advising of the positions and character of the new buoys which are provided to warn off any shipping in the area.

 

MV PHAROS has now been released from the scene and is making her way to Oban to resume her normal NLB work.

 

Notes to the Editor

 

 

1.                   The Northern Lighthouse Board operates under statute - the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - and is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man.  It is under this Act, Section 252, that the General Lighthouse Authorities may “exercise their powers to light or buoy the vessel or part of the vessel and any such other property until it is raised, removed or destroyed”.

2.                   The Board currently operates: 201 Lighthouses, 131 Buoys, 41 Beacons, 4 Differential Global Positioning System Stations, 22 Radar Beacons and 12 Fog Signals.

3.                   The Northern Lighthouse Board is funded entirely from the General Lighthouse Fund, sourced by "Light Dues", a levy paid by shipping.  The Board receives no direct funding from the Exchequer or taxpayer.

4.                   The other General Lighthouse Authorities are the Commissioners of Irish Lights (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and Trinity House Lighthouse Service (England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar).

 

For further information, please contact: For further information, please contact:

Lorna Hunter, Information Officer, Tel 0131 473 3100, Fax 0131 220 2093