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    Regional News

    Apr 14, 2022 4 minutes

    Send us your local news stories. Email PBO news editor Laura Hodgetts at pbo@futurenet.com and include high resolution images where possible

    SOUTH COAST & CHANNEL ISLANDS

    Roustel Beacon out of service

    Investigations are underway by Guernsey Ports to determine how to repair Roustel Beacon following damage.

    The beacon is one of the principal navigation aids for all vessels approaching St Peter Port Harbour from the north in the Little Russel. Its base was struck by bulk carrier MV Bozat at 0740 on 19 March 2022, shifting the beacon and making the light inoperative.

    A 50m exclusion zone is in place around the unstable, displaced structure and a Local Notices To Mariners issued. The current structure has been in place since the 1990s. A beacon has been

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