Evripos Canal (Khalkis/Chalcis) - Clearance

There is now a website for the marinas and ports on the whole of Evia, which now has an island-wide computer system and details about the bridge.

http://olne.gr/en/ (this website has good photographs and a map showing office and transit dock locations).

https://olne.gr/en/evripos-bridge/transit-information

Procedures for paying/transiting the bridge:

The bridge opens during the night, from 22:00 to 04:00 every day except the first Friday night of the month.

Office working hours are Monday to Friday 08.00 - 22.00 and Saturday - Sunday 18.00 - 22.00.

Moor alongside the reporting dock - clearly marked in red (the transit info. linked to above has useful photographs showing reporting and waiting docks/anchorages).

Go to the Port Office to pay the fee and get your scheduled time. If necessary, contact the Port Authority (Tel: +30 22210 28888) for information.

You will need to show your ship registration papers.

Most cruising boats pay 29€. This includes the additional charge of 25% for night-time passage (yachts are only allowed through at night). There is an additional surcharge of 75% for passage on a Sunday or holiday. Catamarans pay a little more - approx. 37€.

You pay 5 euros for the waiting pontoon before transiting, and a further 5 euros if you choose to stay on the other side after passing through the bridge or stay overnight.

After paying you will be directed to the waiting pontoon.

You will be told via VHF Channel 12 at what time to standby for your passage through the bridge. It is likely to be from 21:00 onward. The Port Police give two calls by vessel name, first to give you time to single up, second to slip and proceed.  It is all well organized.

North to South Transit - a caution:

The southern section of the northern quayside is littered with dinghy moorings and laid lines reducing the available quayside and introducing floating hazards.

There are few bollards on the quay, mostly on the northern section and only small mooring rings to the south.

The quay itself has an underwater projection, a shelf or a step, just below the waterline in places. It is of ideal dimensions to give concerns for the turn of your bilge, although depths alongside are in the region of three metres (10 ft).

The quayside ladders project from the quay face. You need to be well fendered.

Last updated:  June 2023