Port profile · DKAAR
Aarhus
Aarhus is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Kattegat, in Denmark. Its UN/LOCODE is DKAAR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Aarhus offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Aarhus offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 450 m
- Beam
- 59 m
- Draft
- 15 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Aarhus, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Aarhus
Other Denmark ports on the same stretch of coast.
- StudstrupDenmark · DKSSV
- RandersDenmark · DKRAN
- HorsensDenmark · DKHOR
- MariagerDenmark · DKMRR
- HadsundDenmark · DKHSU
- HobroDenmark · DKHBO
- GrenaaDenmark · DKGRE
- OdenseDenmark · DKODE
Questions about Aarhus
What is the UN/LOCODE of Aarhus?
The UN/LOCODE of Aarhus is DKAAR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Aarhus?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Aarhus as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Aarhus?
Yes. Aarhus offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Aarhus have a dry dock?
Yes. Aarhus has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Aarhus can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 450 m long, 59 m wide, 15 m draft for Aarhus.
Is Aarhus a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Aarhus.
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