Port profile · NOALF
Alta
Alta is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Norwegian Sea, in Norway. Its UN/LOCODE is NOALF. Pilotage is compulsory. Alta offers diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Alta
What members see for Alta, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Alta, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Alta right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Alta day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Alta and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Alta offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 250 m
- Draft
- 9.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Alta, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- No
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Beach mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Alta
Other Norway ports on the same stretch of coast.
- HammerfestNorway · NOHFT
- OksfjordNorway · NOOKF
- SorvarNorway · NOSVR
- HonningsvaagNorway · NOHVG
- KjollefjordNorway · NOKJF
- TromsoNorway · NOTOS
- MehamnNorway · NOMEH
- FinnsnesNorway · NOFNE
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Questions about Alta
What is the UN/LOCODE of Alta?
The UN/LOCODE of Alta is NOALF.
Is pilotage compulsory in Alta?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Alta as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Alta?
Yes. Alta offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Alta can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 250 m long, 9.2 m draft for Alta.
Is Alta a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Alta as a first port of entry.
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