Port profile · SHASI
Ascension
Ascension is a medium open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean, in St. Helena. Its UN/LOCODE is SHASI. Pilotage is not compulsory. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Ascension
What members see for Ascension, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Ascension, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Ascension right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Ascension day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Ascension and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Ascension offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- No
- Provisions
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 9.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Ascension, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- No
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Ascension
Other St. Helena ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Ascension
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ascension?
The UN/LOCODE of Ascension is SHASI.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ascension?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ascension as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Ascension?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Ascension.
What is the largest vessel Ascension can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 9.7 m draft for Ascension.
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