Port profile · GBBEL
Belfast
Belfast is a large river harbour with basins on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBBEL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Belfast offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Belfast and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Belfast 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Small
- 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
- 305 m
- Beam
- 52 m
- Draft
- 11.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Belfast, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- No
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Med mooring
- No
- Beach mooring
- No
- Ice mooring
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Belfast
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KilrootUnited Kingdom · GBKLR
- BangorUnited Kingdom · GBBAN
- LarneUnited Kingdom · GBLAR
- ArdglassUnited Kingdom · GBAGL
- KilkeelUnited Kingdom · GBKLK
- WarrenpointUnited Kingdom · GBWPT
- CampbeltownUnited Kingdom · GBCBT
- StranraerUnited Kingdom · GBSTR
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Questions about Belfast
What is the UN/LOCODE of Belfast?
The UN/LOCODE of Belfast is GBBEL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Belfast?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Belfast as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Belfast?
Yes. Belfast offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Belfast have a dry dock?
Yes. Belfast has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Belfast can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 305 m long, 52 m wide, 11.3 m draft for Belfast.
Is Belfast a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Belfast.
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