Port profile · NZBLU
Bluff
Bluff is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Pacific Ocean, in New Zealand. Its UN/LOCODE is NZBLU. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Bluff offers fuel oil, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Bluff
What members see for Bluff, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Bluff right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Bluff day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Bluff and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Bluff offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bluff, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Bluff
Other New Zealand ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Otago HarbourNew Zealand · NZORR
- TimaruNew Zealand · NZTIU
- GreymouthNew Zealand · NZGMN
- LytteltonNew Zealand · NZLYT
- AkaroaNew Zealand · NZAKA
- WestportNew Zealand · NZWSZ
- NelsonNew Zealand · NZNSN
- TarakoheNew Zealand · NZTKH
Questions about Bluff
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bluff?
The UN/LOCODE of Bluff is NZBLU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bluff?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bluff as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bluff?
Yes. Bluff offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Bluff have a dry dock?
Yes. Bluff has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
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