Port profile · GBBOS
Boston
Boston is a small harbour on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBBOS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Boston offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Boston
What members see for Boston, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Boston, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Boston right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Boston day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Boston and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Boston 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Boston, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Boston
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- WisbechUnited Kingdom · GBWIS
- Kings LynnUnited Kingdom · GBKLN
- GrimsbyUnited Kingdom · GBGSY
- ImminghamUnited Kingdom · GBIMM
- New HollandUnited Kingdom · GBNHO
- HullUnited Kingdom · GBHUL
- GooleUnited Kingdom · GBGOO
- BridlingtonUnited Kingdom · GBBRT
Questions about Boston
What is the UN/LOCODE of Boston?
The UN/LOCODE of Boston is GBBOS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Boston?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Boston as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Boston?
Yes. Boston offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Boston a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Boston.
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