Port profile · FRBES
Brest
Brest is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Atlantic Ocean, in France. Its UN/LOCODE is FRBES. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Brest offers fuel oil and diesel, 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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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Brest 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- 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 Brest, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Brest
Other France ports on the same stretch of coast.
- RoscoffFrance · FRROS
- MorlaixFrance · FRMXN
- ConcarneauFrance · FRCOC
- LorientFrance · FRLRT
- Port LouisFrance · FRPPL
- TreguierFrance · FRTRE
- PontrieuxFrance · FRPOX
- LezardrieuxFrance · FRLEZ
Questions about Brest
What is the UN/LOCODE of Brest?
The UN/LOCODE of Brest is FRBES.
Is pilotage compulsory in Brest?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Brest as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Brest?
Yes. Brest offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Brest have a dry dock?
Yes. Brest has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Brest a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Brest.
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