Port profile · GBBRS
Bristol
Bristol is a medium harbour on the Bristol Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBBRS. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Bristol offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Bristol
What members see for Bristol, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Bristol day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Bristol and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Bristol 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
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
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 Bristol, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Bristol
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- AvonmouthUnited Kingdom · GBAVO
- PortburyUnited Kingdom · GBPRU
- SharpnessUnited Kingdom · GBSSS
- NewportUnited Kingdom · GBNPT
- BridgwaterUnited Kingdom · GBBRW
- CardiffUnited Kingdom · GBCDF
- Barry DockUnited Kingdom · GBBAD
- BridportUnited Kingdom · GBBRP
Questions about Bristol
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bristol?
The UN/LOCODE of Bristol is GBBRS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bristol?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bristol as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bristol?
Yes. Bristol offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Bristol have a dry dock?
Yes. Bristol has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Bristol a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Bristol as a first port of entry.
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