Port profile · FRCFR
Caen
Caen is a small lake or canal harbour on the English Channel, in France. Its UN/LOCODE is FRCFR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Caen offers diesel, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Caen
What members see for Caen, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Caen right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Caen day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Caen and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Caen offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
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 Caen, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Caen
Other France ports on the same stretch of coast.
- OuistrehamFrance · FROUI
- DeauvilleFrance · FRDOL
- Le HavreFrance · FRLEH
- HonfleurFrance · FRHON
- AntiferFrance · FRCIF
- FecampFrance · FRFEC
- GranvilleFrance · FRGFR
- CherbourgFrance · FRCER
Questions about Caen
What is the UN/LOCODE of Caen?
The UN/LOCODE of Caen is FRCFR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Caen?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Caen as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Caen?
Yes. Caen offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Caen have a dry dock?
Yes. Caen has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Caen a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Caen.
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