Port profile · AUCNS
Cairns
Cairns is a small natural river harbour on the Coral Sea, in Australia. Its UN/LOCODE is AUCNS. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Cairns offers fuel oil, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small 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 Cairns 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
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- 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
Largest vessel
- Length
- 294 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Draft
- 10.1 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Cairns, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Cairns
Other Australia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MourilyanAustralia · AUMOU
- LucindaAustralia · AULUC
- Cape FlatteryAustralia · AUCQP
- TownsvilleAustralia · AUTSV
- KarumbaAustralia · AUKRB
- MackayAustralia · AUMKY
- Hay PointAustralia · AUHPT
- WeipaAustralia · AUWEI
Questions about Cairns
What is the UN/LOCODE of Cairns?
The UN/LOCODE of Cairns is AUCNS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Cairns?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Cairns as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Cairns?
Yes. Cairns offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Cairns have a dry dock?
Yes. Cairns has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Cairns can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 294 m long, 32.3 m wide, 10.1 m draft for Cairns.
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