Port profile · FRCQF
Calais
Calais is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the English Channel, in France. Its UN/LOCODE is FRCQF. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Calais offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Calais
What members see for Calais, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Calais right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Calais day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Calais and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Calais 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
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
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 Calais, 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
- 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
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Calais
Other France ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GravelinesFrance · FRGRV
- DunkirkFrance · FRIRK
- Boulogne-Sur-MerFrance · FRBOL
- Dunkirk EastFrance · FRDKK
- Saint-Valery-sur-SommeFrance · FRSVS
- TreportFrance · FRLTR
- DieppeFrance · FRDPE
- RouenFrance · FRURO
Questions about Calais
What is the UN/LOCODE of Calais?
The UN/LOCODE of Calais is FRCQF.
Is pilotage compulsory in Calais?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Calais as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Calais?
Yes. Calais offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Calais have a dry dock?
Yes. Calais has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Calais a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Calais.
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