Port profile · KNCHA
Charlestown
Charlestown is a very small open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in St. Kitts & Nevis. Its UN/LOCODE is KNCHA. It is a first port of entry. Charlestown offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Charlestown
What members see for Charlestown, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Charlestown, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Charlestown right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Charlestown day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Charlestown and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Charlestown 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
Harbour
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Charlestown, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Charlestown
Other St. Kitts & Nevis ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Charlestown
What is the UN/LOCODE of Charlestown?
The UN/LOCODE of Charlestown is KNCHA.
Can ships take bunkers in Charlestown?
Yes. Charlestown offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Is Charlestown a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Charlestown.
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