Port profile · FRCER
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a large harbour on the English Channel, in France. Its UN/LOCODE is FRCER. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Cherbourg 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 Cherbourg
What members see for Cherbourg, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Cherbourg, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Cherbourg right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Cherbourg day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Cherbourg and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Cherbourg 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
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Cherbourg, 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 advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- 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 Cherbourg
Other France ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- LezardrieuxFrance · FRLEZ
- DeauvilleFrance · FRDOL
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Questions about Cherbourg
What is the UN/LOCODE of Cherbourg?
The UN/LOCODE of Cherbourg is FRCER.
Is pilotage compulsory in Cherbourg?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Cherbourg as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Cherbourg?
Yes. Cherbourg offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Cherbourg have a dry dock?
Yes. Cherbourg has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Cherbourg a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Cherbourg.
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