Port profile · GBCOW
Cowes
Cowes is a small natural river harbour on the English Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBCOW. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Cowes offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Cowes
What members see for Cowes, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Cowes day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Cowes and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Cowes 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
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Cowes, 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, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- 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
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Cowes
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FawleyUnited Kingdom · GBFAW
- SouthamptonUnited Kingdom · GBSOU
- PortsmouthUnited Kingdom · GBPME
- YarmouthUnited Kingdom · GBYMO
- PooleUnited Kingdom · GBPOO
- LittlehamptonUnited Kingdom · GBLIT
- ShorehamUnited Kingdom · GBSHO
- Portland UKUnited Kingdom · GBPTL
Questions about Cowes
What is the UN/LOCODE of Cowes?
The UN/LOCODE of Cowes is GBCOW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Cowes?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Cowes as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Cowes?
Yes. Cowes offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Cowes a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Cowes.
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