Port profile · NLDHR
Den Helder
Den Helder is a small river harbour with basins on the North Sea, in the Netherlands. Its UN/LOCODE is NLDHR. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Den Helder offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Den Helder
What members see for Den Helder, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Den Helder day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Den Helder and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Den Helder 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating 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 Den Helder, 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, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Den Helder
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Den Helder, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 1.5 deficiencies on average. Most often found: fire safety, certificates & documentation, safety of navigation, propulsion and auxiliary machinery, radio communication.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Den Helder, and what was found.
Ports near Den Helder
Other Netherlands ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- AmsterdamNetherlands · NLAMS
- HarlingenNetherlands · NLHAR
- ScheveningenNetherlands · NLSCE
- KinderdijkNetherlands · NLKIJ
- SchiedamNetherlands · NLSCI
- VlaardingenNetherlands · NLVLA
Questions about Den Helder
What is the UN/LOCODE of Den Helder?
The UN/LOCODE of Den Helder is NLDHR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Den Helder?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Den Helder as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Den Helder?
Yes. Den Helder offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Den Helder have a dry dock?
Yes. Den Helder has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Den Helder a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Den Helder as a first port of entry.
How many port state control inspections are there in Den Helder?
6 port state control inspections were recorded in Den Helder in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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