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Douglas
Douglas is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Irish Sea, in the Isle of Man. Its UN/LOCODE is IMDGS. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Douglas offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Douglas
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Douglas 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
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 6 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Douglas, 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
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Douglas
Other Isle of Man ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Douglas
What is the UN/LOCODE of Douglas?
The UN/LOCODE of Douglas is IMDGS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Douglas?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Douglas as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Douglas?
Yes. Douglas offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Douglas can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 6 m draft for Douglas.
Is Douglas a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Douglas.
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