Port profile · GBFAL
Falmouth
Falmouth is a medium natural coastal harbour on the English Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBFAL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Falmouth offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Falmouth
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Falmouth and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Falmouth 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
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Falmouth, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- 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 Falmouth
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MevagisseyUnited Kingdom · GBMVG
- PadstowUnited Kingdom · GBPAD
- Port Of ParUnited Kingdom · GBPAR
- PenzanceUnited Kingdom · GBPEN
- FoweyUnited Kingdom · GBFOY
- NewlynUnited Kingdom · GBNYL
- PlymouthUnited Kingdom · GBPLY
- BidefordUnited Kingdom · GBBID
Questions about Falmouth
What is the UN/LOCODE of Falmouth?
The UN/LOCODE of Falmouth is GBFAL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Falmouth?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Falmouth as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Falmouth?
Yes. Falmouth offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Falmouth have a dry dock?
Yes. Falmouth has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Falmouth a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Falmouth.
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