Port profile · NOFAN
Farsund
Farsund is a very small natural coastal harbour on the North Sea, in Norway. Its UN/LOCODE is NOFAN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Farsund offers diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Farsund offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 400 m
- Draft
- 15 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Farsund, 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
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Farsund
Other Norway ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FlekkefjordNorway · NOFFD
- KirkehamnNorway · NOKIR
- JossingfjordNorway · NOJOS
- RekefjordNorway · NOREK
- MandalNorway · NOMAN
- EgersundNorway · NOEGE
- KristiansandNorway · NOKRS
- SandnesNorway · NOSAS
Questions about Farsund
What is the UN/LOCODE of Farsund?
The UN/LOCODE of Farsund is NOFAN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Farsund?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Farsund as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Farsund?
Yes. Farsund offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Farsund can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 400 m long, 15 m draft for Farsund.
Is Farsund a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Farsund.
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