Port profile · GBFOL
Folkestone
Folkestone is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the English Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBFOL. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Folkestone offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Folkestone
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Heading here
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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 Folkestone and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Folkestone 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
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Folkestone, 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
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Turning area
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Folkestone
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- DoverUnited Kingdom · GBDVR
- WhitstableUnited Kingdom · GBWTS
- RamsgateUnited Kingdom · GBRMG
- SheernessUnited Kingdom · GBSHS
- Isle Of GrainUnited Kingdom · GBIOG
- ThamesportUnited Kingdom · GBTHP
- ChathamUnited Kingdom · GBCTM
- HarwichUnited Kingdom · GBHRW
Questions about Folkestone
What is the UN/LOCODE of Folkestone?
The UN/LOCODE of Folkestone is GBFOL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Folkestone?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Folkestone as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Folkestone?
Yes. Folkestone offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Folkestone a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Folkestone.
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