Port profile · USGLS
Galveston
Galveston is a large natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USGLS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Galveston offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Galveston
What members see for Galveston, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Galveston day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Galveston and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Galveston 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- 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 Galveston, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about Galveston
What is the UN/LOCODE of Galveston?
The UN/LOCODE of Galveston is USGLS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Galveston?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Galveston as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Galveston?
Yes. Galveston offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Galveston have a dry dock?
Yes. Galveston has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Galveston a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Galveston.
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