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Ghent
Ghent is a medium lake or canal harbour on the North Sea, in Belgium. Its UN/LOCODE is BEGNE. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Ghent 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 Ghent
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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 Ghent and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Ghent 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
- Medium
- 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 Ghent, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- 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 Ghent
Other Belgium ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Ghent
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ghent?
The UN/LOCODE of Ghent is BEGNE.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ghent?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ghent as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Ghent?
Yes. Ghent offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Ghent have a dry dock?
Yes. Ghent has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Ghent a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Ghent.
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