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Gisborne
Gisborne is a small river harbour with basins on the South Pacific Ocean, in New Zealand. Its UN/LOCODE is NZGIS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Gisborne offers diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Gisborne
What members see for Gisborne, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Gisborne, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Gisborne right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Gisborne day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Gisborne and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Gisborne 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating 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 Gisborne, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Gisborne
Other New Zealand ports on the same stretch of coast.
- NapierNew Zealand · NZNPE
- TaurangaNew Zealand · NZTRG
- WanganuiNew Zealand · NZWAG
- AucklandNew Zealand · NZAKL
- New PlymouthNew Zealand · NZNPL
- WellingtonNew Zealand · NZWLG
- PortlandNew Zealand · NZPOR
- WhangareiNew Zealand · NZWRE
Questions about Gisborne
What is the UN/LOCODE of Gisborne?
The UN/LOCODE of Gisborne is NZGIS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Gisborne?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Gisborne as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Gisborne?
Yes. Gisborne offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Gisborne a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Gisborne.
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