Port profile · GBGLW
Glasgow
Glasgow is a medium harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBGLW. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Glasgow offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Glasgow
What members see for Glasgow, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Glasgow, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Glasgow right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Glasgow day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Glasgow and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Glasgow 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- 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 Glasgow, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Glasgow
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- RenfrewUnited Kingdom · GBREN
- Old KilpatrickUnited Kingdom · GBOKK
- BowlingUnited Kingdom · GBBOW
- Clydeport GreenockUnited Kingdom · GBGRK
- TroonUnited Kingdom · GBTRN
- AyrUnited Kingdom · GBAYR
- FaslaneUnited Kingdom · GBFAS
- LargsUnited Kingdom · GBLGS
Questions about Glasgow
What is the UN/LOCODE of Glasgow?
The UN/LOCODE of Glasgow is GBGLW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Glasgow?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Glasgow as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Glasgow?
Yes. Glasgow offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Glasgow have a dry dock?
Yes. Glasgow has a large dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Glasgow a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Glasgow.
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