Port profile · GBGVS
Gravesend
Gravesend is a small natural river harbour on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBGVS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Gravesend offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Gravesend
What members see for Gravesend, updated as vessels move.
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 Gravesend and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Gravesend 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
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Gravesend, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Gravesend
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TilburyUnited Kingdom · GBTIL
- ChathamUnited Kingdom · GBCTM
- ThamesportUnited Kingdom · GBTHP
- Isle Of GrainUnited Kingdom · GBIOG
- SheernessUnited Kingdom · GBSHS
- LondonUnited Kingdom · GBLON
- WhitstableUnited Kingdom · GBWTS
- NewhavenUnited Kingdom · GBNHV
Questions about Gravesend
What is the UN/LOCODE of Gravesend?
The UN/LOCODE of Gravesend is GBGVS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Gravesend?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Gravesend as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Gravesend?
Yes. Gravesend offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Gravesend a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Gravesend.
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