Port profile · CAHAL
Halifax
Halifax is a large natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CAHAL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Halifax offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Halifax
What members see for Halifax, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Halifax day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Halifax and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Halifax 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
- Medium
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Halifax, 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
- None
- 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
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Halifax
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Musquodoboit HarbourCanada · CAMUS
- WindsorCanada · CAWDR
- Gold RiverCanada · CAGOR
- LunenburgCanada · CALUN
- Riverport FishermensCanada · CARIV
- Sheet HarbourCanada · CASHH
- PugwashCanada · CAPUG
- BrooklynCanada · CABKN
Questions about Halifax
What is the UN/LOCODE of Halifax?
The UN/LOCODE of Halifax is CAHAL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Halifax?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Halifax as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Halifax?
Yes. Halifax offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Halifax have a dry dock?
Yes. Halifax has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Halifax a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Halifax.
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