Port profile · CAHAM
Hamilton
Hamilton is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Lake Ontario, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CAHAM. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Hamilton offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and major repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Hamilton
What members see for Hamilton, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Hamilton, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Hamilton right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Hamilton day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Hamilton and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Hamilton 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
- Slipway
- Small
- 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 Hamilton, 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
- Ice, other
- 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
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Hamilton
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ClarksonCanada · CACSN
- Port CreditCanada · CAPCR
- DalhousieCanada · CADHS
- TorontoCanada · CATOR
- Port WellerCanada · CAPWE
- Port DoverCanada · CAPDV
- ThoroldCanada · CATHD
- Port ColborneCanada · CAPCO
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Questions about Hamilton
What is the UN/LOCODE of Hamilton?
The UN/LOCODE of Hamilton is CAHAM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Hamilton?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Hamilton as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Hamilton?
Yes. Hamilton offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Hamilton a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Hamilton.
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