Port profile · GBHMA
Helmsdale
Helmsdale is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBHMA. It is a first port of entry. Helmsdale offers provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Helmsdale
What members see for Helmsdale, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Helmsdale, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Helmsdale right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Helmsdale day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Helmsdale and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Helmsdale offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Emergency only
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Helmsdale, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- ETA message required
- No
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Helmsdale
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- PortmahomackUnited Kingdom · GBPMK
- BurgheadUnited Kingdom · GBBUH
- ScrabsterUnited Kingdom · GBSCR
- LossiemouthUnited Kingdom · GBLSS
- CromartyUnited Kingdom · GBCRN
- WickUnited Kingdom · GBWIC
- InvergordonUnited Kingdom · GBIVG
- BuckieUnited Kingdom · GBBUC
Questions about Helmsdale
What is the UN/LOCODE of Helmsdale?
The UN/LOCODE of Helmsdale is GBHMA.
Is Helmsdale a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Helmsdale.
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