Port profile · GBHYM
Heysham
Heysham is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Irish Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBHYM. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Heysham offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Heysham
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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 Heysham and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Heysham 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Heysham, 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
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Heysham
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FleetwoodUnited Kingdom · GBFLE
- Barrow-In-FurnessUnited Kingdom · GBBIF
- LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · GBLIV
- Liverpool Bay TerminUnited Kingdom · GBLIB
- MostynUnited Kingdom · GBCHE
- ManchesterUnited Kingdom · GBMNC
- WorkingtonUnited Kingdom · GBWOR
- SillothUnited Kingdom · GBSIL
Questions about Heysham
What is the UN/LOCODE of Heysham?
The UN/LOCODE of Heysham is GBHYM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Heysham?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Heysham as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Heysham?
Yes. Heysham offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Heysham a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Heysham.
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