Port profile · USITO
Hilo
Hilo is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USITO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Hilo offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Hilo
What members see for Hilo, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Hilo, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Hilo right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Hilo day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Hilo and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Hilo 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Hilo, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Hilo
Other United States ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KawaihaeUnited States · USKWH
- Kailua Bay WharfUnited States · USKA7
- Hana Beach ParkUnited States · USHNM
- KahuluiUnited States · USOGG
- LahainaUnited States · USLHN
- KaunakakaiUnited States · USKUA
- HonoluluUnited States · USHNL
- Barbers PointUnited States · USNAX
Questions about Hilo
What is the UN/LOCODE of Hilo?
The UN/LOCODE of Hilo is USITO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Hilo?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Hilo as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Hilo?
Yes. Hilo offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Hilo a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Hilo.
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