Port profile · SBHIR
Honiara
Honiara is a very small open roadstead on the Solomon Sea, in the Solomon Islands. Its UN/LOCODE is SBHIR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Honiara offers fuel oil, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Honiara
What members see for Honiara, updated as vessels move.
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 Honiara and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Honiara offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile 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 Honiara, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Honiara
Other Solomon Islands ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TulagiSolomon Islands · SBTLG
- YandinaSolomon Islands · SBXYA
- NoroSolomon Islands · SBNOR
- Ringgi CoveSolomon Islands · SBRIN
- GizoSolomon Islands · SBGZO
Questions about Honiara
What is the UN/LOCODE of Honiara?
The UN/LOCODE of Honiara is SBHIR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Honiara?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Honiara as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Honiara?
Yes. Honiara offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Is Honiara a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Honiara.
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