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Jamestown
Jamestown is a large open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean, in St. Helena. Its UN/LOCODE is SHSHN. Pilotage is not compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Jamestown offers provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Jamestown
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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 Jamestown and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Jamestown offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Jamestown, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- No
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Jamestown
Other St. Helena ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Jamestown
What is the UN/LOCODE of Jamestown?
The UN/LOCODE of Jamestown is SHSHN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Jamestown?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Jamestown as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Jamestown?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Jamestown.
Is Jamestown a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Jamestown.
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