Port profile · INKAK
Kakinada
Kakinada is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Bay of Bengal, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INKAK. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kakinada offers fuel oil, provisions, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Kakinada offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 230 m
- Beam
- 32.4 m
- Draft
- 13 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kakinada, 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
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Kakinada
Other India ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GangavaramIndia · INGGV
- VisakhapatnamIndia · INVTZ
- MachilipatnamIndia · INMAC
- KrishnapatnamIndia · INKRI
- GopalpurIndia · INGPR
- KattupalliIndia · INKAT
- EnnoreIndia · INENR
- ChennaiIndia · INMAA
Questions about Kakinada
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kakinada?
The UN/LOCODE of Kakinada is INKAK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kakinada?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kakinada as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kakinada?
Yes. Kakinada offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kakinada have a dry dock?
Yes. Kakinada has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kakinada can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 230 m long, 32.4 m wide, 13 m draft for Kakinada.
Is Kakinada a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kakinada.
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