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Kankesanturai
Kankesanturai is a very small open roadstead on the Palk Strait, in Sri Lanka. Its UN/LOCODE is LKKNK. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Kankesanturai offers provisions. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Kankesanturai offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- No
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 4.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kankesanturai, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- ETA message required
- Yes
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
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Kankesanturai
Other Sri Lanka ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TrincomaleeSri Lanka · LKTRR
- ColomboSri Lanka · LKCMB
- GalleSri Lanka · LKGAL
- HambantotaSri Lanka · LKHBA
Questions about Kankesanturai
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kankesanturai?
The UN/LOCODE of Kankesanturai is LKKNK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kankesanturai?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kankesanturai as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Kankesanturai can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 4.3 m draft for Kankesanturai.
Is Kankesanturai a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kankesanturai.
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