Port profile · TWKHH
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South China Sea, in Taiwan. Its UN/LOCODE is TWKHH. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kaohsiung offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Kaohsiung 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 400 m
- Beam
- 98 m
- Draft
- 17.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kaohsiung, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Ice breaking
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Dangerous cargo anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- Yes
- Ice mooring
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Container cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Kaohsiung
Other Taiwan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MailiaoTaiwan · TWMLI
- MagongTaiwan · TWMZG
- TaichungTaiwan · TWTXG
- HualienTaiwan · TWHUN
- SuaoTaiwan · TWSUO
- TaipeiTaiwan · TWTPE
- KeelungTaiwan · TWKEL
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Questions about Kaohsiung
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kaohsiung?
The UN/LOCODE of Kaohsiung is TWKHH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kaohsiung?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kaohsiung as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kaohsiung?
Yes. Kaohsiung offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kaohsiung have a dry dock?
Yes. Kaohsiung has a large dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kaohsiung can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 400 m long, 98 m wide, 17.5 m draft for Kaohsiung.
Is Kaohsiung a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kaohsiung.
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