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Karaikal
Karaikal is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Bay of Bengal, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INKRK. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Karaikal offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Karaikal 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
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 238.1 m
- Beam
- 38 m
- Draft
- 14 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Karaikal, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- 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
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Med mooring
- No
- Beach mooring
- No
- Ice mooring
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Karaikal
Other India ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- CuddaloreIndia · INCDL
- PondicherryIndia · INPNY
- ChennaiIndia · INMAA
- EnnoreIndia · INENR
- KattupalliIndia · INKAT
- TuticorinIndia · INTUT
- KrishnapatnamIndia · INKRI
Questions about Karaikal
What is the UN/LOCODE of Karaikal?
The UN/LOCODE of Karaikal is INKRK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Karaikal?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Karaikal as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Karaikal?
Yes. Karaikal offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Karaikal can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 238.1 m long, 38 m wide, 14 m draft for Karaikal.
Is Karaikal a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Karaikal.
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